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alyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgM to Gaming@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 days ago

Just in case you thought reviving dead games seemed easy enough, GOG had to hire a private investigator to find an IP holder living off the grid for its preservation program

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Just in case you thought reviving dead games seemed easy enough, GOG had to hire a private investigator to find an IP holder living off the grid for its preservation program

www.pcgamer.com

alyaza [they/she]@beehaw.orgM to Gaming@beehaw.orgEnglish · 2 days ago
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Marcin Paczynski told The Game Business he could "write a book" on the strange routes GOG has taken to keep games available to buy.
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    GOG is doing god’s work.

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      This is arguable. There were countless free dos games out there in the common domain that GoG took down and made paid again.

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      I agree for the most part, now if they would only support linux natively…

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        Heroic Games Launcher FTW

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        Linux support trails, mac support is nonexistant.

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          If the boot sellers didn’t behave like utter pricks, one might nearly be inclined to feel sorry for them.

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