Games

What the hell, I had no idea such a tool existed... I do not intend to use it... But it is so cool regardless.

That's actually pretty awesome, thanks!

Does that still work? Last updated over a year ago and the free games are usually protected by some rather creative captchas.

.......are you Jesus?

If Steam ever fucks over consumers I will pirate 100% of my games from that day on unless an indie company allows me to buy directly from them or through GoG.

Because I have my entire extensive library on steam, I’m kind of stuck with them. And while they are not abusing that presently, I’m fairly confident they will someday.

Yeah. I am confident that long term access to classic games is a torch only sufficiently carried by software pirates.

Don't get me wrong, I adore things like the Atari 50th Anniversary collection, and what Evercade is doing with esoteric arcade titles. (And I delight in throwing money at them.)

But only a small fraction of the greatest games get that kind of loving licensed treatment.

For the rest of gaming history, software pirates are essential.

There's programs that keep track of all your libraries... GOG Galaxy is one of them.

I too have over 200 games on Epic and have purchased non of them. This is none news. I buy my games on Steam and get my free games on Epic.

Interesting thought: "Because I have my entire extensive library on steam, I’m kind of stuck with them. And while they are not abusing that presently, I’m fairly confident they will someday."

Steam subscription $9.99 to access your library 😐 - man that feels wrong. But also can probably happen with the TOS noone reads

i went a couple years, pretty steady. now it's whenever i remember--and it's not been that often. only one during the winter deals.

Just use Heroic launcher to play the free Epic games.

Use Heroic. It’s GPL.

Don't need a complex UI to list some games for 5 seconds before I start playing them.

Epic needs to pump their MAU stats to look like a legitimate platform. They know what's going on and are happy to pay.

What I don't know is what they actually pay the publishers.

That makes GOG untrustworthy as well, I guess, since I have 300 games on there, but never bought one.

Yeah, that's pretty common. 200+ games and they don't even have payment info for me.

That's some dedication! Sometimes I wish I would do this more often. I start doing it, then it just fades away... Might be because some of the games don't apply to my taste, then I forget to keep up with it.

You can skip one step and have just have many steps as if you had bought it on Steam, just launch it from the Epic launcher directly, ta-fucking-da

I mean if you're going to be like that, you don't own any software.