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Posted July 17, 2015
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Grargar: Warhammer 40000! Not once, but ! Also, [url=http://www.gog.com/game/warhammerr_shadow_of_the_horned_rat]Warhammer and also published by GOG itself!
Ok they are now added, I went with "Warhammer / Warhammer 40,000 Universe" in the end, for consistancy...
Post edited July 17, 2015 by Fever_Discordia
Posted July 21, 2015
A few things.

1) Time for a Call of Cthulhu section.
2) The Redneck Rampage games' soundtracks contains songs from various psychobilly artists like Mojo Nixon, The Beat Farmers and The Reverend Horton Heat. No idea if those songs were licensed for the game or if they were specifically created for the game.
3) The Warhammer IP is not public domain. :P
4) Don't forget to create a Walking Dead/Wolf Among Us section.
Post edited July 21, 2015 by Grargar
Posted July 21, 2015
FYI Cthulu appears to be in the public domain in the EU, the following is from Wikia: "Similarly, the European Union Directive on harmonising the term of copyright protection of 1993 extended the copyrights to 70 years after the author's death. So, all works of Lovecraft published during his lifetime, are to become public domain in all 27 European Union countries on 1 January, 2008."

The same page says his works may also be in the public domain in the US. So I would say the legal risk of someone demanding these games be yanked is probably quite small.

The question is also if they can be said to be external IP games if that IP has been passed on to the public domain?
Posted July 22, 2015
Metro 2033 Redux is now here.
Posted July 22, 2015
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Kristian: FYI Cthulu appears to be in the public domain in the EU, the following is from Wikia: "Similarly, the European Union Directive on harmonising the term of copyright protection of 1993 extended the copyrights to 70 years after the author's death. So, all works of Lovecraft published during his lifetime, are to become public domain in all 27 European Union countries on 1 January, 2008."

The same page says his works may also be in the public domain in the US. So I would say the legal risk of someone demanding these games be yanked is probably quite small.

The question is also if they can be said to be external IP games if that IP has been passed on to the public domain?
Yes but, as far as we know, anything that specifically starts 'Call of Cthulhu...' is actually licensed from the table-top roleplaying game
[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_of_Cthulhu_(role-playing_game]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call_of_Cthulhu_(role-playing_game[/url])

Quite WHY anyone would pay to license a tabletop role playing system to make a point-and-click adventure when they could use the public domain Cthulhu mythos for free is another question entirely though...
Posted July 22, 2015
That indeed sounds exceedingly stupid.
Posted July 28, 2015
I had time Yesterday to add Metro 2033 and the Call of Cthulhu games (plus a H P Lovecraft section in PD IP as placeholder) but not actually announce it...
Posted August 21, 2015
Updated the D&D section for all the groovy AD&D games just released
Posted September 17, 2015
Starship Titanic is a spin off of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams, it got a mention in the third Hitchhiker book, "Life, the Universe and Everything".
Posted September 25, 2015
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Fever_Discordia: Updated the D&D section for all the groovy AD&D games just released
Don't forget about and [url=http://www.gog.com/game/dd_stronghold_kingdom_simulator]D&D Stronghold: Kingdom Simulator.

Also, Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People is based on the character Strong Bad from the Homestar Runner cartton web series.
Posted September 29, 2015
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Fever_Discordia: Updated the D&D section for all the groovy AD&D games just released
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Grargar: Don't forget about and [url=http://www.gog.com/game/dd_stronghold_kingdom_simulator]D&D Stronghold: Kingdom Simulator.

Also, Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People is based on the character Strong Bad from the Homestar Runner cartton web series.
Yes, Yes and Yes
I Also added '80 Days' to Jules Verne in the Public Domain section!
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Ingsoc85: Starship Titanic is a spin off of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" by Douglas Adams, it got a mention in the third Hitchhiker book, "Life, the Universe and Everything".
Hmm I did read that but I'm not convinced that Starship Titanic truly occurs in the same universe as Hitchhikers or that owning the rights to Hitchhiker's gives you any say over what happens to Starship Titanic
Besides, as it's published here by Douglas Adams' own production company it's 'self owned' IP at best...
Thanks for the input but I'm not sure that it properly fits here, close though, I guess...
Post edited September 29, 2015 by Fever_Discordia
Posted September 30, 2015
The Escapists: The Walking Dead is another game based on the Walking Dead comic book/TV series.
Post edited September 30, 2015 by Grargar
Posted September 30, 2015
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Grargar: The Escapists: The Walking Dead is another game based on the Walking Dead comic book/TV series.
Oh yeah, so it it!
Added, thanks!
Posted October 26, 2015
Warhammer 40,000: Rites of War is now here, courtesy of GOG.
Posted October 28, 2015
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Grargar: Warhammer 40,000: Rites of War is now here, courtesy of GOG.
OK added this from Monday and the 7 (count 'em) 'Gold Box' and related D&D games from today - what a great week GOG is having!
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