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What's the prank? That article just says gog.com went offline.
by public_defender 4y ago
What's the prank? That article just says gog.com went offline.
- OrangeMonkey 4y agohttps://techgage.com/news/gogcom_is_not_shutting_down_after_all/ https://techgage.com/news/gogcom_is_not_shutting_down_after_... It was a marketing prank. Someone, high up in their company, thought it would be HIGH HUMOR to pretend their site went down before users could download their drm free games. They relaunched a completely new redesigned site a few days later, but this was a mistkae. I still haven't forgotten or forgiven about this, but I still buy from them because the alternative is much worst.
- macintux 4y agoSeems like a perfect example of the pitfall described in the John Scalzi blogpost discussed here earlier today. https://whatever.scalzi.com/2010/06/16/the-failure-state-of-clever/ https://whatever.scalzi.com/2010/06/16/the-failure-state-of-... Update: the highlight for anyone who doesn't care to follow a random link: > The failure mode of clever is “asshole.”
- ozmodiar 4y agoGog pranked people by saying they were going offline and you would lose your games. I guess it was to highlight that they're the only service where you can back up your games and don't need to worry about DRM, but there was a lot of confusion and people didn't find it that funny at the time.
- OrangeMonkey 4y ago> people didn't find it that funny at the time. Or, to this day.
- tomc1985 4y agoHumorists all over the western world are finding that the newest members of their audience don't even speak their language any more. Kind of reminds me of the Funnybot episode of South Park. I for one think the prank that GOG pulled is HILARIOUS