So Paranautical Activity got pulled from Steam the same day it released.

[The Almighty Aardvark]

The worst position to be in if you're someone who gets pissed off easily is in front of your computer with twitter open. I'm becoming more and more convinced that as a rule figureheads of a game should not be active on twitter aside from the pure business side of things. It's far too easy to get caught up in something, say something absolutely stupid and have the whole gaming public bear witness to it. Particularly if you're someone who gets pissed off easily, just stay away from these things

 

[Kuala BangoDango]

Money Talks.

It may take some time but Para Act will be back on Steam. If Steam can make a few bucks off it then they WILL get over their hurt feelings and go back to selling it.

Just look at all the other games that had false advertising, were (or still are) broken, don't work on modern operating systems, etc. that were either temporarily pulled and put back or conditions/histories ignored by Steam.

This is just a face-saving move by Steam. Once they get their Ego stroked enough it'll be back to business as usual.

 

[EXos]

Just look at all the other games that had false advertising, were (or still are) broken, don't work on modern operating systems, etc. that were either temporarily pulled and put back or conditions/histories ignored by Steam.

Well part of the reason is that its not to Valve's problem to fix. It's the game's publisher/Developer that needs to fix it; unlike GoG that has a smaller library and most of them need a little tweaking to get them running 100% in the dosbox build that GoG adds to the installation. Simple Analogy for Steam; If you buy a TV in a store and there is something fundamentally wrong with it then it's the problem of the producer not the store. (Still warranty of the store... Different Story XD)
As well as the older operating systems; requirements are stated on the store page. If it's not listed than it's your own risk in buying it but for a lot of games there is a fix, it only takes 2 minutes and google and I've never had issues that 'compatibility settings' of Win7 Pro didn't fix.

Still, Valve's customer support needs a good overhaul. Everybody agrees with that, but if you just check something before you buy it you safe yourself a headache.

As for what happened in this case.
For miss-labelling the game Steam could have put it on the front page for a day or two. But it was fixed within three hours (From what I've read). What Mike Maulbeck did was stupid and people have lost their jobs for it, so their game being thrown off of steam was no surprise. Don't bite the hand that feeds you.
For the other's involved in the program I do hope that it will finds its way back, time will tell.

 

[default]

I seriously respected his response the day after when he apologised and stepped down. Making games is fucking infuriating stuff. He was a guy who had reached the end of his limit and lashed out in the most rash possible way. Doesn't excuse his very stupid and damaging behaviour, but I can see where he's coming from.

 

[NoeL]

I seriously respected his response the day after when he apologised and stepped down. Making games is fucking infuriating stuff. He was a guy who had reached the end of his limit and lashed out in the most rash possible way. Doesn't excuse his very stupid and damaging behaviour, but I can see where he's coming from.

From the comments below that it sounds like the guy was a royal prick off Twitter too. Also quite a few people not buying his "apology", since some of his language is teaming with vitriol (e.g. "some shitty corporation", "I?m out"). More than likely the rest of the company were like "Listen Mike, either apologise and step down or we're going to fire your ass. You won't have the opportunity to save face and will probably never work in the industry again. Your call." It'll be funny if he tries to apply for a job with Ubisoft or EA or something and in the interview they say "Sooo... why would you want to work for "some shitty corporation"?"

Jackass.

OT: Steam fucked up and Code Avarice could have sued for damages if they felt they lost anything substantial (which they almost certainly didn't). It would have been nice of Steam to offer something as compensation (extended banner time probably wouldn't work due to scheduling, but they could have easily found something), but after seeing how unprofessional this douche is I wouldn't be trying very hard to do him any favours either.