Valve added Morrowind, Oblivion, and Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth to its lineup on Steam this week (Tuesday). The price point for the Oblivion Deluxe pack (which includes the Shivering Isles explansion, the Knights of the Nine plug-in, and the official DLC) was $24.99 with a 20% discount for the first week of availability, for a net price of $19.99. Today, the regular price was increased on this item by $10 and the sale price is now $27.99. Valve also adjusted (i.e., raised) the pr...

I was looking at Vue Easel 6 by e-on software, and then I saw that they discontinued it in favor of their new versions including the relatively-inexpensive Pioneer 7. These are both designed for people like me who are beginners and don't have a lot of artistic talent, per se. I was considering a purchase of Pioneer when it comes out of beta; at $50, it's not an unreasonably large amount of money for a hobbyist. However, I noticed as I was playing with the beta that you have to buy an extra plug-...

I was in GameStop the other day and I saw a retail copy of the new Neverwinter Nights 2 expansion, Storm of Zehir. It apparently comes in a DVD case. When I got my copy of the Premier Edition of Red Alert 3, it came in a package slightly larger than a standard DVD case made of metal. Publishers: what gives?!?! I have a copy of the Collector's Edition of Neverwinter Nights at home and it's easily the largest thing on the bookcase it sits on. Ditto for my Age of Empires III CE, my Age of Mythol...

Coelacanth said on September 23: [quote] Quoting warreni, reply 18 . This is just being melodramatic; of course you can give it to a friend. He won't be able to get updates, but so what? It's a perfectly functional piece of software. Unlike many games rushed to market today, patches are not required to make it playable. As has been pointed out before, you paid for what was in the box when you bought it. You're getting the updates, in effect, for free. Now, people reasonably expect...

For those who may be interested, Zoner, a company that makes photo editing and manipulation software, is offering a really deep discount on all of its products of 90% off until the end of the day (midnight) today. After that the discount drops to 70% for the next week, et cetera. At any rate, their programs run on a basic tier of $50 or $90, so for today, those programs go for $5 or $9.

I'd like to hear y'all's thoughts on the functionality/ease of use/compatibility/et cetera of IrfanView 4.0 as compared to FastStone Image Viewer 3.2. (I'm lazy and I don't want to test both programs personally in the absence of some feedback.) Thanks!