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Gaming Arena => Gaming and Technology => Topic started by: Tyro on May 13 2010, 05:36 PM

Title: FREE STUFF! Portal for nothing on Steam for a limited time only...
Post by: Tyro on May 13 2010, 05:36 PM
To celebrate the fact that Valve have finally made a Mac version of Steam, they're dolling out free copies of Portal to download.

For those who have no idea: Steam is a gaming program that allows you to download then play games on your computer. Theirs bloody loads on their and they can go down to around a pound sometimes. You'll have to download the Steam client and get an account sorted before buying or playing anything.

Portal is a short but fantastic Puzzle-First-Person-Shooter with a mysterious plot, brilliant black humour and a clever physics gun to fiddle with. If you've ever head someone say "The cake is a lie!" and wondered what they were on about, they got it from Portal.

I thought I'd spread the word.
Title: Re: FREE STUFF! Portal for nothing on Steam for a limited time only...
Post by: Kyuuji on May 14 2010, 10:24 PM
portal for mac or pc ?

if it's for mac can i only download it in a .dmg file or anything and dump in on my mother macbook later ?
or it download and install witch i doesnt like...
Title: Re: FREE STUFF! Portal for nothing on Steam for a limited time only...
Post by: Tyro on May 15 2010, 04:35 AM
Ummm...I only have info on the PC version but its on Mac too. Its the reason their giving it away free actually. Anyway, on PC, I can download it as an executable and move it around as needs be. I haven't a clue on a Mac but I should be the same as long as you save the downloadable installer rather than install it right there and then.

I could also be cause Google Chrome waits to be told to install anything after download....
Title: Re: FREE STUFF! Portal for nothing on Steam for a limited time only...
Post by: Kyuuji on May 15 2010, 08:23 AM
my friend have the orange box on is xBox 360 an i really enjoyed that game and it say it's free until May 24 but i want it so badly on my mom macbook  ^_^
Title: Re: FREE STUFF! Portal for nothing on Steam for a limited time only...
Post by: Tyro on May 15 2010, 11:07 AM
Umm...The idea of Steam is that your supposed to be able to play your games from any computer that's connected to the internet. Apparent'y, game saves and this and that are uploaded to a big Steam server called 'Steam Cloud' and then can be accessed through any computer with Steam running on it.

If that's right, then you should be able to play Portal on both as long as you download the client and the game at least once I think...On the Mac and PC.
Title: Re: FREE STUFF! Portal for nothing on Steam for a limited time only...
Post by: Kyuuji on May 15 2010, 11:09 AM
Free until May 24<<
Title: Re: FREE STUFF! Portal for nothing on Steam for a limited time only...
Post by: Tyro on May 15 2010, 11:22 AM
Yeah...Well, I said "for a limited time only".