Meme transcription: A table comparing the steps to start a game ‘then’ vs. ‘now’.

Content of the “Then” column:

  • Double-click GAME.exe
  • Play game

Content of the “Now” column:

  • Launch Steam
  • Steam updates

  • Steam opens

  • Close Steam’s ad window
  • Select Game
  • Game launcher starts

  • Game launcher launches Game launcher updater

  • Yes
  • Yes
  • Yes
  • Ok
  • Would you like to sign up for our newsletter?

  • No
  • Our EULAs have changed. Please review them before continuing

  • Scroll
  • Scroll
  • Scroll
  • Scroll
  • Yes
  • Yes
  • Yes, sell my soul
  • Start game
  • Skip vendor intro
  • Skip vendor intro #2
  • Skip vendor intro #3
  • Sit through nVidia The way it’s meant to be played
  • Skip opening cutscene
  • Main menu opens

  • Would you like to connect your Steam account to account?

  • No
  • Press play.
  • Play game.
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“Please insert disc into drive D:/”

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You alt-tabbed ? Then fuck you and your unsaved progress

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Set up soundblaster irq dma bzzz bzz

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“NOT ENOUGH CONVENTIONAL MEMORY”
Ok. Time to set and launch a specific autoexec.bat.

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X-COM: UFO Defense has joined the chat.

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wasnt there a XCOM knockoff game that deleted your tire C drive if you uninstalled it?

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One big game installed itself as a boot option

Turn PC on

Want to play or open windows?

O_o

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Oh my god I both do no don’t want this to be true

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I’m full l having flashbacks to Fantasy Empires. I don’t know if I ever had the manual. I think I just got a list of words from someone.

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