Sorry for the lazy question, but would you be able to share some links or pointers to where these guys are active? I've been out of the loop for a few decades but enjoyed the scene when I was a teenager.
replyOn the demo part: https://www.pouet.net/groups.php?which=158
replyOne the crack side, I don't really follow much but you can find the occasional release, for example Red Dead Redemption.
https://predb.me/?group=razor1911 more active than I imagined, though it looks like most of them are basic steam DRM so no cracking work needed
replyAmazing. Their leader was busted a long time ago so I thought they were toast. Razor, Class, Fairlight, and some others hold a special place in my heart. (I know nothing of their politics)
replyTo be fair, a lot of those groups aren't any of the same people today.
replyFairlight was pretty problematic back in the 90's politically, they even did a fairly controversial nazi-themed demo. Definitely not the vibe they give off today.
Article for reference [0]. It's amazing how far people's baggage will follow them (though the impact here is probably minimal). Wild that a former Fairlight member became San Diego Republican Party Chairman.
reply[0]: https://web.archive.org/web/20240406015231/https://www.latim...
Nowadays though it's just Empress and everyone else, because Empress is the only one who cares enough to crack Denuvo, but only for selected games, and nothing recently.
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