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Posted September 02, 2014
DRM-free movie release.

Us and the Game Industry, a documentary focusing on the very modern craft of virtual world creation and the people pursuing it, is available 40% off, DRM-Free on GOG.com. That's $5.99 for the first week.

Experience recent designs for computer games in the 21st Century. The traditional industry had been making a rolling set of waves in the commercial space. This film draws in close to a smaller and significant set of explorations into interactive experience. The developer, thatgamecompany, is watched during it’s build of JOURNEY(2012). Other adventurers are the independents Jason Rohrer, Alexander Bruce, Douglas Wilson( Die Gute Fabrik) and Zach Gage. The developers, their peers and the world of support structures for these expose the magic explored in a number of games. Interviews occur in San Francisco, New York, Davis, Austin and Copenhagen. Ready? Let's talk about Us and the Game Industry.

If you like to take a peek behind the curtain to see how the magic happens and maybe even meet the magician and see what do they consider to be magic, make sure to grab Us and the Game Industry DRM-free on GOG.com. The 40% off special launch discount promo lasts until Tuesday, September 9, at 11:59AM GMT.
Post edited September 02, 2014 by G-Doc
Posted September 02, 2014
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Russonc: Rent option would be nice...
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azgult: You do realize that renting things DRM-free is literally impossible - right?
I agree it's not likely to happen... only possible way I can think of would be a pure honor system (rent, watch, delete).... I'll just wait for super sales or somewhere like Netflix...

edit - really not into buying movies anyway... more games or music...
Post edited September 02, 2014 by Russonc
Posted September 02, 2014
While I can understand why these documentaries are the only thing we've got, I don't think I'll be buying any of them. I watch TV series under some circunstances, and I would buy those old titles GOG was hoping for (like the X files), but I won't buy these. It concerns me that me not buying these documentaries will reflect as lack of interest on DRM free video and that the whole idea gets scratched, but I won't buy just for the vague hope of getting better videos in the future.

Edit: Also, and this is completely subjective, I feel like movie releases would be nicer on days when no game releases, such as Wednesdays. It would be nice to be thinking of what comes out every day. It may be a pain for GOG's work schedule though, what do I know.
Post edited September 02, 2014 by P1na
Posted September 02, 2014
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P1na: It concerns me that me not buying these documentaries will reflect as lack of interest on DRM free video and that the whole idea gets scratched, but I won't buy just for the vague hope of getting better videos in the future.
This is my concern as well. "We'll start with videos that nobody's interested in, but once our users demonstrate an interest, we'll leverage that!" does not seem to me to be quite the cunning plan that GOG believes it to be.
Posted September 02, 2014
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P1na: It concerns me that me not buying these documentaries will reflect as lack of interest on DRM free video and that the whole idea gets scratched, but I won't buy just for the vague hope of getting better videos in the future.
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BadDecissions: This is my concern as well. "We'll start with videos that nobody's interested in, but once our users demonstrate an interest, we'll leverage that!" does not seem to me to be quite the cunning plan that GOG believes it to be.
Oh, don't you worry! There's quite a lot of interest in the movies, actually. Even here, in the forums, where the most conservative part of our community resides.
Posted September 02, 2014
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BadDecissions: This is my concern as well. "We'll start with videos that nobody's interested in, but once our users demonstrate an interest, we'll leverage that!" does not seem to me to be quite the cunning plan that GOG believes it to be.
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G-Doc: Oh, don't you worry! There's quite a lot of interest in the movies, actually. Even here, in the forums, where the most conservative part of our community resides.
I'm fascinated by this statement. What exactly do you mean when you say that "the most conservative part of our community resides" in the forums?
Posted September 02, 2014
I love that GOG's movie collection is mostly game-related. I guess a lot of folks here aren't into documentaries, but I find the indie gaming scene fascinating.

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fronzelneekburm: You wanna know what really rubs me the wrong way about the new movie section? That some of these movies are pretty much feature-length commercials for games THAT AREN'T EVEN ON GOG!
Hah! That's actually a great point. At least GOG has Fez, as far as Indie Game the Movie's games. But it would be nice if they offered Braid and SuMiBo (and many others), even if a lot of people own the games already.
Posted September 02, 2014
Nice release, will definitely have to pick this one up!
Posted September 02, 2014
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yyahoo: I'm fascinated by this statement. What exactly do you mean when you say that "the most conservative part of our community resides" in the forums?
That's actually the part that sticks out to me too and would love to hear what he means.

He wouldn't by any chance mean (among other things) that not doing twitter/ facebook/ etc. automatically labels one as a conservative member of the community, would he now?
Posted September 02, 2014
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gandalf.nho: GOG needs to contact some of the people creating indie movies through crowdfunding, is possible to get some interesting ones without being documentaries about gaming like those from these guys: http://arrowstormentertainment.com/. Is more likely these movies appearing DRM-free than titles from big studios
Id say a lot of customers would be expecting better known movies (much like when new games were released here.. all we got were indie games - albeit lot of them actually good ones) -- in all honesty i'd pass on indie movies. Im sure there are people who like them... but imho they are very niche...
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yyahoo: I'm fascinated by this statement. What exactly do you mean when you say that "the most conservative part of our community resides" in the forums?
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HypersomniacLive: That's actually the part that sticks out to me too and would love to hear what he means.

He wouldn't by any chance mean (among other things) that not doing twitter/ facebook/ etc. automatically labels one as a conservative member of the community, would he now?
He could mean those who don't like change ie want old classics only blah blah -- the reality is forumites only make up a tiny portion of the customer base --- the rest average customer ......
Post edited September 02, 2014 by Niggles
Posted September 02, 2014
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HypersomniacLive: That's actually the part that sticks out to me too and would love to hear what he means.

He wouldn't by any chance mean (among other things) that not doing twitter/ facebook/ etc. automatically labels one as a conservative member of the community, would he now?
My guess is that he means that people who participate in a company's forum on a regular base are very often a vocal minority who are very dedicated to the company (in a sense that they are very loyal customers), but that the same people often don't want the company to change anything.

I've heard it many times before: Companies changed something and while there was an uproar in the forum, the silent minority liked what the company did (reflected by business numbers) or at least didn't care.
Posted September 02, 2014
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PaterAlf: I've heard it many times before: Companies changed something and while there was an uproar in the forum, the silent minority liked what the company did (reflected by business numbers) or at least didn't care.
We should be happy and glad GOG actually listens to our feedback then :)
Posted September 02, 2014
I'm sorry to say this. But you all are over-reacting.

The blue guy obviously said that we where the most conservative because indeed, we are, many users here, claim GOG to stop from innovating in their business because they want GOG to stay "as it was". That's a conservative point of view.
Heck, there's even people that wants GOG to restore the old green/yellow logo.
Probably all the GOGers on social media do not whine a half as we do (maybe because they're too busy feeding their cows and selling their crops). So, yeah, GOG forum users are the most conservative without a doubt.

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Saying this, I insist on what others already said. Would be awesome to have at least some public domain films around here.
Posted September 02, 2014
It would be nice if there was cross-promotion between games and movies that are related to them. For example, having Fez and Braid will give a discount to Indie Game, each giving a 10% discount or so. Of course, that all depends on GOG getting around to adding these titles to the catalog...
Posted September 02, 2014
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MrBoat: Saying this, I insist on what others already said. Would be awesome to have at least some public domain films around here.
I don't know how keen GOG are on that option - given that the Internet Archive already offers a collection of public domain film downloads - which is why the only one I've added to the wishlist so far is http://www.gog.com/wishlist/movies/road_to_bali as part of its overall series. (There aren't that many freeware games or documentaries on GOG, after all.) There's certainly some good stuff out there - <i>Lieutenant Kizhe</i> is a personal favourite - but it already is, after all, out there.

Maybe one of the blues would care to comment...?
Post edited September 02, 2014 by VanishedOne
Posted September 02, 2014
89 minutes of my life to watch a movie about games? I can't shake the nagging feeling that 89 minutes would be better spent playing a game.

Digital games...well the price differential between digital and physical is quite large. But i can walk 400m to the local department store and buy a release that was in cinemas way back at Christmas, for $19 on Blu-ray. I can then take that hard copy to any friends house (i don't actually have any friends, but for the sake of the argument) and we can watch it knowing that i don't have to worry about their TV being connected to their PC or whether their Blu-ray/DVD player recognizes whatever today's flavor of the month codec is with geeks.
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