Wednesday, September 10, 2014

I just discovered GOG.com!

I can't believe that I hadn't heard of GOG.com.  Yesterday I was doing some Googling to see if anyone was doing a re-make of "Theme Hospital" (I wrote about TH yesterday--and the answer is no on the re-make, but don't despair!). That is when I stumbled upon GOG.com.  GOG stands for "Good Old Games" and offers not only classic games, but also some modern ones too.  But it gets better...games on GOG.com are Digital Rights Management (DRM) free.  No client to download that only lets you play online (Steam/Origin), no restrictions on the number of devices you can use, and the best part...no copy restrictions.

I know, it sounds too good to be true...I was skeptical at first.  "Is this really some Chinese keylogging system?"  GOG is a legitimate subsidiary of CD Projekt (think CD Projekt Red producers of "The Witcher" series) and you can find tons of games and movies that are totally DRM free.  I was floored to see old classics, like "Theme Hospital" being offered for $5.99 (I promptly bought "Theme Hospital" and am excited to replay it).

This system of DRM free games is very interesting to me.  I would think companies like CD Projekt Red would be completely opposed to something that would make their product easier to pirate and would possibly cut into their bottom line.  But I guess they aren't, which makes me love them even more.  I'm looking forward to checking out some more of their DRM free games.  So check it out if you haven't heard of it--get some classic games!


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