Posted March 09, 2015
xep624
Baldie Oldie
xep624 Sorry, data for given user is currently unavailable. Please, try again later. View profile View wishlist Start conversation Invite to friends Invite to friends Accept invitation Accept invitation Pending invitation... Unblock chat Registered: Jul 2011
From Australia
Anaxphone
A Keane MIND
Anaxphone Sorry, data for given user is currently unavailable. Please, try again later. View profile View wishlist Start conversation Invite to friends Invite to friends Accept invitation Accept invitation Pending invitation... Unblock chat Registered: Feb 2013
From United States
Posted March 09, 2015
Anaxphone: Well, 40 pages and a few hours later, I'm almost afraid to see what titles slipped by while I couldn't check...
genkicolleen: What games were you looking for? I was hoping to grab Xenonauts and The Last Federation, but it seems they came through for the last while I was taking care of RL stuff.
toxicTom
Big Daddy
toxicTom Sorry, data for given user is currently unavailable. Please, try again later. View profile View wishlist Start conversation Invite to friends Invite to friends Accept invitation Accept invitation Pending invitation... Unblock chat Registered: Feb 2009
From Germany
Dalthnock
Born butt first. Doc said, It's an asshole!
Dalthnock Sorry, data for given user is currently unavailable. Please, try again later. View profile View wishlist Start conversation Invite to friends Invite to friends Accept invitation Accept invitation Pending invitation... Unblock chat Registered: Dec 2014
From Portugal
Posted March 09, 2015
Dalthnock: This makes me very, very sad.
So, because some people won't be able to get some movies, NO ONE is allowed to get them?
Tha hell is this, COMMUNISM??? I'll have NO part of THAT, good sir!
Haven't these people ever heard of baby steps? Based on what you say they said - I know, I know... not exactly a legal document - it seems big Hollywood studios are at least trying to take some baby steps towards proper digital movie distribution.
Baby steps, people... all or nothing is a cool dream when you're a teenager, but things just don't work that way. Somebody has to take a risk at first, & if everybody shuts down the idea right away, it'll never happen.
Bring on the movies - I got your back, GOG... *I* will deal with these people.
skeletonbow: I wouldn't call it communism, but as I just wrote in another more elaborate post a minute or so ago while I support the underlying ideals people are fighting for, I find the all-or-nothing mentality to be very self-defeating and unlikely to ever win against the existing status quo, for being too small to matter in the eyes of the industry, and I feel that the industry is moving faster than the hardliner minority movement is, and that going forward it will be even more difficult to get out of the mess unless baby steps are taken in the mean time. So, because some people won't be able to get some movies, NO ONE is allowed to get them?
Tha hell is this, COMMUNISM??? I'll have NO part of THAT, good sir!
Haven't these people ever heard of baby steps? Based on what you say they said - I know, I know... not exactly a legal document - it seems big Hollywood studios are at least trying to take some baby steps towards proper digital movie distribution.
Baby steps, people... all or nothing is a cool dream when you're a teenager, but things just don't work that way. Somebody has to take a risk at first, & if everybody shuts down the idea right away, it'll never happen.
Bring on the movies - I got your back, GOG... *I* will deal with these people.
On a positive note though, I do think there are enough people out there who support DRM-free content on its own accord, other issues aside to support a DRM-free video store online, and we'll probably see one spring up eventually that might be able to reach Hollywood eventually. I'd be happy to support such a store even if the content was only available in my city and say... Easter Island. It'd be one step forward at least. I am just getting increasingly skeptical that we'll see it happen here due to a highly vocal minority. If this was a new store starting up with no existing customerbase, then they could move forward without fear of reprisal, but I don't believe that GOG will move forward on this without the backing of their community for fear of reprisal on their business as a whole, because people who oppose the idea for movies will also then throw one more thing into the basket and refuse to buy games here too unless they get their way with movies.
GOG IMHO is not going to risk compromising that and so in the end DRM-free movies and TV Shows are defeated before it even starts. Louis CK sells his comedy shows DRM-free for like $5 on his website, maybe we can convince him to expand his offerings and branch out. ;o)
I too find the pigheadedness of all or nothing to be highly unlikely - if not impossible - to win any battles. You have to show them you're willing to meet them somewhere down the middle.
And now I'm pissed off because we could have great movies at GOG prices - read, insane promos - & we won't get them because of the immaturity of some of its user-base.
You're right, a site that just started has no user-base to alienate, so there's no risk involved. I can understand GOG being cautious... if their business is games, they don't want to antagonise their customers over movies - that'd just be dumb.
So, the loudmouths think they won, beat the man, or something, when in reality, we all lost.
You go, rebels. You go.
genkicolleen
gAg-arooni!
genkicolleen Sorry, data for given user is currently unavailable. Please, try again later. View profile View wishlist Start conversation Invite to friends Invite to friends Accept invitation Accept invitation Pending invitation... Unblock chat Registered: Mar 2010
From United States
Crewdroog
Land Shark
Crewdroog Sorry, data for given user is currently unavailable. Please, try again later. View profile View wishlist Start conversation Invite to friends Invite to friends Accept invitation Accept invitation Pending invitation... Unblock chat Registered: May 2014
From United States
Grargar
Insert cat to continue
Grargar Sorry, data for given user is currently unavailable. Please, try again later. View profile View wishlist Start conversation Invite to friends Invite to friends Accept invitation Accept invitation Pending invitation... Unblock chat Registered: Aug 2012
From Greece
Posted March 09, 2015
Fresh deal: Lumino City (-50%) [200]
genkicolleen
gAg-arooni!
genkicolleen Sorry, data for given user is currently unavailable. Please, try again later. View profile View wishlist Start conversation Invite to friends Invite to friends Accept invitation Accept invitation Pending invitation... Unblock chat Registered: Mar 2010
From United States
Grargar
Insert cat to continue
Grargar Sorry, data for given user is currently unavailable. Please, try again later. View profile View wishlist Start conversation Invite to friends Invite to friends Accept invitation Accept invitation Pending invitation... Unblock chat Registered: Aug 2012
From Greece
Posted March 09, 2015
Meanwhile, this wonder is taking ages to build.
KunoNoOni
Make it so
KunoNoOni Sorry, data for given user is currently unavailable. Please, try again later. View profile View wishlist Start conversation Invite to friends Invite to friends Accept invitation Accept invitation Pending invitation... Unblock chat Registered: Sep 2011
From United States
Posted March 09, 2015
IanM: The Discworld adaptations for Sky in the UK are some of the better things that they have produced. Worth a watch in my opinion (I've read all the books up to Unseen Academicals) but you shouldn't have very high expectations - Sky only started making original television because the regulator compelled them to and most of what they've produced has been dross. iirc The Hogfather was one of the first with higher production values and an an attempt to make something of high quality, so it was a pleasant surprise when it was first broadcast.
Well then I do look forward to watching them. EDIT: Looks like Netflix has all 3. Added to my queue!
Post edited March 09, 2015 by KunoNoOni
genkicolleen
gAg-arooni!
genkicolleen Sorry, data for given user is currently unavailable. Please, try again later. View profile View wishlist Start conversation Invite to friends Invite to friends Accept invitation Accept invitation Pending invitation... Unblock chat Registered: Mar 2010
From United States
toxicTom
Big Daddy
toxicTom Sorry, data for given user is currently unavailable. Please, try again later. View profile View wishlist Start conversation Invite to friends Invite to friends Accept invitation Accept invitation Pending invitation... Unblock chat Registered: Feb 2009
From Germany
Posted March 09, 2015
No, but I've heard good things about it AND I once had the chance to play Companions of Xanth at a friend's place. A game that would suit GOG well (and would be an instabuy for me, like most Legend Entertainment games) but is probably a legal nightmare.
Dalthnock
Born butt first. Doc said, It's an asshole!
Dalthnock Sorry, data for given user is currently unavailable. Please, try again later. View profile View wishlist Start conversation Invite to friends Invite to friends Accept invitation Accept invitation Pending invitation... Unblock chat Registered: Dec 2014
From Portugal
Posted March 09, 2015
Dalthnock: See? SEE? You GET it! If they don't make it available to you because stupidity, you get creative!
Sooner or later, they'll realise you want to play, but not by their rules. How do you think region-free DVDs came about?
Look, if you don't buy, they'll simply come to the conclusion that it's not profitable & stop making them altogether.
HOWEVER, if you get them by other means, you'll show them that there's a market, IF they play ball.
And that's what I'm saying. Let GOG get the big movies. They'll be DRM-free... I'm sure you can think of ways to get the ones that are unavailable to you. Do it enough & voila! They end up being available for EVERYONE.
Magic.
WildHobgoblin: Alright, I'm kinda tired, but I sure as hell am not getting it. Is this sarcasm? Sooner or later, they'll realise you want to play, but not by their rules. How do you think region-free DVDs came about?
Look, if you don't buy, they'll simply come to the conclusion that it's not profitable & stop making them altogether.
HOWEVER, if you get them by other means, you'll show them that there's a market, IF they play ball.
And that's what I'm saying. Let GOG get the big movies. They'll be DRM-free... I'm sure you can think of ways to get the ones that are unavailable to you. Do it enough & voila! They end up being available for EVERYONE.
Magic.
What exactly do you want me to do to make the magic happen?
Don't worry about the rest.
Crewdroog
Land Shark
Crewdroog Sorry, data for given user is currently unavailable. Please, try again later. View profile View wishlist Start conversation Invite to friends Invite to friends Accept invitation Accept invitation Pending invitation... Unblock chat Registered: May 2014
From United States
Posted March 09, 2015
Crewdroog: hello! :)
i'm locked in a rubber room and threatening people with rubber chickens. How are you? and ignore what blakstar said, we are fiiiine. just fine.
genkicolleen: *snicker* i'm locked in a rubber room and threatening people with rubber chickens. How are you? and ignore what blakstar said, we are fiiiine. just fine.
omg i'm working on 3 hrs of sleep. stupid day light savings!
ElTerprise
Registered: May 2011
From Germany
Posted March 09, 2015
Me too. Computer says no ;) but i do it anyway.
Post edited March 09, 2015 by ElTerprise