Steam is a gaming client that allows you to put all your games in one place, even for ones not bought through the Steam store. Unfortunately it’s the case that over the years the client has turned into a sluggish beast of a program. You can speed it up by optionally turning off certain features. I say ‘optionally’ because you may want to keep...

Steam is freely available distribution software that allows you to try or buy games. I’ve been a user of Steam for several years and it has proven itself to be a stable platform. A lot of us remember games that were really good but unfortunately will not install properly (much less play) on modern versions of Windows. One solution to this is to have the...

These are 9 good PC games available on the Steam platform. I suggest using Steam to purchase games because they are attached to your Steam user account (which is free to create). What this means is that if you switch computers later or have to reinstall Windows, all your previously purchased games via Steam will be available simply by downloading them again. No...

Those in the gaming world are very familiar with Steam; I use it myself to play a few games. It is a content delivery system for game titles. I remember when Steam first launched there were those that said it would never work and that nobody would prefer to buy games online compared to traditional boxed retail. Every one of those critics were wrong. Steam...