Posted February 16, 2013
Everyone is so angry. Let's cool down for a moment with some facts.
(Tok me a while to find links.)
GOG:
http://www.gog.com/mix/free_games_temporarily_free_games
Desura:
http://www.desura.com/groups/bundeals/forum/thread/all-free-games-on-desura-courtesy-of-agtv
World:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commercial_video_games_released_as_freeware
2013
http://www.gog.com/news/500_games_giveaway
2012
http://www.gog.com/forum/general/gogcom_4th_annual_screenshot_scavenger_hunt/page1
http://www.gog.com/news/video_challenge_your_goggame_story
http://www.gog.com/forum/general/gogcom_music_contest/page1
http://www.gog.com/news/syndicate_on_gog_com_on_19th_of_january_plus_a_contest
2011
http://www.gog.com/news/gogs_third_annual_screenshot_scavenger_hunt
http://www.gog.com/news/ubisoft_holiday_contest_new_years_resolutions
http://www.gog.com/news/activision_holiday_song
http://www.gog.com/news/interplay_caption_contest
http://www.gog.com/news/our_final_round_of_bonus_codes_is_here
http://www.gog.com/news/a_blizzard_of_bonus_codes_is_on_the_way
http://www.gog.com/news/gog_com_s_holiday_celebrations_are_almost_here
http://www.gog.com/news/contest_week_end_returns_day_1
2010
http://www.gog.com/news/gog_s_second_annual_screenshot_scavenger_hunt
http://www.gog.com/news/st_nicolas_games_giveaway
http://www.gog.com/news/write_a_gog_holiday_carol_contest
http://www.gog.com/news/gog_com_contest_week_starts_today
http://www.gog.com/news/neverwinter_nights_contests_the_drm_monster_and_the_treasure_of_gog
2009
http://www.gog.com/news/guess_these_games_contest
http://www.gog.com/news/guess_these_games_contest_pt_2
http://www.gog.com/en/forum/general/science_fiction_reference_in_sacred
http://www.gog.com/en/forum/general/sacred_beauty_contest
http://www.gog.com/en/forum/general/darkstar_one_spaceship_show_off_contest
http://www.gog.com/news/holiday_contest
2008
http://www.gog.com/news/community_event_review_contest
http://www.gog.com/news/community_event_review_contest_1
http://www.gog.com/news/community_event_review_contest_2
Now, where do I get these?
http://www.gog.com/news/win_original_and_trendy_gog_buttons
(Tok me a while to find links.)
Ponchik: All they have to do is say that they had their time with it, and now, after waiting a decade and a half, we can finally enjoy it for free.
There are many games which became legally avaliable for free. GOG:
http://www.gog.com/mix/free_games_temporarily_free_games
Desura:
http://www.desura.com/groups/bundeals/forum/thread/all-free-games-on-desura-courtesy-of-agtv
World:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commercial_video_games_released_as_freeware
Ponchik: I want to play 10-20 year old games without paying outrageous sums or being a criminal. Is this too much to ask?
You had (and will have) many ways to do it. 2013
http://www.gog.com/news/500_games_giveaway
2012
http://www.gog.com/forum/general/gogcom_4th_annual_screenshot_scavenger_hunt/page1
http://www.gog.com/news/video_challenge_your_goggame_story
http://www.gog.com/forum/general/gogcom_music_contest/page1
http://www.gog.com/news/syndicate_on_gog_com_on_19th_of_january_plus_a_contest
2011
http://www.gog.com/news/gogs_third_annual_screenshot_scavenger_hunt
http://www.gog.com/news/ubisoft_holiday_contest_new_years_resolutions
http://www.gog.com/news/activision_holiday_song
http://www.gog.com/news/interplay_caption_contest
http://www.gog.com/news/our_final_round_of_bonus_codes_is_here
http://www.gog.com/news/a_blizzard_of_bonus_codes_is_on_the_way
http://www.gog.com/news/gog_com_s_holiday_celebrations_are_almost_here
http://www.gog.com/news/contest_week_end_returns_day_1
2010
http://www.gog.com/news/gog_s_second_annual_screenshot_scavenger_hunt
http://www.gog.com/news/st_nicolas_games_giveaway
http://www.gog.com/news/write_a_gog_holiday_carol_contest
http://www.gog.com/news/gog_com_contest_week_starts_today
http://www.gog.com/news/neverwinter_nights_contests_the_drm_monster_and_the_treasure_of_gog
2009
http://www.gog.com/news/guess_these_games_contest
http://www.gog.com/news/guess_these_games_contest_pt_2
http://www.gog.com/en/forum/general/science_fiction_reference_in_sacred
http://www.gog.com/en/forum/general/sacred_beauty_contest
http://www.gog.com/en/forum/general/darkstar_one_spaceship_show_off_contest
http://www.gog.com/news/holiday_contest
2008
http://www.gog.com/news/community_event_review_contest
http://www.gog.com/news/community_event_review_contest_1
http://www.gog.com/news/community_event_review_contest_2
Now, where do I get these?
http://www.gog.com/news/win_original_and_trendy_gog_buttons