It’s mentioned twice by the article. And the term is probably used because that how the gamer addressed it in their post. I can only speculate, I didn’t write the article.
In any case, it’s a huge fuck up by Valve and not for the first time.
Comment on Verified Steam game steals streamer's cancer treatment donations
MurrayL@lemmy.world 12 hours agoRight, so there’s no such thing as an unverified Steam game because every game has to be approved before it appears on the storefront.
So why does the article repeatedly bother to specify that this was a ‘verified Steam game’? By that metric, they’re all verified.
BrikoX@lemmy.zip 12 hours ago
MurrayL@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
it’s a huge fuck up by Valve
Agreed! I’m kind of surprised they don’t automatically scan updates for malware. Or maybe they do but this slipped under the radar somehow? Either way the system clearly isn’t working.
BradleyUffner@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
It’s just a way of stressing that The author believes Valve have some culpability.