InkPanther: Wait, wait... You mean steam trading cards or some kind of pre-paid?
cogadh: Heh, I just realized this might be what he meant. If so, this is a fairly highly requested feature and there are multiple wishlist entries for it.
Well, those I'd certainly like.
Actually, I wonder why it is still not possible to puchase "store credit" in some way: it would save everyone a lot of hassles during big promos, and they would be perfect to gift!
KneeTheCap: It's something to collect. Think of it as a meta-game, similar to achievements.
You are certainly right to define them as a meta-gaming feature, yet... I think I probably don't understand meta-gaming as a whole! :)