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Lodin posted:If you have any interest in I Have No Mouth then buy it right loving now and back it up on a DVD, SD-Card and a USB-stick. This is one of those games I never believed GOG would ever get because Harlan Ellison is such a huge dick. I can't even imagine what they did to get the digital rights. The only way to get it for years has been via mail order from some weirdo. Argh, don't tell me that. I don't have any more money to spend like this. 
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macnbc posted:Usually if GOG pulls a game from its catalog it remains available to people who purchased it. That happened with the Dark Fall games for example. There was no store page for them but I could still get them from my account. I was just about to post this. I don't believe that GOG can legally take away a game that is purchased as that would essentially be theft, but they can remove a game from further sale. I bought both Dark Fall games before they were pulled and they were still there all the way up until they brought them back - I also have Cryostasis and XIII that were pulled earlier this year and have not returned. Making backups is a good idea in any situation and I understand fully if you want to buy this game right away because one of the creators is a loony, but I don't think that you need to worry about GOG pulling one of your games off of your shelf. For further reference (this was posted before), the below link has a list of every game ever pulled from GOG: http://www.gogwiki.com/wiki/List_of_games_removed_from_GOG
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Sep 5, 2013 20:33
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Yes, we said it jokingly, nothing was truly removed from Steam or GOG so far. Or at least nothing worthy of any note.
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Sep 5, 2013 21:13
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Why... the gently caress... would someone want to impede on a potential revenue stream?
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Sep 5, 2013 21:30
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BadAstronaut posted:Why... the gently caress... would someone want to impede on a potential revenue stream? Because artistic integrity and legal rights and inflated ego and personal pride and...
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Sep 5, 2013 21:48
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BadAstronaut posted:Why... the gently caress... would someone want to impede on a potential revenue stream? No one knows for sure he will obviously, but Ellison is a crazy person (or at the very least an extreme narcissist), and it wouldn't be out of character for him to throw an apocalyptic poo poo-fit over some imaginary slight. He probably would have been black listed decades ago if he wasn't so freaking talented.
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Sep 5, 2013 21:50
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BadAstronaut posted:Why... the gently caress... would someone want to impede on a potential revenue stream? Because Harlan Ellison is certifiably insane.
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Sep 5, 2013 21:50
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Oh my god hell loving froze over! I can confirm the Harlan Ellison poo poo. My dad met him twice and said he's got CLASSIC bullshitter personality. He's also tiny as hell.
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Sep 5, 2013 22:23
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Night Dive's next act of wizardry should be convincing Disney to get all the Lucas Arts games re-released.
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Sep 5, 2013 22:28
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Jonny Retro posted:He probably would have been black listed decades ago if he wasn't so freaking talented. What else has he made besides Have Scream, Will Mime?
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Sep 5, 2013 22:34
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Sorry, I didn't only been H E, but the others on sale that were removed. Do they not make some money with them being on GOG but zero money with them off GOG?
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Sep 5, 2013 22:38
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THE BAR posted:What else has he made besides Have Scream, Will Mime? He's done a poo poo load of television. Star Trek, Twilight Zone, Babylon 5, Outer Limits, a lot of stuff like that. Looking him up just now he also worked at Disney briefly but was fired after joking about making a porno with all the Disney characters.
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Sep 5, 2013 22:40
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He's one of the few SciFi writers I actually like.
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Sep 5, 2013 22:44
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THE BAR posted:What else has he made besides Have Scream, Will Mime? In addition to the above he also did A Boy and His Dog, one of the most influential post-apocalyptic stories, and Soldier which served as the basis for The Terminator. The guy has a good pedigree, he's just not a very good man.
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Sep 5, 2013 22:48
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al-azad posted:The guy has a good pedigree, he's just not a very good man. Haha, just skimming through his Wikipedia entry alone makes him sound cartoonishly violent and furious... Making outrageous demands over trifles, accusing people of having the "intellectual capacity of an artichoke" and directly assaulting a critic, hilarious! But can you really be mad at someone, who obviously knows what he's doing when making his art?
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Sep 5, 2013 23:06
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THE BAR posted:Haha, just skimming through his Wikipedia entry alone makes him sound cartoonishly violent and furious... Making outrageous demands over trifles, accusing people of having the "intellectual capacity of an artichoke" and directly assaulting a critic, hilarious! But can you really be mad at someone, who obviously knows what he's doing when making his art? I will be if he pulls my video game! Them's fighting words.
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Sep 5, 2013 23:22
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al-azad posted:I will be if he pulls my video game! Them's fighting words. But you've already bought and stashed it away, haven't you?
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Sep 5, 2013 23:24
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THE BAR posted:But you've already bought and stashed it away, haven't you? It's the principle that counts. If Ellison can sue a publication because they printed the opinion of someone else, then I will be super miffed if future generations can't play this game. Oddly enough, Ellison actually approved of the game. There was even an interview with him and the creators in a Game Informer magazine recently.
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Sep 5, 2013 23:29
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al-azad posted:Oddly enough, Ellison actually approved of the game. There was even an interview with him and the creators in a Game Informer magazine recently.
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Sep 5, 2013 23:35
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THE BAR posted:Haha, just skimming through his Wikipedia entry alone makes him sound cartoonishly violent and furious... Making outrageous demands over trifles, accusing people of having the "intellectual capacity of an artichoke" and directly assaulting a critic, hilarious! But can you really be mad at someone, who obviously knows what he's doing when making his art? There was an old DVD release of A Boy and His Dog (that may have been mastered from the laserdisc since it originally came in one of those hard plastic cases) that had a commentary track on it that was nothing but Ellison talking about the movie and ranting for an hour and a half. Track it down if you want a full dose of Ellison crazy. He's a fantastic artist, but it's clear he's just got more than a few screws loose. As many artists do.
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Sep 5, 2013 23:43
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Yeah. He's, uh, quite the character
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Sep 5, 2013 23:51
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I Have No Mouth can be drat tough at times, but its unique tone and the venom Ellison puts into AM makes it something that's well worth experiencing. A few will probably want to switch to a Lets Play after getting screwed over by some of the trial and error stuff that's littered throughout the game though. The original was made compatible with ScummVM, I assume this release works with it too. THE BAR posted:Haha, just skimming through his Wikipedia entry alone makes him sound cartoonishly violent and furious... Making outrageous demands over trifles, accusing people of having the "intellectual capacity of an artichoke" and directly assaulting a critic, hilarious! But can you really be mad at someone, who obviously knows what he's doing when making his art? Good thing Gog users are so generous with their reviews then.
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Sep 6, 2013 00:10
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Accordion Man posted:Night Dive's next act of wizardy should be convincing Disney to get all the Lucas Arts games re-released. If I, something awful dot com forums poster Bilal, ever see Star Wars: Tie Fighter: Defender of the Emperor Edition on GOG, I pledge that I will literally ejaculate, in real life. 
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Sep 6, 2013 00:16
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Bilal posted:If I, something awful dot com forums poster Bilal, ever see Star Wars: Tie Fighter: Defender of the Emperor Edition on GOG, I pledge that I will literally ejaculate, in real life. Whatever happened to that Vine/Instragram video of one of the GOG guys saying "These are the games you're looking for" anyway? Was that confirmed to be toward another game/developer or are we still waiting for clues on that?
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Sep 6, 2013 00:30
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macnbc posted:Usually if GOG pulls a game from its catalog it remains available to people who purchased it. That happened with the Dark Fall games for example. There was no store page for them but I could still get them from my account. Yeh, that's what happened with TOCA3 and Colin McRae 05, no more store page for either but I can still download. BadAstronaut posted:Sorry, I didn't only been H E, but the others on sale that were removed. Do they not make some money with them being on GOG but zero money with them off GOG? In the case of Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis, it was due to legal actions between Bohemia Interactive (the developer) and Codemasters (the publisher); it was brought back as Arma: Cold War Assault once the lawyers stopped yelling at each other. For Colin McRae 05 and TOCA 3, it was due to expiring licenses for various IPs within the game (namely cars and sponsors). Kilonum fucked around with this message at 02:49 on Sep 6, 2013 |
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Sep 6, 2013 02:39
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al-azad posted:In addition to the above he also did A Boy and His Dog, one of the most influential post-apocalyptic stories, and Soldier which served as the basis for The Terminator. The guy has a good pedigree, he's just not a very good man. The bit about The Terminator is bullshit. The only thing the film had in common with his stories is that there was a soldier who travels through time. It was a pretty frivolous lawsuit, which Orion settled to avoid a drawn out trial. Harlan Ellison is a monumental rear end in a top hat that hasn't written anything of note in years, and only makes money these days by suing people. He is the Edge Games of science fiction.
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Sep 6, 2013 04:23
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Kilonum posted:Yeh, that's what happened with TOCA3 and Colin McRae 05, no more store page for either but I can still download. That makes a lot of sense - CMR is basically a sport game. I just wish that they would warn people, if possible, when a game is about to be pulled. They very well might not have a chance and have to pull the plug immediately, but I hope that they have the goodwill to warn people, even provisionally. Maybe if a company is going out of business and selling the rights to certain IPs (Activision leaps to mind) they can let people know that that might happen. Again, I know that it may not be possible due to timing, NDAs and the like, but I really hope that they make it a point to do whatever they can when these cases pop up.
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They have warned people in the past when it has come up. It can be tough sometimes, depending on what they know. But as far as I can remember, if they think or know a game will be pulled, they'll announce it.
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Mr.48 posted:The bit about The Terminator is bullshit. The only thing the film had in common with his stories is that there was a soldier who travels through time. It was a pretty frivolous lawsuit, which Orion settled to avoid a drawn out trial. Harlan Ellison is a monumental rear end in a top hat that hasn't written anything of note in years, and only makes money these days by suing people. He is the Edge Games of science fiction. In his defense, he has written some incredible stuff. No argument about the gaping rear end in a top hat bit though. Now I've got a friend who's having a weekend of horror gaming and has never played System Shock 2. What's a reasonable slate of mods to get the best experience?
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Cemetry Gator posted:They have warned people in the past when it has come up. It can be tough sometimes, depending on what they know. But as far as I can remember, if they think or know a game will be pulled, they'll announce it. Or in the case of Atari they had a mondo sale and then were like "Thanks for buying cheap games Atari isn't going anywhere."
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Which story in Mouth does people here enjoy the most? I've always liked Gorrister's for being the most focused of the bunch, and I tend to have a preference towards simpler stories, as each part becomes more effective, if done right.
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Sep 6, 2013 08:43
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No one's going to mention slowbeef and Diabetus' videos for I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream: The Video Game?
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Sep 6, 2013 16:12
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So, what's the verdict on the Daedalus sale this weekend? I'm kind of having my eyes on the Deponia and Dark Eye adventure games. Are they worth a shot for that pricing?
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Cass posted:I Have No Mouth can be drat tough at times, but its unique tone and the venom Ellison puts into AM makes it something that's well worth experiencing. A few will probably want to switch to a Lets Play after getting screwed over by some of the trial and error stuff that's littered throughout the game though. Universal Hint System is the perfect set of walkthroughs to give you just the info you need at a hard part. I used it to look up two or three of the fiddlier bits in Grim Fandango where I got stuck for hours. It's really great confirming that your idea of the solution is correct but there's just something missing in your execution.
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Sep 6, 2013 20:27
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I've seen the Deponia games go for cheaper on Steam if platform's not a big issue for you. Honestly, I'd say they're probably worth $5 a pop.
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liquid courage posted:I've seen the Deponia games go for cheaper on Steam if platform's not a big issue for you. Honestly, I'd say they're probably worth $5 a pop. Steam sometimes discounts the Daedalic bundle but their bundle doesn't come with The Whispered World and I've never seen Night of the Rabbit discounted so this is the best deal.
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Having played through and extensively enjoyed the Divinity 2/expansion on 360 recently. I went ahead and installed Divine Divinity on my newish, yet ancient PC. After actually getting it to work by installing it into a non-program files directory and turning changing the graphics from Direct 3d to software, it looks incredibly sharps moves really fast. I feel like I'm playing The Elder Scrolls: Diablo II. I'm really amused how much (even early on) that Divinity 2 referenced the old game.
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Beyond Divinity aside, the whole series has been quite a pleasant surprise, and really put Larian on the map for me as a studio to watch. Really can't wait to play Original Sin at this point, and hopefully they've got a proper sequel planed at some point after that.
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Dominic White posted:Beyond Divinity aside, the whole series has been quite a pleasant surprise, and really put Larian on the map for me as a studio to watch. Really can't wait to play Original Sin at this point, and hopefully they've got a proper sequel planed at some point after that. They really created a pretty cool world. Also, in Divinity 2, the battle tower with the swirling sky above is as metal as gently caress. The combat was so incredibly customizable too; I really like that long range teleportation melee attack coupled with a spin attack and skill point damage multipliers for each. It seems like they released the game into a bunch of similar, bigger name releases. I wish it would have been released into a AAA drought.
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