Gog-games is back.
Gog-games is back.
Gog-games has returned; if you missed it, they went private for a while, then announced they were coming back in a week. They seem to have come back early.
Nice but also kinda worrying no? What is up with this private-unprivate dance?
They released a few statements about being upset about people sending demanding/rude messages to them. They also complained about the cost of hosting (there are no ads on the page). Originally, they wanted to only open for people who are donating, but they appear to have backtracked on that, at least for now.
It's a common issue on the Internet. The moment you're doing anything, especially for free, you are basically inviting vitriol.
A thing that always felt so weird to me is that there are so many other websites and services that work basically the same yet the people that run them don't have such a shitty attitude about it. I've been in that position myself and you need to just ignore the idiots, they'll always be there no matter what. I've always felt that the people behind gog-games need to get their heads out of their asses, if you look anywhere they communicate with people (which is VERY little) it's just complaints, defensive and offensive statements.
Please note that this in no way means I don't appreciate the heck out of their work, I do and I have donated to them.
But I really think they're just doing themselves a disservice by treating basically everyone like shit. I've seen this exact behaviour in other places and it never ends good, and it was always their own damn fault by being unable to ignore and filter out the crap. Everyone else handles it and doesn't act like dicks about it.
Ah. Man, if I were in their place I'd get rid of any and all means of communication.
Idiots can't send you rude messages if they can't even e-mail you.Lmao "you should pay us to pirate"
good old games games is back!
The ATM machine of our times 🎉
Anti Commercial AI thingy
Fun fact:
By default, in the US, you have copyright on anything you write. Putting a CC license at the bottom of your comment is a waste of electrons, unless you're making it CC for some reason besides a futile attempt at persuading a scraper to not harvest your data.
Fun fact: I don't live in the US 🙂
Anti Commercial AI thingy
Fun Fact: Dwarf Fortress is the only video game I still play once in a long ass while. I quit with VG with board games. I have zero regret.
Stupid question but what's gog games?
Gog.com are selling DRM-free games, so there's no copy protection, Internet activation, mandatory launcher, etc. It used to stand for "good old games", but they also have new titles these days. Same parent company as The Witcher developers. There is a launcher, but it's entirely optional - you can just pay prices that are generally comparable to Steam and download the installation files for a game, which require no Internet connection at all (apart from some edge cases, e.g. a very small number of multiplayer games).
Gog-games meanwhile is a piracy site that redistributes these DRM-free installers to people who are not inclined to pay for the privilege. What makes them preferable to other sites is that you get the trustworthy installers from gog and do not have to fiddle with potentially malicious cracks yourself. They are also uploading to fast file hosts. One thing they are particularly useful for is preservation, games that are now delisted on gog.com and elsewhere, only available there if you have purchased them in the past. The rather decent licensed Back to the Future game from Telltale for example can't be bought anywhere anymore (since the license for the movie franchise was only granted for a few years), but it's still available in its most convenient shape on gog-games.
That sounds a bit suspicious to me.
What on earth are they up to?
You made my day thx
Oh good I had just checked them this week and aaw that they were coming back soon.