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[–] [email protected] 220 points 11 months ago

I look forward to browsing by "games most often marked private".

[–] [email protected] 138 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The more control over your privacy the better.

I was once (long ago) sick on Monday and my employer called me and told me that I should be able to come to work when I was able to play World of Warcraft on Sunday, because he looked my character up in the armory and saw me getting a boss kill or something.

I was sick, because I had my wisdom teeth removed on Monday morning....

People can get in all kinds of trouble because of their gaming habits. A game critical of religion or religious, a game about sexuality and/or gender, a political game about dictatorship or capitalism or unionizing. A historical game about something your country doesn't want you to know or a game that mentions Tian'anmen and Winnie-Puh. A game from a Russian developer that fled Russia when the war against Ukraine started and you are a gamer in Russia who wants to play it.

Good if Steam allows more control over our privacy, it took them long enough.

[–] [email protected] 59 points 11 months ago (1 children)

told me that I should be able to come to work when I was able to play World of Warcraft

From your name I assume you are German. In that case your employer could suck it, even if you played on Monday. You can do whatever the fuck you want if it doesn't conflict with you getting better. So if the doctor advises to stay in bed and sleep and you run around town for fun you could rightfully get in trouble. But if you have a broken leg you might not be fit for (your particular) work but could of course still play computer games. If you are on sick leave for mental problems you could even go on vacation because that might even benefit your mental health.

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[–] Kbobabob 125 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I'm genuinely surprised this wasn't a thing already. I've never looked for such a thing though because i have no friends to hide from.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago
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[–] Nouveau_Burnswick 93 points 11 months ago (10 children)

So they can't see my 1.5 million hours on factorio?

[–] CleoTheWizard 85 points 11 months ago (3 children)

You spent 62,500 days or 171.2 years playing factorio? Sounds like you’re close to ready for your first play through after you finish the tutorial!

[–] [email protected] 29 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Really glad someone did the math

[–] [email protected] 23 points 11 months ago

average factorio player behavior

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago

he's almost got his early factory running in bobangels!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (2 children)

The earliest date I can find on the wiki is for 03 May 2013, so we'll be optimistic even though that the kickstarter ended on March 2013.

The maximum hours you could play if the game was running 24/7 since then is: 92,184.

This is just a fun math fact.

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[–] Potatos_are_not_friends 11 points 11 months ago

My coworker asked to be Steam friends.

And I don't want them to know how many hours I have in Vampire Survivor.

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I on the other hand, make full use of the share widgets on porn sites. Goddammit you'll know when I bust.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] Ibex0 18 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Wouldn't be surprised to learn the smart watch manufacturers are selling your average time to nut to advertisers.

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[–] bhamlin 45 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I actually wait until most of my friends are online to start playing Orc Massage. Why would I hide that?

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[–] ThePantser 38 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I am proud of my achievements in Genital Jousting

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[–] Clbull 33 points 11 months ago
[–] [email protected] 32 points 11 months ago (2 children)

This will make me more likely to buy certain games, absolutely. And it's really not that I feel ashamed or whatever about them, but more like, I know some people are judgey, and I'd rather not have them in the know lmao. Also work/professional stuff.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago

Yeah, I can see that. Your friends should not have to know if you like tsunderes unless you want to tell them.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

Fuck yeah, now I can enjoy Sex with Hitler 2 in peace

(For the love of God please know this is a joke)

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I've had my whole profile on private for years, lmao.

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[–] RememberTheApollo_ 19 points 11 months ago (7 children)

The surfeit of waifu and other porn and porn-like games is surprising when you start digging through what’s on sale.

Anybody ever bought one of these and care to share what the attraction is?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Huniepop is just a legitimately decent game.

Also, Deep Space Waifu was a gift and I'm keeping it

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[–] PRUSSIA_x86 12 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Anybody ever bought one of these and care to share what the attraction is?

It's interactive porn with a budget.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I recently got Sex Chess because it's called Sex Chess.

Haven't played it yet.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Now I really want to know what the sexual equivalent of en passant would be.

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[–] Gabu 16 points 11 months ago

Took them long enough.

[–] HRDS_654 16 points 11 months ago

This would have been nice to know before I made my burner profile. lol

[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago

It's too late for me. They already know.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago (2 children)

This would have saved me a lot of drama back when Hogwarts Legacy came out

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[–] kerrigan778 14 points 11 months ago

Finally, I had to just nuke all my share status features lol.

[–] RightHandOfIkaros 13 points 11 months ago

This is a great feature I wish we had earlier.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago

But my friends only message me when I'm in the middle of a boss fight in Nekopara.

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