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.
  • @WhiskyTangoFoxtrot
    20•1 year ago

    Gotta add a few hours of fiddling with your AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS to free up memory to the “Gaming Then” column.

    • NailbarEnglish
      1•1 year ago

      Luckily my brother took care of that part. I just had to remember:

      d:
cd games
cd cannon
[Space][Space][F3]

      To play Cannon Fodder.

        • NailbarEnglish
          1•1 year ago

          Note that only a few years earlier I was rebooting the computer whenever I got stuck in King’s Quest, which was a lot, since I didn’t understand english.

          I don’t know which King’s Quest.