As many of you regulars may know, GOG no longer officially stands for "Good Old Games" and hasn't done so for some time and shouldn't since it's attempting to grow and become a much broader focused site nowadays...

However, the public consciousness still sees it as nothing but a supplier of old games. I still see far too many forum posts and mentions on other websites that still refer to this site by it's old moniker, and it's a moniker that comes with a stigma that I feel is doing damage to it's potential for expansion.

The site needs a new acronym and it needs to be pushed... Personally I like the idea of something along the lines of "Good Original Games".

What do you guys think?

Time to stop playing with the foil.

"Good Old Gamers"

I dunno, GOG as a word seems to be well established. You can't just call it "Good Games", not least because it will get confused with GamersGate and GetGames (seriously, what is with all the fucking Gs in storefront names? GOG, GamersGate, GetGames, GreenManGaming...)

Maybe a new name could emphasise the site's DRM-free credentials though?

Maybe it's biblical Gog from Magog now?

Here's what I think.

I think that GOG always has, and always will stand for "Good Old Games" and that the only difference between the past and today is that a game doesn't have to be of a certain age to be a "Good Old Game."

A brand new release, all of which take something from good old games from the past, but is sold 100% DRM Free in the spirit of the good old days before internet clients and registration, can be every bit as much a "Good Old Game" as one released in 1995.

And any attempt to change their acronym would lose at least one customer.

I vote for "DNA".

("Desperate New Acronym")

Good point. Or "desperately needs acronym"?

On the websites from the big german gaming mags it's still called Good Old Games, so... I think you made a good point. A new meaning is needed to get rid of the old one.

gog.com -> good old games, con otras maravillosas


because a polish company based in cyprus should have an spainglish name.

I understand your point, but, a lot of people out there are quite frankly dense and obsessed with only new shinies, and the "Old Games" stigma turns them off without even looking.

If old games turns them off they weren't going to shop here anyway.

Hmm....I don't think Gog stands for good old games anymore. More like that 'grog' thing from Monkey Island.

I personally would say they are genial, glorious yet goofy. But hey, whatever.