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10/23/2009: "Gooey Fun"

Game maker 2D Boy is having a birthday sale for their popular game World of Goo. In fact, they're borrowing a bit from the Radiohead model and offering it for whatever price you want. Offer good until October 25, 2009.

World of Goo is a construction-type game, but you're building structures out of goo in order to reach certain goals like crossing a canyon. The physics of the game seems realistic and it's the type of game that appeals to both me and my 10-year-old daughters.

This game is offered for Mac, Windows, or (surprise!) Linux platforms. It runs great on our 2007 model Mac Mini, but not so well on my aging Linux desktop. The OpenGL on the video card never has worked properly.