Gog Mafia 〈2025〉

Any whiff of online-only saves, kernel-level anti-cheat, or mandatory launchers is met with instant excommunication. The Mafia believes if you can’t install a game on a disconnected PC in a bunker in 2050, you don’t own it.

The story of "GOG Mafia" is a microcosm of the PC gaming industry. It highlights the tension between publishers who want control (delisting originals to push remakes) and platforms that want to preserve history. gog mafia