— I need to slow down and read more carefully. Ignore this post, but let it stand as a testament to my stupidity. —

I bought some stuff on the sale and unlocked the free games, so I tried to redeem them. On the bottom-right of the page is a "I am not a robot" captcha. On the bottom-left is a message saying: Except if I do as instructed, I can't redeem the code. Is this some kind of joke, or am I missing something entirely?

It's a joke. Admittedly it can be a little misleading.

You actually have to prove that you are human by checking the box to redeem the codes.

Yes it's kind of a joke. You're supposed to enter the code in "Enter your code here" field and then click the white square with gray borders just left from "I'm not a robot" text, if you did it successfully it should spin a bit while turning blue and turn into a green check sign (you know almost like "V" but with shorter left part) and then you should click the green "Continue" just below the joke :)

For some reason, maybe I'm just tired, I read the message as "Prove you're a human by failing this challenge" instead of "Prove you're a robot by failing this challenge." Or maybe that means I'm some kind of sentient robot.

@GOG: Please do away with these user harassment practices - ie having to verify that I am human. It may make sense to use such schemes for "repeat offenders" but people who are clearly not fakes (logged in, just spent $$$, have never before failed at inputting a correct code) certainly should not be put through this.

You might be Defective, I suggest you to seek a maintenance professional :D

PS: When I first read this joke I was also like "wtf" and just ignored it and proceeded as usual, so we might considered it a failed attempt at humor from GOG's side :)

So, you're a robot?

I demand that you put back the pic of the donkey that everyone thought was a dog.

Unfortunately, captcha not works on Opera :(

That's strange. I also use Opera and it works just fine for me.

Maybe there is a different problem?

That is exactly why I'm not going back to it. Poor Eeyore felt insulted!

I also noticed that as well when redeeming a code today. I hope there is some way to turn it off, but I'm not really bothered by its existence. That is as long as it doesn't squeeze into the rest of GOG.

:(

Maybe GOG should use the Voight-Kampff test instead.