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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)
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[-] Rokin@leminal.space 51 points 1 week ago

GOG is doing god's work.

[-] majestic_flamingo23@lemmy.zip 31 points 1 week ago

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

[-] monogram@feddit.nl 15 points 1 week ago

Heroic Games Launcher FTW

[-] miguel@fedia.io 13 points 1 week ago

Linux support trails, mac support is nonexistant.

[-] atro_city@fedia.io 5 points 1 week ago

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

[-] Sina@beehaw.org 2 points 1 week ago

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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