Save yes, close no. But I’ve also not had as much time lately to play, so to preserve some battery life, I do a complete shutdown when I’m done playing. I’ve had several times lately where I have a week or so between when I can play, and I go to play just to find out the battery died in suspend.

I played it a ton when I was 12-17, I think it came out when I was 10 or so. But I loved messing around in it and playing The Specialists mod with friends. That was my first game on Steam and it will always have a special place in my memory and heart.

Half-life 1. After the 25th anniversary update, I’m having some serious nostalgia and want to replay it and so of the mods from back in the day.

Someone really needs to add the definition of “Valve time” to the sub so the newbs know. Haha

If you are new to getting a deck, then you have no idea how long the rest of us waited for the initial release. We had people crunching data like crazy to estimate when we could even order. After we could order, we would watch for a week or more for it to finally get delivered.

TL;DR: Back in my day…

I don’t use mine much, but it is nice to have occasionally. Some games have launchers that you have to either use the touchscreen or touch pads for. Some don’t even recognize the touch pads because of the controller setup. It’s nice to have, but I don’t know if it’s strictly necessary either.

I did use mine just the other day though in game. I started replaying Diablo 1 through DevilutionX, and there were a few times it was easier to click on the screen then to try to remember/figure out the keybinding.