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every time i launch half life 2, it opens steam and has to download a massive 200mb + update - i have 56k, so that cant really be d/led in my case. i thought you don't need internet to play single player games... at a net cafe, they have hl2 and steam, but hl2 is launched directly, without requiring steam. does anyone know how to launch half life 2 normally without the aid of steam?