Welcome to GOG. What kinds of games appeal to you most? I can always recommend System Shock 2 and Botanicula, but we can give plenty of recommendations if there is a particular style or setting you enjoy.

Good. Now that we've lured him in, we only need to spring the trap! Muahahhaa... What? I'm not allowed to scare the newcomers? Awww. ;-p

Welcome to GOG.com. Stay awhile, stay forever. And don't mind the local residents. They bark but don't tend to bite... most of the time. Froth in the dripping down from the mouths of some of them isn't anything serious, I'm sure. I'm almost certain it's nothing contagious anyway... What now? Can't I... What about... Ok. Ok. I'm going. I'm going.

Well, that depends a lot on what kinds of games you prefer. Personal tastes differ wildly. One man's trash is another man's treasure, and all that (even if you're a woman). Basically, no two people will give you the same recommendations. It helps a lot if you could tell us what sort of games you like or are interested in trying.

Depends on what you like, of course.

If it's classic RPG's you're after, then the Dungeons and Dragons games should be near the top of your list. They often go on sale as a bundle for around $20 for the entire set, so if you're cost-averse you can always wait for that.

I've recently been playing La Mulana, and I've found it incredibly challenging but rewarding. If you like your games hard, I'd definitely recommend it.

Recently there's been a lot of attention on the classic Dungeon Keeper series. A great "role-reversal" where you play as the evil overlord and thwart heroes who attempt to raid your dungeon. It's a game of planning, construction, minion-management, and good-old-fashioned maniacal villainy.

Momo is so full of shit. A Goglodyte is a prehistoric crustacean which lived in the Miocene era most closely related to our modern day Blue Crabs which inhabit the North Atlantic Coast of America.

Thanks everyone for all the help. Many will be sad to learn I love Apocalypse, Zombies, Possibly ArmA if I could ever get the controls down. War and bloody savagery. I'm better at reading. But I run out of books and my own mental imagery runs dry. So... games.

And I like Baldurs Gate and Dark Alliance

I'd say grab the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games while they are on promo, then. And for the reading/imagination side, perhaps check out the Wadjet Eye games here.

Dorkiness is a requirement here, so please never feel like you need to apologize for it. : )

Welcome along, and don't forget to snag all of the free titles while you're here: http://www.gog.com/games##price=free

Money-free and DRM-free. Hard to beat that one-two punch.

My account, My games, click on the game, then Windows Installer.

With exception of Teen Agent which would be a triple stomach punch. No one should recommend that game, even if it's free. =P

Give Fallout a try -- it's like Baldur's Gate in an apocalypse setting. Of course, you need to get it on Steam b/c GOG just lost rights for it a month or two ago (the game rights switched hands to Bethesda).

If you'd like a more combat-centric Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale is a great game.

Neverwinter Nights has zombies, but they're rather lame. Nonetheless, it's the next step after Baldur's Gate in the Bioware RPGs.

You might also like to give the Spiderweb games a try (I'd start with Avadon: The Black Fortress, personally). They are like reading a book and playing a game at the same time.

As for war and killing, Rainbow Six and Splinter Cell are spectacular sneaky games. And, though I have a hard time saying it's worth $6, Zombie Shooter has a very nice blood-all-over-the-place-kill-as-much-as-possible feel as any game I've ever played.

Also, I'd recommend taking a look at the top sellers. They're almost always a great game.

How this?
http://www.gog.com/game/the_witcher

edit: gifted to another newcomer...

Welcome to GOG! There's lots of games here that are great. The real things I like at GOG are 1) DRM-free means when my internet cuts out the games all still work, and 2) the support team is actually pretty good and gets back to you on issues.

For a great, humorous take on mass destruction take a look at Overlord: https://secure.gog.com/game/overlord_raising_hell
In most apocalypse games you have to survive the apocalypse. In Overlord you *are* the apocalypse. Plus, minions are hilarious. Everyone should have minions.

Icewind Dale games are like Baldur's Gate but are more fighting-oriented games. I actually like Icewind Dale better, the games are faster-paced and the controls are better. There's also the Neverwinter series, which are more modern and use 3D graphics.

Because of the nature of GoG, with new releases and frequent sales, over time you might find yourself having a lot more games than you anticipated ever getting. So it is good to start out with a plan of your own for managing your game downloads. For instance, I download all game installer files, plus additions like manuals and soundtracks to their own folder, to keep things tidy.

When you download your game files, keep in mind what folder they are in, so after you install the game, you have the option to make a personal copy of the files for your archives. Sometimes a file can be corrupted while downloading, so it is best to test by getting a successful install.

If a file is corrupted you will see a stall during the installation, in the case of multiple files the installer does an integrity check with a status bar to indicate what file might be bad, (if it stalls at beginning, midway or toward the end), so might have to re-download a file, small possibility, just good to be aware it might happen. Large game size downloads are conveniently broken up into smaller downloads, largest being 1.5 to 2 gig by GoG.

You can copy the files to a flash drive, or burn them onto a DVD disc, or even copy them over to an external backup drive. This will allow you free space on your gaming PC, whilst still having access to your games, to install and uninstall them whenever you wish, without having to wait for the downloading again.

Personally I don’t use the GoG downloader, I download all files manually with the Browser, since if you have system drops, the GoG downloader stops and can’t pick up where it left off.

Just some things to think about..