Black Raven Dragoons

[Grimblast]

Here's wishing that goober Ben a Happy Birthday, today! Lots of birthdays in May!

[Zancarius]

Thank you!

Like I said, May was a really good month. Either that or the aphrodisiac marketing people were really busy in September. Just sayin'.

[MaxRile]

<.< poke >.>

[Zancarius]

Not it!

Well, okay. Maybe a little.

So what have you been up to, Matt?

[MaxRile]

Just trying to find a game i can stick with and play... Planetside2 recently came out with a game breaking patch... That and with the coming of The Witcher 3 ill playing that till they fix it =) and besides it is a Beautiful game.

[Zancarius]

It definitely looks impressive.

Curious bit of trivia... the company that makes The Witcher series also happens to be the parent company of GOG.

[MaxRile]

Yes =) CD Projekt is the parent company of GoG.com. And if you read some of the back story its kinda awesome how they started out =) and why they have the "No DRM" policy.

(edit)
Took me abit but i found it. =)
its a good read.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013- ... cd-projekt

[Zancarius]

One of the things I've always appreciated about GOG is their lack of DRM (and removing DRM from their own titles). They were also one of the first who pushed for Linux support, which I suspect might've been due to their origins as a company selling old DOS titles which required some degree of cross-platform support (and an emulator--DOSBox). That they managed to secure licenses for ancient games most people probably wouldn't remember was just icing on the cake.

It's tough to argue against DRM when you're dealing with bean counters, but GOG seems to do quite well. I think at least part of the problem with piracy is a) cost ("holy crap, $60 for this?"), b) crap titles (e.g. "I'm not paying for that at any price point"), or c) annoying copy protection. I can't tell you how many times I've bought a game, gotten fed up with the CD/DVD-check, dug up a no-disc crack, and merrily went about my way. IMO, "piracy" like that adds value in the form of convenience. Those companies selling on GOG have finally figured it out.

(Side note: Laminar Research, the makers of X-Plane, will happily give you a no-CD fix if you're willing to pay another $50-60 on top of the original $80 purchase to buy a license key in the form of a USB dongle. For private use, I think that's outrageous. Also why I doubt I'll be buying anything from them in the future, just on principle.)