Posts Tagged ‘World of Goo’

Swashbuckling Under Pressure

Apr 21st, 2009
by Martin.
39 comments

I’ll admit it – I am a former pirate. Back in high school and college, I traded MP3’s with friends. We burned each other copies of games. I was not a stranger to the occasional DVD copy. And I ran an illegal OS with illegal software for years. Much has changed since those days, however…

World of Goo: A Goo-d Game

Feb 18th, 2009
by Martin.
5 comments

After months of reading praise for World of Goo, I finally decided to try it out a few weeks ago. I downloaded the demo, installed it, fired it up… and came away largely impressed. So I picked up the game on Steam, and spent the last week playing – and beating – it. World of Goo is a genuinely fun game that’s easy to pick up and challenging just to the right degree. My caveats with it are small and few, especially in light of the fact that it is such an entertaining and unique game.