Online gaming store/client/DRM service created by Valve corporation. Games can be bought on Steam, and there are often game sales and bonus pack deals for promotions (Bioshock sold for $10.00 on Boxing Day). There is also a social networking aspect a la Facebook, where you can make friends, join gaming groups, etc.
There are a growing number of games which are using Steam for DRM purposes. These games are, once installed, tied directly to Steam and not your computer. The pro to this is that you can play said game on ANY computer with Steam installed using your account. Games also update themselves automatically. The con is that is that Steam has to be running for the game to play, althought offline mode exists.
The other definitons are outdated and don't represent the improvements Steam has made over the years.
There are a growing number of games which are using Steam for DRM purposes. These games are, once installed, tied directly to Steam and not your computer. The pro to this is that you can play said game on ANY computer with Steam installed using your account. Games also update themselves automatically. The con is that is that Steam has to be running for the game to play, althought offline mode exists.
The other definitons are outdated and don't represent the improvements Steam has made over the years.
Steam is a great gaming service and the least obnoxious forms of DRM. Yes it is still rather slow but the pros truly outweight the cons. Secu-ROM can burn in hell.
by failspy February 18, 2009
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After you give your sexual or non-sexual partner a Cleveland Steamer, you clean it off by pissing on them.
After I dropped a Cleveland Steamer on her chest, I decided to clean up, so I pissed all over it to Cleveland Steamclean it off.
by Cabin Store Ease April 27, 2006
Get the Cleveland Steamclean mug.A form of hypocrisy. The act of criticizing someone for a certain act and then proceeding to unwittingly do that same thing. This can also be referred to as a Palin-drome.
The woman who sees Russia from her house just dropped an anchorage steamer on America- she criticized the media for politicizing the Arizona shooting and then implied that the shooter was a liberal.
by jonstewartfan January 19, 2011
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by Anonymous April 8, 2003
Get the steamroller mug.Moderate intoxication through alcohol consumption. Typically characterised by a noticable reduction in common sense and decision making capacity. One step above pissed on the scale of drunkenness and one below battered.
by jayseebee July 14, 2004
Get the steaming mug.To take part in a perceived fun activity or activities after an intense emotional taxing day or days at work , school, or home. Always associated with doing something different to get your mind away from your problems. Typical non-harmful activities include exercising, sex, playing games, camping, dancing, watching a movie, listening to music.
Some activities can be satisfying but ultimately detrimental to your health such as binging on alcohol, drugs, smoking, or food.
Other activities can be criminal. Spray Painting walls, vandalizing homes or places of businesses, rioting (usually after a favorite team loses), or physically taking their aggressions out on people (spousal abuse, worker abuse or detainee abuse have been cited as blowing off some steam).
Some activities can be satisfying but ultimately detrimental to your health such as binging on alcohol, drugs, smoking, or food.
Other activities can be criminal. Spray Painting walls, vandalizing homes or places of businesses, rioting (usually after a favorite team loses), or physically taking their aggressions out on people (spousal abuse, worker abuse or detainee abuse have been cited as blowing off some steam).
Example 1:
Buddy 1: "Damn, your boss is making you work weekends and overtime over something he did wrong? WTF?
Buddy 2: "I know man, well lets go to the bar, grab some brews and blow off some steam"
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Example 2 (CBS News):
Rush Limbaugh trying to explain why detainees were tortured by U.S. personnel in Abu Ghraib, Iraq:
"This is no different than what happens at the Skull and Bones initiation, and we're going to ruin people's lives over it, and we're going to hamper our military effort, and then we are going to really hammer them because they had a good time. You know, these people are being fired at every day. I'm talking about people having a good time, these people, you ever heard of emotional release? You ever heard of need to blow some steam off?"
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Example 3:
Her: "I don't feel like having sex tonight, my hair is a mess and I have a headache....(10 seconds later) ..Where are you going?"
Him: "Gonna blow off some steam (Drives off)"
Buddy 1: "Damn, your boss is making you work weekends and overtime over something he did wrong? WTF?
Buddy 2: "I know man, well lets go to the bar, grab some brews and blow off some steam"
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Example 2 (CBS News):
Rush Limbaugh trying to explain why detainees were tortured by U.S. personnel in Abu Ghraib, Iraq:
"This is no different than what happens at the Skull and Bones initiation, and we're going to ruin people's lives over it, and we're going to hamper our military effort, and then we are going to really hammer them because they had a good time. You know, these people are being fired at every day. I'm talking about people having a good time, these people, you ever heard of emotional release? You ever heard of need to blow some steam off?"
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Example 3:
Her: "I don't feel like having sex tonight, my hair is a mess and I have a headache....(10 seconds later) ..Where are you going?"
Him: "Gonna blow off some steam (Drives off)"
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