Obviously I wanna play it but I feel like I can't abide CD Projekt Red's awful practices. Do I pirate it? Suck it up bc no ethical consumption under capitalism?

    • GizzKing [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      how would u even pirate a new game? i wasnt online when pirate bay was a thing so full disclosure i have no idea how pirating shit works

      • WoofWoof91 [comrade/them]
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        4 years ago

        i use rutracker for most games
        or cs.rin.ru for stuff that's not on there
        if you have data caps fitgirl is good, make sure the url ends in .site though, there are fake sites out there
        theres also gog-games, but i haven't used it yet

        you will need a torrent client, like qbittorrent and i reccomend a vpn

        • crispyhexagon [none/use name]
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          4 years ago

          gog games is badass and has a long history across multiple sites of making the gog library available. can confirm theyre good.

          everything else spot on. 🥧 :rat-salute:

        • Galli [comrade/them]
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          4 years ago

          I will add for the noobies, unlike video and music piracy you must be far more vigilant when acquiring software. Pirated games and software frequently contain malware. Only download from trusted sources, have an antivirus if you are on windows, only install and play games on an account that does not have administrator privileges.

          • Sushi_Desires
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            4 years ago

            Is Sandboxie "strong" enough of a sandbox to install a game into just to be safe?

            • Galli [comrade/them]
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              4 years ago

              I'm not familiar with sandboxie in particular but this does seem to be the use case it was built for. Assuming you get playable performance then it is probably a good practice.