Positive, negative (plus bonus amnesia)

[firstfrost]

The other day, someone told me (I can no longer remember where I acquired this data, but thank you, forgotten person) that Portal was free to download until... some time recently. I hadn't bought it, because I was kind of worried that it would make me motion sick, since I seem to be most affected by 3D games that simulate being inside rooms. But free - that was worth trying it out.

So, I installed Steam, dowloaded Portal, and started playing it. Yay, magic of the internet!

Then, two days later, Steam auto-updated Portal, and all my start menus went away. I can no longer load or save games. Boo, magic of the internet, and I quote mjperson:

"So, you're saying that you destroyed my mac by remote control with an automated signal from your secret headquarters?"
"Um, our headquarters isn't secret."
--Mike vs. Apple Tech Support

(Also, alas, the answer is yes, it does make me motion sick, but that can be solved with a timer.)

Comments

[ghudson.livejournal.com]

New games sometimes make me motion sick until I get used to the camera. Portal is probably too short for you to get to that point before you finish, though.

One thing you can try is to play in windowed mode and make the window significantly smaller than your full screen (like half, say).