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Posted December 12, 2013
600+ games discounted by at least 50%, bundle deals up to 80% off, daily personal deals!

It is here: 2013 DRM-Free Winter Sale on GOG.com! The biggest, the loudest, the most varied, and the most exciting sale we've ever done begins now. How big is it? There are way over 600 games from our catalog steadily discounted by at least 50%. How loud is it? Let's just mention the fact, that we're opening with a triple nuclear blast, giving away Fallout, Fallout 2, and Fallout Tactics for FREE the next 48 hours. How varied is it? On top of regular discounts you'll have daily deals including games presented by YouTube personalities, hot thematic bundles chosen each day by our dear users, offered with up to 80% discounts, and--finally--daily personal deals where you pick one of the special offers available to you, and you only. How exciting is it? Well, you probably get the idea by now. So, there you have it: time to save BIG on the best games in history, available DRM-free for Windows and Mac.

This holiday season, your GOG.com Winter Sale experience include the company of Jesse Cox, Force Strategy Gaming, Dodger from Press Heart to Continue, and the YogsCast team. Each day we mash-up a classic game (or games) with it's modern successors and offer them with high discounts, while our tube-casting friends explain why they consider such a blend interesting and worth playing.

2013 DRM-Free Winter Sale Video Recommendations playlist

Section updated: Don't forget about your gamer friends that may not know GOG.com yet! Sadly, for the sake of unburdening what servers we have, we had to turn off the option for gifting free games. But you can always just let them know they can sign up with GOG.com and claim a free gift of Fallout, Fallout 2, and Fallout Tactics. On top of that, when they register to our service, they'll receive all the 12 free games we add to all the newly-created accounts. That way your friends will start their adventure with GOG.com with a collection of 15 great games total already on their virtual shelves! Be kind, share the good news! :-)

We'd also like to remind you, that all purchases on GOG.com are now covered with our new 30-day Worldwide Money Back Guarantee, so your holiday gaming shopping spree is safer than it ever was before.

Worldwide Money Back Guarantee announcement video

Our 2013 DRM-Free Winter Sale will last until Sunday, December 29, at 1:59PM GMT. Happy holidays from GOG.com team, everyone! And again, sorry for the server issues in the initial hours of our sale.
Post edited December 14, 2013 by G-Doc
Posted December 13, 2013
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IAmSinistar: Ah, YouTube. A collection of connoisseurs whose critical discernment rivals that of the British Philosophical Society or the panel of The New York Review Of Books. One needs no further recommendation.
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xy2345: Well, since they are talking to video gamers about video games: Yes, youtube is a very good medium to do that.
Maybe, with the ID content matching and Google+ together it appears to be a bit more of a pain if you're a content provider, however on the bright side most companies and developers are helping the way on trying to keep you able to stream your content (even monetized), although there's a few companies who are ass backwards and will likely remain so regarding it (Nintendo).

I'm considering making a channel but it might end up being on Twitch.tv rather than YouTube.
Posted December 13, 2013
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JMich: Until December 29th.
Wasn't last year's one longer?
Posted December 13, 2013
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HypersomniacLive: Wasn't last year's one longer?
Yes.
Posted December 13, 2013
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JMich: Yes.
Thought so. Wonder if there's going to be time for an encore on the last day.
Posted December 13, 2013
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HypersomniacLive: Wasn't last year's one longer?
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JMich: Yes.
Didnt they have a new year sale for a few days right after?
Posted December 13, 2013
To be whatever this is: The Fall Insomnia was better.
Posted December 13, 2013
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nijuu: Didnt they have a new year sale for a few days right after?
No. Last day of the sale was January 2nd (or was it 3rd?), and it was an encore with all the daily deals from the sale.
Posted December 13, 2013
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RandomJC: To be whatever this is: The Fall Insomnia was better.
This is more relaxed. Had been hoping for more of a Insomnia feel rush to it.oh well
Posted December 13, 2013
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RandomJC: To be whatever this is: The Fall Insomnia was better.
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nijuu: This is more relaxed. Had been hoping for more of a Insomnia feel rush to it.oh well
Honestly, the main difference I'm seeing is that the forum for this isn't as busy...though I do approve of Free games that last for more than .000001 seconds.
Posted December 13, 2013
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nijuu: This is more relaxed. Had been hoping for more of a Insomnia feel rush to it.oh well
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RandomJC: Honestly, the main difference I'm seeing is that the forum for this isn't as busy...though I do approve of Free games that last for more than .000001 seconds.
Well considering everyone doesn't have to be glued to their chairs waiting for the next deal that may last a minute to a couple hours, yeah it's going to be less busy, fewer people to gripe about time they would have been doing something else. I know the JavaScript was eating all my CPU power and quite a bit of bandwidth constantly getting updates from the site, almost be better to have a dedicated program you could run and have on a separate window/screen so it doesn't cause as much problems.

Much easier to get the free games though, that's a huge improvement.
Posted December 13, 2013
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IAmSinistar: Ah, YouTube. A collection of connoisseurs whose critical discernment rivals that of the British Philosophical Society or the panel of The New York Review Of Books. One needs no further recommendation.
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xy2345: Well, since they are talking to video gamers about video games: Yes, youtube is a very good medium to do that.
It's not really the topic I'm calling into question, it's the issue of quality control. Or lack thereof. But then I don't eat at fast food joints either, so clearly my standards are different than a lot of other folks.
Posted December 13, 2013
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xy2345: Well, since they are talking to video gamers about video games: Yes, youtube is a very good medium to do that.
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IAmSinistar: It's not really the topic I'm calling into question, it's the issue of quality control. Or lack thereof. But then I don't eat at fast food joints either, so clearly my standards are different than a lot of other folks.
Until I can comment again using my YouTube account which is different from my main Google(forced +) account, I have lost the right to comment on YT. I absolutely refuse to do it under my standard Google account which is linked to my GMail, because I don't want my comments influence my search results on Google and have those comments pop up if someone searches the net for my personal name.
Can anyone recommend me a service that does not push people into linking their phone number and linking to some other asocial network like Google+?
Posted December 13, 2013
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IAmSinistar: It's not really the topic I'm calling into question, it's the issue of quality control. Or lack thereof. But then I don't eat at fast food joints either, so clearly my standards are different than a lot of other folks.
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jorlin: Until I can comment again using my YouTube account which is different from my main Google(forced +) account, I have lost the right to comment on YT. I absolutely refuse to do it under my standard Google account which is linked to my GMail, because I don't want my comments influence my search results on Google and have those comments pop up if someone searches the net for my personal name.
Can anyone recommend me a service that does not push people into linking their phone number and linking to some other asocial network like Google+?
I am in the same boat brother, I can't even log on to YT currently so I'm just keeping watch of a couple specific channels.

As for other services, not sure. I've tried out DailyMotion, it's simple but I haven't seen much along the way of comments, I've also not seen much in the way of gaming on there but maybe that's about to change... There's comments of Twitch.Tv, which has a live chat but I'm not sure about comments and a conversation system.

You could do as TotalBiscuit does, with Google+ forced on him he locked all comments and references you to Reddit instead. See link

I am tempted to make a channel and start providing videos and my thoughts on various games, but with all the youtube changes I'm now uncertain if I should proceed except using DailyMotion, Vimeo, Twitch.tv or something similar...
Posted December 13, 2013
but are the three surprises equal for everyone?
Posted December 13, 2013
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Ungunbu: but are the three surprises equal for everyone?
what do u mean?
Everyone can get the 3 games for free. And even gift them to others
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