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Windows 7 and 8 now dead for gaming, as new Steam update pulls support (www.pcgamesn.com)
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[โ€“] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I like to invoke the old magic of installing from a disc.

[โ€“] Auster@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago

Reminds me of disc-based DRMs. With how moody some were, I'd need to dump the ISOs, mount them with WinCDemu, and keep them mounted for as long as I kept playing those games. ๐Ÿ˜ฌ