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- Roofbacon, on 07/20/2009, -1/+40Popcap will make even more money now.
- DoctuhJason, on 07/20/2009, -2/+37Plants v. Zombies is an amazing game.
- bmcnally, on 07/20/2009, -5/+36Why would people roll their eyes? It's a great idea if you want to have a family account and eventually limit your kid's access to certain areas of the store. They'll be making even more money.
- FredFredrickson, on 07/20/2009, -0/+22Aside from the random violence, dismemberment, blood, and various references to alcohol and sex, I'd agree with you.
Great game, though. - Rev0lver, on 07/20/2009, -1/+16Peggle ftw!
- Ghostalker, on 07/20/2009, -3/+18TF2 is a family game in my eyes.... it's like a multiplayer version of The Incredibles.
- roseap, on 07/20/2009, -1/+12Plants vs Zombies ftw!
- getatmedigg, on 07/20/2009, -0/+10Except for the snipers that throw jars of piss at you..yes, it's a family game!
- Nishnabotna, on 07/20/2009, -0/+9Jars of pee is exactly what would make it appealing to youngsters.
- DarkBlueAnt, on 07/20/2009, -1/+9Last week I had two 10 year old girls hanging out at my apartment. At some point while I was out they started playing Left4Dead on my Xbox. For the rest of the week that's all they wanted to play. I kinda figured it would scar them, but they didn't care about the gore at all.
- spect3r, on 07/20/2009, -1/+8Good move. The family gaming sector is still a massive untapped resource.
- Metricula, on 07/20/2009, -0/+7There are a lot of good games in there. I think it's a great category. I don't think it's a big enough deal to warrant any extra game censoring as a paranoid poster suggested. Many of the games overlap with the casual game section anyway.
And yeah, Popcap is gonna be well off. - canudiggit123, on 07/21/2009, -0/+6Where the ***** is pedobear right now?
- bossm4n, on 07/20/2009, -2/+8And why wouldn't they go after the family market, or female demographic for that matter. It's a huge, somewhat untapped market. Every woman in my family has a Big Fish account and some also have Gamehoue accounts on top of that. I bet every one of them spends 5x more than I do annually on games. Smart move Steam.
- Shawn4168, on 07/20/2009, -1/+6Agreed...between achievements, minigames, and endless modes, you get a ton of replay value for just $10...even moreso than Peggle IMO.
- tomcat4u, on 07/20/2009, -1/+5Snob.
- jplevel, on 07/20/2009, -0/+4maybe this will keep the occasional 4yr old from playing l4d on my team. I HATE IT
- emjaymj, on 07/20/2009, -0/+3To an adult, sure... but you're an idiot if you think giving the parents the option is a bad idea. If they feel the kid is mature enough, they don't have to block anything at all if they don't want to.
- Shawn4168, on 07/20/2009, -1/+4The MumboJumbo complete pack (19 games) for $20 right now is actually a really good deal, if you're into casual games. Even if you're just getting it for the Luxor games it's a good deal, and you're getting a few extra gems like Reaxxion (breakout clone with a unique twist) and Little Farm (action puzzler) as well. http://store.steampowered.com/sub/1844/
- Portside, on 07/20/2009, -1/+4So what? I was 8 when Duke Nukem 3D was released, and I played that game nearly every day for months, without the parental lock feature.
- Planets, on 07/20/2009, -0/+3So...I missed the part as to why we would roll our eyes in the first place.
- VipeNess, on 07/20/2009, -0/+2As a parent; this is a great and awesome way to get my kids their computers finally and get them steam with these sections. Keep up the good work steam.
- copypastry, on 07/26/2009, -0/+2*EYEROLL*
- DarkBlueAnt, on 07/21/2009, -0/+2I'm also a 10 year old girl.
- FredFredrickson, on 07/20/2009, -3/+5Obviously you're unfamiliar with how news headlines are typically written.
- Shaflugi, on 07/21/2009, -0/+2Don't bunch kid's games and family games together. Dora the Explorer is a kid's game. Mario Galaxy and Wii Sports are family games.
- SurrealDream, on 07/20/2009, -0/+2JARATE!
- CoD4, on 07/20/2009, -0/+2Well it sounds like a great idea considering people won't be able to play sf hd remix and the upcoming mvc2 online
- fantasyflamz, on 07/20/2009, -0/+2However, family games =/= games for women! Why do guys not get this? Yes, sometimes they overlap, but you can't bunch kids games and games for women together.
I notice that most women either like more casual games (like plants vs zombies, peggle) or games with story/interesting characters (mass effect, final fantasy, etc) not just kids games. - Shaflugi, on 07/21/2009, -0/+1Turn off blood and gibbing, then it's (mostly) family friendly. Easy enough.
- NYC10004, on 07/23/2009, -1/+2No one I know uses Steam anyway. I cant even imagine family members taking turns playing games on the PC.
- dailyhaste, on 07/20/2009, -0/+1Peggle FTW
- Shaflugi, on 07/22/2009, -0/+1It's family in the sense that it's appropriate for everyone in the family.
- copypastry, on 07/26/2009, -0/+1Thanks for reminding me of that terrible fact.
- CarStan, on 07/20/2009, -1/+2it would be funny if some twisted Valve employee included 'Eversion' into the library, the hilarity that would ensue when your little brother reaches level 4...
if you dont know what i'm talking about, check it out:
http://zarat.us/tra/offline-games/eversion.html - zzz@tkz, on 07/21/2009, -0/+1A transgender from Metro City, NY (US)
I'm so confused and disturbed right now :( - LostOverThere, on 07/21/2009, -0/+1I dunno if I would classify Super Mario Galaxy as a family game. Sure it's not exactly violent of offensive, but its predominately single player, and probably too difficult for most casual children.
My 2 cents. - uberduger, on 07/21/2009, -0/+1"only change the family you belong to like once a month"
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I'm not even gonna ask. - Jinchuuriki, on 07/21/2009, -0/+1***** casuals.
- inactive, on 07/20/2009, -0/+0You must not be up to date on kids shows...
Now all it needs is faux-smartass dialogue. - deweyhewson, on 07/21/2009, -1/+1You misused your comma, as well.
Commas are only used when a conjunction, list, or entrance or exit phrase is used. Your sentence that you joined together with a comma is actually two separate statements so it should read: "Commas do not end sentences. Please don't use them for such." Otherwise, you need to use a conjunction to join them together, like this: "Commas do not end sentences, so please don't use them for such."
And don't even get me started on how you used the word "such" to end your statement.
Maybe next time you won't be so pretentious as to criticize others' use of grammar. - Genebit, on 08/08/2009, -0/+0It's a good idea for steam... if they wanna make money off of family friendly content. not a good idea if they want to get money from hard core gamers. Now if you have like a hard core gamer family... that might be a different story.
- NE5Freak, on 07/20/2009, -3/+2Now if only i could share steamgames i bought with all users on the same pc, without them logging in to my account. Now if only there was some sort of familygroup. Where all users that where members of this group could play each others games.
Of cource you'd obviously have to put some limits on this. Like, for instance, a maximum of 6 members per family, being able to only be a member of one family and only change the family you belong to like once a month.
Because now not only does my little brother has to login to my steam account. But he also has to login to MY windows account. - ayeroxor, on 07/21/2009, -2/+1dewey: Yes, you tool. I was imitating the way he used it. Wow, you're so sharp!
tomcat: Don't hate people who paid attention in school; emulate or stfu. - jayemmpee, on 07/20/2009, -3/+1Maybe your little sister wants to get into your Steam account, too? No, wait, your little sister must have her own Steam account -- she worried you'd be able to tell she used yours when you saw all the achievements were unlocked.
- inactive, on 07/20/2009, -4/+2Too late.
- protogenxl, on 07/20/2009, -6/+3Eye Rolling Commencing
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