PC Gaming

No Sony, YOU pick up that can.

Praise be to Goofy.

Runs great on Linux, or so I hear.

echo "$(uname -s) $(uname -r): Verify this, assholes."

Literally just copy the game files to "physical media" and you have a physical copy.

What's stopping you from making physical copies? If you bought something from GoG, you have the ability to download and archive whatever you bought. Burn a disc. Write it to some spinning rust. Make a RAID1 array of flash drives. It's yours to do whatever you want.

Heroic does support achievements, you just have to enable Comet support in the settings.

That applies to PC gaming in general, really. PC games haven't had useful physical editions in about 20 years. Once Half-Life 2 started mandating online activation through Steam, all bets were off.

It goes even further back than this when you factor in CD keys. Big-name titles started requiring keys as far back as the late 90s, and some games even required them before this. Contrast this with console games, where 99% of loose copies were playable prior to 8th gen.

They're stopping official support this year and are removing features. The last patch was dedicated to making jailbreaking harder, so I'd say it's safe to assume they intend on fucking with it completely by the end of the year.

I'd recommend to avoid updating it anymore until next year at least and someone will say for sure it won't be bricked without a chance of recovery.

I'm saving for a house and I worked hard to get my credit to 750. In January, someone took my information, presumably leaked in one of many hacks, and opened a credit card in my name, and promptly ran up a bill. This affected my credit, led to legal expenses, and requires me to keep my credit locked, until I want to take out a loan, pray that the same thing doesn't happen while my credit is unlocked, then re-lock my credit after securing the loan. Being forced to verify my identity to play video games, and expose myself to more risk of identity theft is absolutely fucking bonkers. I'm so glad I jumped off the console bandwagon after the PS2 generation. If this makes it's way to steam, GOG, or any other PC platform, I still have my ps1, 2, xbox, nes, snes, and GB advance.

This isn't about protecting children online, this is about governments deciding who gets to access a computer, which is access to knowledge and services.

The problem is that there's a limit to what people are willing to take, and the ruling class seems keen on pushing us past it.

This also isn't an issue limited to gamers. Businesses everywhere are forcing digital IDs on us because the world is run by a handful of families that want to monitor and control our every move.

Its called an analogy. Not an equation.

No need to give them the benefit of a doubt. Sony has a notorious history in regards to the lengths they will reach to protect their products. They were draconian long before any of this crap happened.