That is excellent news.  

That sounds pretty good. I only have one question: who came up with the name, and how long were they tortured and locked up?

Because I'm sure the acronym was quite intentional

Please at least consider making the thing runnable under WINE too.  I know stardock hates every "OS" not made by MS, but please don't throw us linux users more unecessary hurdles in the way.

I think this is a great way to solve problems we saw with other games in the recent past where the DRM might have prevented you from passing on the game to someone else

I wonder though, the text implies the authentication of the game's serial number still uses the internet ("Once validated, the game never needs to connect to the Internet again." => game needs internet for validation). So you don't have to validate it with the company where you bought the game but still with the Goo server? How does this work because if that Goo server were to disappear you can still not reinstall/pass on the game.

'Obfuscation' - makes one feel effulgent...

When I first read the subject, I thought Stardock puts DRM in the game 'World of Goo'.   Since World of Goo is drm free, I thought this was terrible.

You are your avatar.

Four questions:

1; Will existing games currently available from Impulse (i.e. Demigod and Sins of a Solar Empire - not limited to these) require this?

2; Will this be limited to games downloaded from Impulse (not retail out-of-box)?

3; Will there be future developments that make games more dependant on Impulse (i.e. becoming the next Steam)?

4; Will this be applied only to rights holders who want some form of "protection"?

I'm quite weary of this development, but I am willing to give the benefit of the doubt.

*edited for typo

Sadly, I think this won't catch on much with major publishers. Why? This:

A lot of the more horrible DRM lately was designed with the express purpose of preventing resale. Unless, of course, there is an option to disable this at the publisher's discretion. Would make their interests nice and clear for eveyone in the bargain. 

I had the same thought exactly, lol

1) Demigod perhaps, Sins unlikely since it's already set up?
2) It would be available for any developer/publisher to use either for digital or box sales, as is my understanding.
3) If they wanted to do that, they would've done so already. I sincerely doubt their future plans include mandatory Impulse running to play. Goo will not require the client at all, for example.
4) Anyone can use it. It's essentially trying to be alternative (and competitive) to SecuROM and the few other highly unpopular schemes.

I'm still kinda confused as to what this does. So it ties games to accounts (as they are now... and how they are on steam) but you download an exe? And you can sell that game from your account to another?

And don't think for a second that companies like EA and Ubisoft will stop using securom because of this. Maybe other companies will think of using Goo over other DRM, but not those 2.

Thanks for the asnwers Annatar!