Steam loophole closed after coder sneaks Watch Paint Dry onto store

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Valve has shut down an exploit which allowed games to be released on Steam without any kind of verification.
Aware of the loophole, a coder decided to raise awareness of the weakness by creating their own game to upload - a simulation named Watch Paint Dry.
And it worked - Steam users were aghast on Sunday night when Watch Paint Dry was indeed listed, with a description suggesting it was exactly what it said on the tin - a game where you... watched paint drying.
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