The First Day of Steam Tags Is Both Funny and Sad
By Dr. Eleanor Vance | Published on January 01, 0001
Sometimes, people come together to do wonderful things. And sometimes, people come together to do terrible, silly things. When it comes to Steam’s new tagging system—which is currently in beta—it’s a mix of both. Yesterday, Valve introduced “Steam Tags,” a system which lets users label games with a few words or phrases. Most of the tags are the sort of thing you’d expect: Skyrim, for example, is tagged as an “RPG,” and clicking on the RPG tag lets you see other games tagged as RPG, too (clicking on a tag won’t take you to a list of games if there aren’t enough games tagged with a certain word or phrase, though). You can tag stuff nearly anything you want, though only the most popular ones will show up on a game’s page. If a tag is used often enough, you can also browse other games with that same tag.(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); Not all the tags are as straightforward. Notice something about the leading image in this post, for example? Casual is the last word most people would use to describe Dark Souls! And yet, there it is, currently highlighted as a popular casual game. Trolling is definitely a thing in Steam Tags right now. Let’s take a closer look at some of the tags, shall we? Let’s start with the “bad” tag. It does have games notorious for being poor—The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct, for example. It’s hard to argue the quality of that game. Gone Home, though? It’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but that doesn’t mean it’s bad! And yes, there’s a lot of Call of Duty hatred on Steam. These are the tags you’ll find attached to Ghosts: Dang. Let’s take a closer look at the “garbage” tag, shall we? Why is Fez on there? What are people saying about Fez, I wonder? Oh, holy shit. People’s dislike for Phil Fish, creator of Fez, is informing how they tag the games. Yesterday, a few developers on Twitter expressed dissatisfaction with the tagging system, as it would be easy for users to abuse it and potentially harass developers, if not unfairly tag a all yono rummy game.
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