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GOG: Preserving Gaming's Past & Future

/noclip · 459.1K views · 2018-07-23 · 42:47

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Overview

A /noclip documentary on GOG, covering how it finds and re-releases classic games and pushes DRM-free releases. It also touches on the company's origins in Poland.

On Hacker News

HN points to it as a good documentary on GOG's history and the difficulty of tracking down rights holders.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 2 months · HN mentions 2018–2025

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wildpeaks · 2022-03 · Recommendation

An interesting point from the history of GOG is that it originated from a market where piracy was the norm, Noclip has a great documentary about it: [VIDEO]

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TimGremalm · 2018-10 · Recommendation

Noclip did an interesting documentary about GOG. "GOG: Preserving Gaming's Past & Future" [VIDEO]

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aequitas · 2025-11 · Reference

GOG shows that paying for drm-free games in a country where copyright was unenforced and piracy offered a better UX can still be profitable: [LINK] , [VIDEO]

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