Speaking of Spies, I think my internet has been sapped by the TF2 Spy because I made a joke about him. Seriously, though, no hard feelings? Right?
Steam has been a necessary "evil" for me for quite some time now. It's by far the best way of buying digitally distributed games (they accepted PayPal relatively early, which was what I had looked for) and they have fantastic sales, but I've always had trouble with the client. On my system(s), it runs sluggishly, freezes frequently and generally seems stubborn. But in spite of that, 90% of my non-iOS game purchases go through Steam and that's also where I tend to hear of new releases, like this gem here. (Which I would love to also play on the iPad!) If the save games are compatible and Gaslamp sell the game on their own site (not a third party distributor), I may pick up a second copy just to support the title.