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Steam's new disclaimer reminds everyone that you don't actually own your games, GOG moves in for the killshot: Its offline installers 'cannot be taken away from you' (www.pcgamer.com)

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[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't remember that ever being a thing. It's had an offline mode for decades, but for the longest time it never worked properly.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It had a way of packing a game into a CD/DVD when it launched. I used it all of two times. It was slow as fuck. If it still has it, as another commenter suggests, I don't know how to access it.