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5 years is a long, long time in the Internet. Let's go down the memory lane!

The beginning of a new year is a good time to stop for a moment and take look back on your past. You take note of your accomplishments, try to learn from your mistakes, and you get all nostalgic about the days gone by. You know we're big on nostalgia, right? With 5 very successful years in the digital gaming market, we thought we'd chat about the company's history a little. We invite you to join CD Projekt's Marcin Iwiński, Guillaume Rambourg, our Managing Director, and Piotr Karwowski, our Creative Director (both of them core members of the GOG.com team who were with us for years), as they talk about the company's history, the concept behind it, and the best (and one not very good) ideas in our history.

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Thanks for being with us, dear users, and for making GOG.com the awesome place that it is! Tell us, please--what is your favorite moment in GOG.com history?

Or maybe you would like to become a part of it? Check out our GOG.com/Work page--we may happen to have an opening for a position you'd be perfect for.
Post edited January 08, 2014 by G-Doc
Thanks to you GOG. Let's make it another 5 with more old titles and start bringing in some new titles as well. From GOG to AGG (All Good Games).
My favorite moment is each time I download a game from your site, knowing that YOU trust ME not to pirate it. Not by talking cheap like the other companies, but through the fact that the software is DRM free.

On to the future!
As many others have said, my favorite GOG moment is probably the sudden release of System Shock 2, with that animated SHODAN on the front page. That and the later releases of the Wizardry games were something I was thinking could never happen, and I was really happy to find out I was wrong.

An earlier fond moment was when someone randomly gifted me a copy of Messiah back in 2010.
Post edited January 08, 2014 by fisk0
Favorite moment? Probably finding this site near the beginning of last year. You guys do a great job gathering up the older titles that you have and even better updating them to run on modern systems. I can't express how awesome it is to be able to just install the games without having to do any sort of emulation on the user end.
Definitely my most memorable moment here in GoG has to be the first time I laid my eyes on your games catalogue.

I still remember myself silently saying "Holy crap..." when I saw many of the games I always wanted to get but didn't knew where. After I saw games like Duke Nukem 3D, Blood and Redneck Rampage I completely lost it.

After that, I keep checking the site pretty much daily for a chance of a new game to buy or sales, and definitely keep doing so as long as possible.

So, thanks for making this awesome site for us :)
Well I'm fairly new in all this, however I was brought over from Steam (not that I liked steam much to begin with), After buying the 'Dragon Commander' I took note to the forums and there was a few posts regarding GoG where you could buy the game and get it DRM-free. That's when I learned of it, probably back in March or May 2013. This of course is when DRM quickly was showing it's ugly head on steam to me (transfer a game via ethernet so a family member can try the game and it suddenly goes 'demo' rather than the full game... Grrr...)

Honestly I was quite hesitant, but that didn't stop me from getting a handful of free games immediately, and then re-buying games I have on my physical shelf (mostly D&D games, Baulders gate 1&2, Neverwinter nights, etc), and even games I recently bought that wouldn't work from the disc (</i>) and other games that needed patches (<i>[url=http://www.gog.com/game/disciples_sacred_lands_gold]Disciples for example). At that point it's easier to re-buy get the games on discount so the patching and compatibility is easier to deal with.

I've probably spent too much money on GoG games, but it's almost like a CCG (Collectable Card Game), where you gotta get them all! Well, not quite.. All the games I'm interested in, even if I don't plan on playing them any time soon. Still it's a breath of fresh air, when I just open the GoG installer and let it go, and then I can play, no internet, no verification, no extra programs, just run; And the Downloader being optional makes it more trust-worthy, plus it does a decent job of streaming one game at a time at a controlled rate vs the browser.

GoG, my hats off to you, hope you have another good five, ten, twenty years. Learn from your mistakes and make things better!

edit: My profile says it was made in August... hmmm I could have sworn I signed up earlier...
Post edited January 10, 2014 by rtcvb32
Was the video already scanned in search for hidden clues on what's comes next – that's a standard procedure here ? :-P

TeT mentioned classic adventure game coming and this robe behind our talking heads looks like Death from T. Prachett books so ....Discworld confirmed!

EDIT: I forgot THANK YOU THAT YOU EXIST, GOG!

EDIT2: My favorite moment was EA jumping on board.
Post edited January 08, 2014 by tburger
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tburger: Was the video already scanned in search for hidden clues on what's comes next – that's a standard procedure here ? :-P
Unless it was a very subtle hint, then no I don't think so (Nothing stood out to me anyways).
Thanks for fabulous past years, GOG.

My favorite moments:
1) Discovering a website selling solid games DRM-free.
2) Refreshing the mainpage to see The Longest Journey. True classic I adore I had longed to get in digital DRM-free wrap.
3) Noticing the banner of Bioware's "new game" Jade Empire on GOG. It was the first game that made me a fan of the developer studio and it gave me the real hope that new AAA titles might get GOG installer.
Thank u GOG for your great service! My favorite gog moment was, when I entered gog for the first time and bought my first game. Before that I already thought pc gaming died for me, because of the DRM Madness.

So keep on fighting the DRM! Long live GOG!
It is admirable how far you've come, from where you started with this idea. You've worked hard to stay true to your original vision and promise to gamers and as someone who has gone on since you're dopey shut-down stunt to buy just shy of 600 of your 650 games, all is forgiven.

Stick to your principles, stand up for the gamers, and you'll continue to have a loyal customer for life.

If I ever run into any of you, the beer is on me.

Regards.
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tburger: Was the video already scanned in search for hidden clues on what's comes next – that's a standard procedure here ? :-P
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rtcvb32: Unless it was a very subtle hint, then no I don't think so (Nothing stood out to me anyways).
Still some things are interesing:...walking sticker....pills boxes (gtow even bigger formula?)....Ah..I'm too tired to thing of possibilites...sooner or later we will find out.
Post edited January 08, 2014 by tburger
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mondo84: Greetings, GOG users. I come to you from the not so distant future, and I want to say my favorite moment in GOG's history is when they signed LucasArts in 2014. It was a great day for all!

- future mondo84 :p

*crosses fingers*
Wouldn't that be Disney now that they absorbed LA to their collective? LucasArts no longer exists.
Every time there has been a title released that I've been waiting years to purchase and having it run perfectly on the first try. Most notable titles for me have been Master of Magic, Ultima Underworlds and Heroes of Might and Magic series.
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Petrell: Wouldn't that be Disney now that they absorbed LA to their collective? LucasArts no longer exists.
I guess mondo from the future has visited resurrected LA studio.