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NinjaZ@infosec.pub to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days ago

GOG’s Freedom To Buy Campaign Gives Away Controversial Games For Free To Protest Censorship

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GOG’s Freedom To Buy Campaign Gives Away Controversial Games For Free To Protest Censorship

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NinjaZ@infosec.pub to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days ago
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GOG has launched the Freedom to Buy initiative, offering delisted or controversial games for free to protest silent censorship and promote access to legal, responsibly made titles.
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    Word of warning, clicking “Claim” on any of these games claims them all. I clicked claim on Postal 2 and got a warning message that I never thought to read, but now I have “Lust Theory” and other timeless classics in my GoG library.

    Just wanted to put this out there.

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      absolutewin.gif

    • MangioneDontMiss@lemmy.ca
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      man i don’t even care. I claimed them all, i’m almost definitely never going to play any of these games, but i think its pretty cool what gog is doing here.

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      How to hide or unhide a game from your library.

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      My profile is private anyway so it doesn’t matter lol

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  • JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world
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    I am the gayest gay who ever was a gay. And I apparently own these things now. In solidarity with the goons! Freedom!

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      Nice 😆 thx

    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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      I am the gayest gay who ever was a gay.

      I feel like this is going to be a trivia question.

      “Who was the gayest gay who ever was a gay?”

      “JohnVanDenver?”

      “No, I’m sorry, the answer is JimVanDeventer.”

      • JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world
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        Someone called out the name “Archie” and I turned around to see who wanted my attention. Call me whatever you want; it apparently doesn’t matter.

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    thanks for the Free Postal 2 GOG

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      I tried it for an hour before I gave up. The cringe was too hard for me to get past.

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        agreed but for me i kinda didnt like the racism things,i am not easily offended, i gave up on the game after the religious joke.
        atleast i “Tried” Postal 2 and didnt buy it

  • ColdWater@lemmy.ca
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    Based GOG

  • HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Nice, a reason for me to log into gog

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    Quick add: https://www.gog.com/cart/add/1486951595

    • x0x7@lemmy.world
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      That worked. But using the https://freedomtobuy.games/ links kept giving me “something went wrong”. So ^ this link is the way to do it.

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    Plot twist - what Collective Shout wanted all along was to get these specific games for free (and more importantly - without official transactions to prove they’ve bought them)

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    I got all the games. Thank you!

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    Whether you fellows like the games or not is not the point, the point is to get the games on principle alobe (ie; Oppose censorship)

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    Fuck Google and its fcking recaptcha with its fcking traffic lights, fcking crosswalks, fcking hydrants, fcking bicycles and fcking CARS! FCK!

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      This is the rare case where at no point was a clear coherent statement ever made, and yet everybody knew exactly what your frustrated ranting mumbles meant.

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    I’m for this because I want those games. But let’s talk strategy. Didn’t GoG just set the market value of those games to zero? Weren’t they already hurt by the censorship? Wouldn’t it be better to just give them a fair market to sell on?

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      They probably cant do this unilaterally. Maybe gog paid for those copies and they are limited in quantity.

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    For the record, the only reason I redeemed the bundle was to protest censorship! Really, I will not have any kind of fun or pleasure!

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      The bundle is mid at best. You don’t even have to try and convince anyone.

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        Yeah, my hopes weren’t to high, but I’ll give it a try this weekend… just to support the cause, you know.

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        I think 4 of those games (including Postal) look very decent/promising, others either not my style or looking too generic/slop.

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          I said mid, not terrible.

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            I mean the real challenge is to play one handed

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      Removed by mod

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        What shitty LLM is this bot using?

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          I know—not even one em dash!

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    I have to say since this whole anti porn in games thing has happened, I’ve ironically exposed myself to more porn games.

    Before I wouldn’t imagine playing porn games. Ever since the itch unban, I’ve tried a few games on itch.io to see what the fuss was about and got absolutely hooked on Queens Brothel - to the point where I’ve paid for the full version on Patreon. And now I’ve got these games on my gog library.

    If the Christian brothers and sisters at Collective Shout wanted less people exposed to porn games, lol. lmao even.

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      That is how their efforts usually work out.

      They are quite adept at shitting and falling back in it.

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      I suggest to try “monster girl quest”

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    Damn, GOG is based af

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      Keep in mind it’s the same company that tweeted a dog whistle to Gamer gate and had a few insensitive transphobic faux pas: https://www.polygon.com/2018/10/23/18015434/gog-twitter-wontbeerased-hashtag/.

      I could believe the latter ones were potentially accidental but I don’t know how tweeting the exact starting date of Gamer gate with the phrase “R.I.P games journalism” can be anything but intentional.

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        Maybe they’ve gotten better since then. I’m willing to give them the benefit of the doubt.

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          Yeah; that’s totally fair.

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    Bless you, GOG. If you werent so expensive in my country, Id completly port my Steam lib in a heartbeat.

    Ima grab the titles at least :)

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      At first I thought you said “Grab the titties” and I chuckled, then I realized that I was the only one with my mind in the gutter.

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        Not the only one, in this thread

    • neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      They don’t do regional pricing?

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        They do in my country, though not always

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        no, that’s why I rarely buy anything from them.

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          I didn’t think they did. I don’t buy anything from them either because of that either.

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