So this is apropos of nothing Steam-related, but I discovered that my parish (county) library had something new when nosing around the site yesterday. . . downloadable PC games. Apparently something called OnePlay, which is a sort-of-Euro-GameFly-wannabe has some sort of subscription service that libraries can use to provide patrons with free games. There are a number of caveats, including these:
1) Obviously if your library doesn't do this, um, it won't work, so YMMV bigly, as TrumpCat might say.
2) The catalog of approximately 1,500 PC games available is padded with a crapton of grandma games and bundle fodder. Finding the wheat in the chaff can be challenging.
3) The games are downloaded, installed, activated and run through the site's OnePlay client, so if you're married to the idea of Steamworks features like cheevos and cardz and the Steam overlay, well, this isn't for you.
There are a few things that look worthwhile in the scattershot catalog, which is a subset of the stuff available from the site if you get a regular subscription. Just for the heck of it, I installed the client and downloaded Bombshell last night. I tinkered with it for a few minutes this morning. It works as advertised, so if you have an obsession with hidden-object games (Motoki?) or if you're newish to PC gaming or don't buy bundles regularly, you might find one or two things of interest.
I put Randal's Monday, Dead in Bermuda, and LEGO Marvel Superheroes on my list, in case anyone cares.
