I would LOVE to see Spiderweb Software games here!

Hmm, they sound familiar... Did they make those Exile games?

http://www.spiderwebsoftware.com/products.html

Their games look like your standard fantasy style games, and that's pretty much my preference for game worlds. But I'm a turn-based-combat player (like Might & Magic 1-5 and Fallout 1 & 2), and I can't find anywhere that tells if the games can be played as such. Any insight on this?

They more like Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance than anything, but there are demos on there website so you can try them.

True, but a lot of fruit sellers sell vegetables, too. ;-)

They might put up a separate brand, GIG for ex, to distribute Indie games too. As they already developed the whole service, that's just smart re-use of assets. My guess is that the target populations largely overlap, and although handling Indie developers is quite different from handling big publishers, it might not be a bad idea at all.
Come to think about it, it is a shame most Indie games have to resort to DRM-ridden services like Steam for lack of alternatives..

edit: Oh, as a sidenote, I would however agree with others who'd argue that GOG should be well on the rails first (that is, large enough marketshare, good customer support, enough reserves), before starting any spin-off.. So don't get mad with the GOG team for not doing this, maybe they would be more than happy in other circumstances.

If they're going to sell The Witcher 2 they might as well sell newish indie games.

Rename the site from Good Old Games to Good Ol' Games!

That's just because it's a CDProjekt game.

And what's the difference ?

A colloquial one.

Now what's the relation between that and the topic at hand ?

Well really you're just taking things too seriously, but if you want a detailed post about it I feel GOG should definitely still focus on old classics, but selling indie titles that play like the old classics (Avernum, Machinarium, etc.) would be cool as a side bet.

I see "good ol' games" as not really meaning old, but loyal, reliable. "Good ol' dog always gets my slippers" and all that. It does mean old of course, but in conversation it often comes across as just meaning reliable.

As for why I said it, who the hell knows. I say random shit.

It's actually not a bad idea really.
Indie games is pretty much the only thing I use steam for these days. GOG would completely own me if they started to sell indie games!

And while they might not fall into the `old' category (seriously, who *cares*, I don't get using that as an argument to not do it), they often fall into the same price range, are DRMless and have system requirements comparable to those of old games. I think that means GOG has a lot of customers that would also be interested in indie games. It is a good idea.

EDIT: though seriously, people need to make informative thread titles. PLEASE.

I completely understood where you were coming from. *shrug* Just sayin'.

You're a good ol' bloke eh. :)