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Posted February 11, 2014
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HereForTheBeer: "Gamer-Owned Games": you OWN it, not rent it like most of the titles offered elsewhere.

That's what DRM-free is all about, regardless of new or old.
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ReynardFox: I kinda like that one. :)
/heads to trademark office
Posted February 11, 2014
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HereForTheBeer: "Gamer-Owned Games": you OWN it, not rent it like most of the titles offered elsewhere.

That's what DRM-free is all about, regardless of new or old.
In soviet russia games OWN you!
Posted February 11, 2014
No, no. GÖG is boring. It should be ĞÖĜ.

See how much difference it makes?
Posted February 11, 2014
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Darvond: No, no. GÖG is boring. It should be ĞÖĜ.

See how much difference it makes?
I've always had a weakness for the cedilla. Can one of the Gs be a Ģ?
Posted February 11, 2014
Games. Oh Goodie. dot com.
Post edited February 11, 2014 by LinustheBold
Posted February 11, 2014
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JudasIscariot: Gs are happy letters :)
So G-Men must be very happy employees. =P
Post edited February 11, 2014 by mistermumbles
Posted February 11, 2014
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spindown: How about "Good Old GOG"?
GOGOG?
Posted February 11, 2014
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Darvond: No, no. GÖG is boring. It should be ĞÖĜ.

See how much difference it makes?
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IAmSinistar: I've always had a weakness for the cedilla. Can one of the Gs be a Ģ?
Only if it makes it harder to pronounce.
Posted February 11, 2014
I suggest 'Gognac'. The taste of maturity & quality.
Posted February 11, 2014
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IAmSinistar: I've always had a weakness for the cedilla. Can one of the Gs be a Ģ?
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Darvond: Only if it makes it harder to pronounce.
I certainly have no idea how to pronounce it. The C-cedilla I know, the rest may as well be in a foreign language.

Oh, right.
Posted February 11, 2014
So, GOG isn't called "Good Old Games" anymore, and despite that lots of people are still calling it like that. GOG doesn't exclusively sell old games anymore but also lots of new (indie) games, and despite that lots of people are still claiming it's all about the "old" games. Now, what makes you think that giving the acronym a new meaning (especially one that's still using two thirds of the old meaning's words) will suddenly change all that which the realities were not able to change, and make these people see GOG in a different light? Or do you suggest changing the actual letters of the acronym, which IMO would be a bad idea?

That being said, I always found it was a bit silly of GOG to drop the "Good Old Games" name and just call it gog.com, and the reaction of the people mentioned above show that it's not really working. Personally, I'd have dropped only the "d", and spelled it "Good Ol' Games" from there on, which - unless I misinterpret the English language - wouldn't have meant "old" so much as "dear" or "fondly remembered" and that could also apply to the 'new classics'.
Posted February 11, 2014
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spindown: How about "Good Old GOG"?
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wizardtypething: GOGOG?
GOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGOGO....
Posted February 11, 2014
Too bad there isn't a polling function for threads. I would be quite curious to know how many folks here pronounce GOG as the word "Gog" and how many, like the actual GOG staff, pronounce it as the letters "Gee-Oh-Gee". I'm guessing that has something to do with one's perception of the site as well. I say it as the word "Gog", so the old acronym doesn't occur to me as often as someone who says it as the letters, I'm betting.
Posted February 11, 2014
VAPOR? :3
Posted February 11, 2014
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IAmSinistar: Too bad there isn't a polling function for threads. I would be quite curious to know how many folks here pronounce GOG as the word "Gog" and how many, like the actual GOG staff, pronounce it as the letters "Gee-Oh-Gee". I'm guessing that has something to do with one's perception of the site as well. I say it as the word "Gog", so the old acronym doesn't occur to me as often as someone who says it as the letters, I'm betting.
I also say, "gog". To spell it out, IMHO, defines it as an acronym.
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