Think about it. All games that we buy on GOG, Steam or wherever are not physical, i.e. you cannot touch it, sell it, eat it. They are just a couple of lines of code pieced together and made to be able to work on your computer. This isn't, say, bread, which is physical, i.e. you can touch it, eat it, throw it to your pet animal etc. In a way, they are all something abstract. Same for disc-ed games. Yes, they are physical, but the contents need to be installed, so they do not "exist" per se, i mean they do exist, but only as far as your computer allows it to. Outside of it, meaning without access to a computer, a disc is basically as valuable as a broken coke bottle.

If some apocalypse happened tomorrow, and nearly all humanity was wiped out, the descendants of those who did survive wiuld probably not be able to decipher our discs, because they would not have Windows, Linux, Mac or whatever.

Same for the aliens. Even if they were the most developed civilization in the galazy, they would probably still not be able to run our video games without access to our OS, perhaps even their hardware would not comply with our digital data.

So in a way, aren't all games DRM-ed? Since they don't exist outside of Windows/Mac/Linux/whatever operation system?

imo that's a really philosophical question, we can't really resolve this without reference to Heidegger's ontology. Quantum physics might also be relevant.

This post is DRM

Cory Doctorow has some interesting views on DRM:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbYXBJOFgeI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugvtpCB8yzc

If it is some kind of machine uprising apocalypse, Linux would still be around: Apparently Terminator runs Linux version 4.1.15-1.1381_SKYN12nnmp

Some games have source code that you can print out. Some of the very early video games came in magazines with lines of code for users to write and compile at home in the 70's and 80's.

No fair! You changed the outcome by measuring it!

Nothing is forever.

Same way your thoughts are bounded to your brain only, until you project it to outside world. S7 "It will not come by waiting for it. It will not be a matter of saying "here it is" or "there it is".
Rather, The Kingdom of The Father is spread out upon the Earth, and Men do not see it." JC

By this quotation I mean that any video game created by humans has already been play and ranked by higher Beings.
There is no spoon, you are drm-free, so as your games, forever if you want this, if you care : )

oh, and remember that
"souls don`t develop because people become distracted." MP

BS. I have all OS's on discs and most games on discs, so your assumption is exactly that an unfounded assumption. EOD.

No. That's not what DRM means.

Being physically unable to access a form of digital media is not DRM. DRM is entirely dependent on users being capable of accessing digital media, and then adds an extra layer of security to restrict unauthorized users from doing so.

Not really, no. It's more like, I should have the choice to do what I want with something I bought on a personal level (home use, non-commercial selling). If I don't get that choice due to purposeful heavy restriction that would be DRM.

erm...obviously no. But the internet is a cool resource if you want to use it? For example:

https://www.britannica.com/topic/digital-rights-management

And:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management

But it's not that we gather bread directly from nature, right? You need some kind of oven (=computing system) to bake it first, in order for it to exist. Otherwise all you have is flour & water (=lines of code). And it doesn't matter if the oven works on electricity or it's of a makeshift type (maybe something you would see in your post apocalyptic scenario), it's still the tool that is needed in order to be able to execute the bread algorithm.

I'm afraid you don't quite understand what DRM means.