They are not criminals. They are archivists with attitude, hobbyists with a grudge, and the closest thing PC gaming has to a Library of Alexandria’s fire brigade. You might find their constant petitions annoying. You might roll your eyes at the 800th forum post demanding No One Lives Forever .
But when your favorite game is delisted, when the servers go dark, and when the only way to play it is a dusty .exe from a Polish website—you’ll be glad the GOG Mafia was there, watching, waiting, and backing everything up. gog mafia
This leads to an existential question: