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Article #350926Re: Broken Sword 5 1/2 off on steam today 4/5
From: Mary
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 16:50
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2014 16:50
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"Jim G." <jimgysin@geemail.com.invalid> wrote in message news:li9288$uie$1@dont-email.me... > Mary sent the following on 4/7/2014 10:21 PM: >> "Jim G." <jimgysin@geemail.com.invalid> wrote in message >> news:lhvh8d$v6i$1@dont-email.me... >>> Mary sent the following on 4/5/2014 10:52 PM: >>>> I much prefer "owning" the game like on Gog.com where all or most of >>>> the >>>> games are DRM and you can burn the game to a CD >>> >>> I think you mean "DRM-*free*", as they don't have the DRM restrictions >>> that plague many other gaming sites. :) >> >> Maybe I didn't get things quite right. I thought DRM free meant that >> games >> on Gog can be copied to a blank CD and have no copy protect software like >> some games have when you buy them commercially at a store or online >> before >> downloadable game sites came into being. > > Right. But you initially said "all or most of the games are DRM" above, > which is contradictory, and it was the second time that I'd noticed it. I > was just pointing out that you left out the critical "-free" part. I knew > that you had the concept down just fine, but I wanted to clarify the > terminology. :) That's OK. I knew what I meant, but I guess no one else would. Mary --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com
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