Not using youtube so I have no idea what all this drama here is about *shrug* But the sale has some nice games and is a different mix than the usual weekend sales which I approve of ;-)

He did apologize for the cancer comment, and I'd say that "transphobic" epitaph in PoE was not transphobic at all in my eyes.

I do agree that the contacting of employers incident was 100% uncalled for though.

So I scrolled through 6 or 7 pages of posts and didn't find an answer so I apologize if this has already been addressed.

I know that GOG sponsors TB's esports team but do the individual sales from this promotion benefit him in any way (e.g. % per sale to him, % of sales towards Axiom, etc.)? I would watch the video to see if he discloses it but don't wanna give him the view.

I don't quite get all the controversy. All I need to know is that he made a 2 hour long video explaining why Deus Ex is the best game ever, which as the resident DX fanboy makes me personally think he's a cool guy, and that as such his videogame taste probably matches with mine and therefore I should have a look at what he recommends. ...And be disappointed when I don't see DX there.

I find it pretty sad to see this much hate around, honestly. I don't care much about youtube personalities (although they do make nice background noise sometimes), but if I still get my usual weekend promo while GOG adds some extra visibility, then good for them. I care more about GOGs love for social media.

"Here endeth the lesson".

Classic Total Biscuit response there.

And I see he is still supporting Gamergate, still denying the doxxing and harrasment. Anyone disagree with GG or its methods? Deny it and label them "anti-Gamergate"; encapsulates the "with us or against us" mentality. Which is TB's method, anyone disagrees with him or has a different viewpoint, call them an "Idiot".

I mean this is where alot of the tension with TB is. It's rather cynical of GOG to claim that it is a "love or hate" at that is rather simplistic descriptor.

No. They sponsor Axiom (I think something like 1000-2000$ a month, although that could also be completely wrong. I'm basing this number off my memory), and in return TB does a few streams now and then, and the Axiom team does the "Pro gamers vs. [older RTS game available on GOG.com]" series.

But TB himself doesn't receive any monetary compensation himself, everything goes straight to Axiom.

OMG, I didn't notice that TB posted in this thread! :O

Great selection of games here, too bad some users decided to focus on TB instead of the fact there are some dirty cheap great games....might even go for a couple Ive never played

Sure he attracts a lot of hate but a lot of people have genuine criticisms of TB and the Gamergate movement which he supports.

These are some great recommendations, thanks GOG and TotalBiscuit!

I'm not sure why are people upset about it, you get 45 (great IMO) games with varying discounts as recommended by one of the most popular Youtube gaming streamers. Even if you don't know who that is I think you can agree that having discounts is great, so just be happy about it?

Nah, i didn't even knew that channel/person existed. I remember a while ago seeing some news thread about some youtube personality doing something with gog, it could even be a previous TotalBiscuit thing and i'm confusing stuff up, i just remember thinking "Oh, gog have partnerships with youtubers?".

Anyway i subscribed to that MegapemanHD channel, i like to see vides about indie titles, especially when the youtuber isn't "ALLLLL CRAZYYYY" with the comments.

I was referring to your "unsubstantiated" part, if the stuff that has been revealed here is true then yeah, i wouldn't say that it is "unsubstantiated". But i don't agree with your point of view, he could even be famous for helping old ladies cross the road that he still wouldn't be isent of any criticism.

Mind you that i don't hate him, i actually used to watch some of his "Wtf is" videos but i unsubscribed after the whole drm debacle with the consoles (kind of ironic now that i think about it). Anyway, i would pick every "gamergater" and every "social justice warrior" and put them in an colosseum with actual weapons, no audience, no, just them "debating" without annoying those that don't care about that stuff and yet have to endure it in every UNRELATED thread...

i dont know about physical copies , (retail cd/dvd) , and if the price will drop at same rate as digital only, i do know that despite companies want to get rid of the discs, a lot of games that arrived as digital only, suddenly get physical copies, with hardcopied manuals (paper, not pdf) and extra maps and more, usually at same price or maybe 2 bucks more then the digital only.

Seeing this development i tend to get the physicals, cause reading a 200 page manual is better doing so from a paper manual, this way i can play and keep the manual open on my desk.
I'd go for physical if available.

I would even get a digital copy on GOG, and then buy a cd/dvd with paper manual (printing pdf is quit expensive in ink), just for the manual,.
I am used to gaming like the old times: command and conquer on my pc running and me, browsing the real (paper) manual it might sound sentimental but i prefer paper manuals and would gladly pay 20 euros for a decent highquality paper manual like we had in the past like cossacks had.

These games(i still have them, had good paper manuals: baldurs gate 1,mechcommander,HOMM3, Arcanum, fallout1 (more pages then fallout2), fallout 2,Shadow watch, Cossacks european wars, Jagged alliance(dos) JA2, and the other non 3d classic Jagged Alliance games,TiberianSun, Planscape torment, patrician 2.

The game, the box, and the manuals and packaging added to the overall game excitement, nowadays if retials still exist, its usually a smelly amaray cd/dvd box of bad thin quality, no manuals (only pdf) and a disc that looks like it has been used 100 times before eventhough the game is sold a new, sometimes 20 or 25 bucks, so the packaging
of games nowadays has gone down the drain.
Now we only have the game itself that can thrill you, the rest is long gone.

I'm sure I'm not the only one who saw this, got excited and found out a couple games didn't make it to the 75% threshold. Maybe next time they will be.

Thank you for the response.

some of these games are not even a year old. Who in their right mind would put all of these games at 75% off? that would be bad business