I have read that people said gifting is possible, but no real confirmation either. If Mortal Combat would still be banned I would have suggested a test on the weekend while I am in Germany but since it is not and I am not interested in Commandos we'll have to wait for some confirmation by other users.

So you will have owl cheerleaders this night? Sounds fun :D

I'm sure we will find out soon. I don't think GOG will officially comment on it, as it could still be seen as illegal in Germany. At least it is only a few games, hopefully we won't see many more that are regionally blocked.

The thing that I find strange is that GOG must have known about this for a while, they could have at least given German users one last chance to get the games. Even if there was no sale on those games, it would have been nice for the to tell people and give them a few days.

What about a Valkyrie in a French maids outfit doing farm work? :-)

I still stand by the opinion that gog should not have done the German website if that means regionally blocked games. But it seems that financially this way is more benefitting for gog. But at least I can understand it.
But if they are also introducing the locking of gifts I'll be really disappointed. Since they would kill another aspect of what made gog special. The only thing left would be drm free and with an introduction of gift locking in addition to all the other changes over the last year I would not trust them anymore to keep even that last principle.

The very thought of an owl with pom-poms makes me laugh. ;)

Mission accomplished :-)

If all Valkyrie look like the one you posted they can do and wear whatever they want. :-)
Thank you. ;)

I agree, I would have rather had no German website, if it meant that German users have access to all the games. Someone mentioned to me that it was due to GOG getting bigger and being required to follow German legislation. Does Steam sell Commands games in Germany? If not, then maybe GOG was forced to follow German law.

GOG does seem eager to abandon it's principles lately. I think DRM-Free is safe, as if they changed to DRM they would have no selling point compared to Steam. Steam is a lot cheaper and has more games, so without DRM-Free, GOG would have nothing.

Not quite farm-girls, but they are wearing Daisy Dukes. :-)

http://i.cdn.turner.com/si/multimedia/photo_gallery/1211/nfl-cheerleaders-week-9/images/tennessee-titans-cheerleaders-op63-13626-mid.jpg

No steam is not selling them. But the problem is that all these laws are a bit messy and gog and steam probably would be able to sell them if they really wanted. But it would be too much work, it is easier to just ban the games. Steam has even banned a lot of the games that are on the index, since normally you need an age verification to buy them, since they are only allowed to be sold to adults. But on the other side I read that companies can sell them withouth age verification if they are located outside of Germany. I am not sure what is really true. And if a age verification is really needed then I am wondering why gog can still sell these games.
And honestly gog getting bigger is just a stupid argument. No matter how big a company is, the laws are still the same.

The problem is that GOG has to play by the same rules in the end. Whether or not the rules are stupid, they still have to play by them.

Some people seem to want GOG to go head-to-head legally with the different governments to make the changes, but I'm figuring that GOG's not exactly willing to spend years and who knows how much money fighting these battles.

In the end, their principles will lose every time versus the legality of it all. The people who run GOG aren't going to torch everything they've built to make a comparatively very small statement.

DD's trying to kill me!

Those boots like silly and utterly impractical for jumping around.

It's going to get a lot less appealing when people start breaking their ankles. -laughs-

Boots?

Edit: nvr mind, I see them now. ;)

That is true. At the moment I am just not sure if they really spend time looking clearly into the laws. There are too many unanswered questions. But you are right there is no meaning for gog to go into battles with laws that are there. That is not their job, it is a problem of the different countries. The only thing I wish for is that gog has someone with knowledge really look into the laws and not do their business by common standards other companies are using since these are often more restricted than the laws really require.