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Dawn of War II - An Exercise if Frustration in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

My retail copy of THQ's Dawn of War II has been sitting on my desk for nearly a week. It's been teasing me you see, but I've been unable to rip into its tight shrinkwrapped innerds because I just moved. Tonight I finally got my gaming rig back setup and went to install the Warhammer goodness I've been waiting to savor. Problem is, I'm still waiting. Why? Steam. For some inexplicable, moronic, braindead reason THQ chose to force all Dawn of War

Impulse Community Should be Better in Personal Computing Stardock Forums

It's Friday night and I'm installing Dawn of War II. My first blog post was going to be a complete bitchfest against THQ and Steam, but instead I'm sidetracked by the one system I'd expected to praise - Impulse. Don't get me wrong, I love the Impulse client and the concept behind it. My beef comes in using this Community - by all that's unholy, why is it so backwards? So, I go to create an account. Should be simple enough, but nope, there's fail. I click Create Account an