One time I bought a game that used Steamworks. It was Half-Life 2. I brought it home, giddy with excitement. I took the seal off the box and then I put the disc in my drive. A big hand giving me the finger popped up on my screen followed by hideous laughter in my headphones. This offended me. I'm sorry my parents use their phone for their business and they can't afford to install a new phone line and pay for crappy dial-up service just so I can play your stupid game, Valve. Actually, I'm not sorry, go fuck yourself.

Now I do have access to the internet and I have never even bothered to go the Steam web page. In my mind, it doesn't exist. I post this in remembrance to all those who did not have internet and were unable to voice their conern on a forum.

None of them have the Steam logo. The two CoD games both say "Internet Connection Required" at the bottom, then in smaller print below that something about the Steam subscriber agreement. Civ5 says in very small print within the system requirements area that it requires an internet connection and Steam account to install.

The one that does the best is Fallout: New Vegas, which on the back of the collector's edition has a large red warning box that says internet connection and free Steam account required.