If you buy PC games at all (especially over the last 12 months given how positive the news around them has been) then you’ve probably heard of GOG.
GOG is a platform that sells games completely DRM-free, meaning there’s no Digital Rights Management shoehorned into the games. For a lil context, Mass Effect Legendary Edition or GTA V use DRM. Their system checks for an online connection and will outright stop you from playing your legally purchased, single-player game if you’re offline for too long. Gross, right?
GOG though refuses to sell games with this nonsense. Every game on GOG must have no DRM attached. From AAA to indie titles, with a lot that lean heavily toward older and classic releases.
I use programs like Heroic or Junk Store to play my (extensive) GOG collection on my Steam Deck. It makes it a breeze, and really builds on what the Steam Deck is capable of, in my eyes anyway.
Anyway…
I got the chance to chat to the developer of GameSieve. This is a site which lets you search, track and filter games for sale. GOG’s site does a reasonable job with selling you games, but something like GameSieve was purpose built just to make all of this easier.
I chatted to them about how they made it, why they did, what goes into maintaining it, and a little on the future. If you’ve not visited the site before, make sure you do!
They do such lovely work, I think it deserves a lot more recognition!