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Posted January 28, 2014
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adambiser: Don't have a tumblr account and actually didn't realize that it was a blog site, but it's definitely nice to see something like this (even if I don't really know how to navigate the tumblr site...)
No need! The blog itself is pretty self-contained. If you don't have a Tumblr account, nor a desire to make one, you can still access everything that is posted, follow the feed via RSS, and engage the posts via social media. Later on, we'll introduce some commenting options as well.
Post edited January 28, 2014 by G-Doc
Posted January 28, 2014
Congrats on the blog, GOG - though you chose a bit of a strange time to announce it with the DRM-Free Time Machine Sale and all.

I'm more or less in the same boat with adambiser, but I'll keep an eye on the blog.

I already have something I'd like to comment on - may I?

From the Hello, World! post:

We believe that DRM solves the problem of piracy in the same way a bag of concrete solves hunger. That’s why since 2008 we deliver all of our downloadable titles without any kind of intrusive copy protection.
That makes it sound like you do embrace and the games may have non-intrusive copy protection. I thought that the games are completely DRM-free, so if I'm correct it wouldn't be a bad idea to edit that part. But if I'm incorrect, please elaborate :-)


EDIT: spelling and syntax
Post edited January 28, 2014 by HypersomniacLive
Posted January 28, 2014
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adambiser: Don't have a tumblr account and actually didn't realize that it was a blog site, but it's definitely nice to see something like this (even if I don't really know how to navigate the tumblr site...)
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G-Doc: No need! The blog itself is pretty self-contained. If you don't have a Tumblr account, nor a desire to make one, you can still access everything that is posted, follow the feed via RSS, and engage the posts via social media. Later on, we'll introduce some commenting options as well.
Thanks for mentioning the RSS feed, didn't even think of that even though it should have been blatantly obvious. I show some RSS feeds on my browser's home page, so that's a good place for this.
Posted January 28, 2014
"zombie-cocks reblogged this from gogcom"
Posted January 28, 2014
Forgive me for saying this, but I still don't get what tumblr is or supposed to be?
Posted January 28, 2014
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Elmofongo:
It's a combination of the very worst of old myspace and old facebook with even more duckfaces and thieved images.

I'm guessing G-Doc is already locked in the bathroom making a selfie set to upload... O___o~
Post edited January 28, 2014 by Sachys
Posted January 28, 2014
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Elmofongo:
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Sachys: It's a combination of the very worst of old myspace and old facebook with even more duckfaces and thieved images.

I'm guessing G-Doc is already locked in the bathroom making a selfie set to upload... O___o~
*click*

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whaa... Oh, a new post. Hello!


Well, I can understand where you're coming from. Please keep in mind, though, that Tumblr is but a medium, and whatever we make of it is entirely up to us. And by us I mean us *and* you.

Believe me, I had my own reservations. But then, I found lots of tumblr profiles relevant to my own interests and managed to see through the glittery surface. ;-) Not that it's my life mission to convert you to a tumblrist, mind you, but I'm sure we'll manage to make the best of the platform and prove you at least a little bit wrong.
Posted January 28, 2014
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G-Doc: But then, I found lots of tumblr profiles relevant to my own interests and managed to see through the glittery surface.
So Hairy Old Gamers In Disco Spandex Club? -_+

*huuaaarf!
Posted January 28, 2014
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HypersomniacLive: Congrats on the blog, GOG - though you chose a bit of a strange time to announce it with the DRM-Free Time Machine Sale and all.

I'm more or less in the same boat with adambiser, but I'll keep an eye on the blog.

I already have something I'd like to comment on - may I?

From the Hello, World! post:

We believe that DRM solves the problem of piracy in the same way a bag of concrete solves hunger. That’s why since 2008 we deliver all of our downloadable titles without any kind of intrusive copy protection.
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HypersomniacLive: That makes it sound like you do embrace and the games may have non-intrusive copy protection. I thought that the games are completely DRM-free, so if I'm correct it wouldn't be a bad idea to edit that part. But if I'm incorrect, please elaborate :-)

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It rather depends on whether you view cd keys as DRM.
Posted January 28, 2014
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HypersomniacLive: That makes it sound like you do embrace and the games may have non-intrusive copy protection. I thought that the games are completely DRM-free, so if I'm correct it wouldn't be a bad idea to edit that part. But if I'm incorrect, please elaborate :-)
GOG games never have DRM (technical measures that typically work by installing things on the system and/or connecting to a server), but some games do have legacy forms of copy protection like prompting for answers from the manual; in those cases GOG always includes an answers file in the installation folder so this is really just a minor hassle. GOG has bypassed or cracked this type of protection wherever possible so the game either accepts any answer (usually you can just hit Enter without typing anything) or zips right past the protection prompts without any user input.
Post edited January 28, 2014 by Arkose
Posted January 28, 2014
@staticblast and @Arkose

Thanks for the replies, I didn't think of those cases - I guess that one way or the other, they do fall under the old fashion copy protection models. And yes, I still have a few games around that needed you to type in something from the manual :-)
Posted January 28, 2014
Reminds me of Arrested Development:

GOGcom's GOG blog

(say that five times fast!)
Posted January 28, 2014
I actually am fond of tumblr, I'm often finding interesting sites. Is this the final design of the GOG one? Seems a bit haphazardly thrown up there (ginormous banner, trumpets-of-Jericho lowres-gif). Looking forward to the inside-look content though!
Posted January 28, 2014
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HypersomniacLive: That makes it sound like you do embrace and the games may have non-intrusive copy protection. I thought that the games are completely DRM-free, so if I'm correct it wouldn't be a bad idea to edit that part. But if I'm incorrect, please elaborate :-)
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Arkose: GOG games never have DRM (technical measures that typically work by installing things on the system and/or connecting to a server), but some games do have legacy forms of copy protection like prompting for answers from the manual; in those cases GOG always includes an answers file in the installation folder so this is really just a minor hassle. GOG has bypassed or cracked this type of protection wherever possible so the game either accepts any answer (usually you can just hit Enter without typing anything) or zips right past the protection prompts without any user input.
^That. :-) No worries, by saying "no intrusive copy protection" we didn't mean to single-out one kind of DRM as bad in favor of some other kind, that we feel more comfortable with. It's just as Arkose said - in some cases we do have some legacy forms of anti-piracy measures. Usually so old, that they can be only seen as an interesting curiosity :-)
Posted January 29, 2014
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G-Doc: snip
Instabookmarked! ;)

Well, I don't know much about tumblr so it doesn't really bother me but I do have a small issue with the blog: isn't it a bit... too narrow? I have 1366x768 resolution and it uses something like 1/3 of my screen width. I suppose it's adjusted for mobile devices?
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