I was finally giving in, and heading to buy the Fallout "Trilogy" on Steam when I checked the forum for complaints about compatibility. There was some guy posting about how it was a better deal over here than over there, so I though "Hey, screw DRM" and got it here.

Aaaaaaaand it was great.

Yes, I wasn't thrilled with the prank either - but it appears to have brought more folks to the site, so looks like the publicity didn't hurt which in the end benefits everybody.

I can't remember, exactly. I think it might have been an article on Gamesradar, but I'm not sure. I do remember that Divine Divinity, Arx Fatalis, and a few other games were on promo, so I bought them. I've been here since.

I heard about GOG on some abandonware site (don't rememember which) when it was in closed beta. At first I was a bit underwhelmed coming from an abandonware site where it's all free to a paysite (I come from a country where 99% of sowftware is pirated).
I returned later when they released One unit whole Blood as it was a game that I could not get to run properly.
Later I warmed up to the idea of buying games because I had less and less time to tinker with older games to get them working. 6-10$ is a small price to pay and start playing right away then spend 2-3 hours figuring out how to run it.
Another thing is the great community and I really support the idea of DRM-free software.
So now I spend my money on GOG, but stil I get games with heavy DRM for "free" (unless it's a really great game, I use it as a demo feature).

I think it was the pre-order announcement of The Witcher 2. In addition I don't think there is anywhere else where I can install my copy of The Witcher 2 on 2 computers and simply bring my save game file back and forth in order to play on both computers!

Aliens O_o

Maybe an article written on "The Games Machine Online" talking about how cool is GoG

Found it completely by accident. Didn't even know there was a retro-gaming site until yesterday. I am very happy-ish to find such a place with a plethora of different (Non-RPG maker) games.

I got here when I first heard about it on Kotaku and Joystiq, and while I didn't get in on the closed beta, I think I was one of the first users who got on when the site went public.

But what really hooked me was Freespace 2. After years, and years searching for a legal copy of Freespace and/or Freespace 2 which didn't cost >$150 US on eBay or Amazon, seeing it sold for almost peanuts here just blew my mind.

Ever since, I think that the vast majority of the games I've bought and played in OS X since my upgrade to an Intel Mac have been from GOG.

Same here. They mentioned this new website that was going to be opening soon and suggested all fans of older games to go sign up. Signed up then waited for GOG to open.

It was Divine Divinity.
I couldn't find it for sale anywhere.
Was looking through the Larian Forums for a reccomendation & was pointed here.

Gothic 2

Mainly because I enjoyed Gothic 3 so much I wanted to try out the previous versions.

Not long after they started the open beta, I was looking around for other digital distribution services (only being aware of Steam at the time) and came across GOG. Bought Disciples: Sacred Lands Gold, remembering it as an enjoyable game in the HOMM vein.

I owned 20 GOG's inside a month, including most of the Interplay catalogue.

Passing comment about it from someone on a message board.

Given a Free Code with my Magazine Subscription