Do you actually own anything digital?::From ebooks, to videos and software, the answer is increasingly no

  • @Sanctus
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    511 months ago

    It depends on how you acquired it. Nobody can take the license for your pirated, modded fallout. Literally buy it anywhere but itch.io? You probably don’t.

      • @Sanctus
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        311 months ago

        How is GOG? I haven’t used it and have heard noth sides. Owning it alone makes it worth looking at.

        • Crit
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          511 months ago

          It’s quite alright, but the platform hasn’t really grown in a while outside of its available catalogue. Gog galaxy is still in beta I think and it also still has no Linux launcher yet. Still good for the no DRM part tho

          • @Sanctus
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            211 months ago

            I’m about to blow all windows out of my non-work life. So dunno how good that will mix.

            • @Waluigis_Talking_Buttplug
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              711 months ago

              You don’t actually need gog galaxy, though. It’s just an optional launcher.

              I just download it directly from the website and install it myself

            • @Telodzrum
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              411 months ago

              Between Lutris and Heroic Launcher I have been able to get every game I play running. Some took some tweaking (Fall Guys and Rocket League the most), but they all run and work with online play now.

              • @Sanctus
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                211 months ago

                Thank you, and since I’m not replying to everyone thank you all. I’ll give that a good look when I begin my linux gaming journey this winter break. Luckily my week knows we’re children and we get this off.

                • @Telodzrum
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                  211 months ago

                  Protondb has a lot of comments on each game as to how to get it running. That’s always my first stop if something doesn’t run immediately in a launcher.

            • @[email protected]
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              211 months ago

              For Linux you can use Heroic if you want a launcher. Otherwise you can just download the installers on their website.

        • @TrousersMcPants
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          311 months ago

          It’s pretty good they do a good job of keeping old games available in a decent state

        • @[email protected]
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          11 months ago

          You can download offline installers that don’t require an internet or licence key to install, so if you back them up I’d say you own them to the same degree you’d own a game on optical media