Any Plans

[llamabeast]

Stardock (Totalgaming.net) would be more likely, if only because Brad Wardell is a fan of Dominions (I found the game via one of his posts on the GalCivII forum).

[sector24]

lch said:
Okay, so Steam is something where I have to register by telling lots of private information about myself and install some spyware-esque program which requires that I have an internet connection to be able to get and play games? Sounds great, sign me on!

Speaking of Stardock...

[llamabeast]

My understanding is that Stardock is quite benevolent. People keep on saying things like that on the GalCivII forums and Brad gets a bit upset. I guess there's some basic level of annoyingness required for that kind of program.

[Shovah32]

which requires that I have an internet connection to be able to get and play games?

Not completely true. You can start steam in offline mode, and still play plenty of games.
Its also nice to be able to get a new computer and just load up steam to play your own games again - or play them at someone elses house.

[Sombre]

I haven't found stardock annoying at all. It isn't like you have to leave it on - you just start it up every now and then to check for patches and browse through some other stuff.