"World of Goo" and Windows 7 problem - SOLVED

A couple of days ago I decided to finally make the move from Windows XP to Windows 7. The installation was a breeze with no problems whatsoever and it took around 30 minutes for Win 7 to be up and running with the latest updates.

Although it is a bit early to judge, I have to say that my initial impression of Microsoft's latest OS is very good!

Ten minutes ago I encountered my first problem when I tried to install World Of Goo which I purchased some days ago through the pay what you want offer.

The installation started just fine but when it completed, windows informed me that the program may not have been installed correctly and asked me if I wanted to re-install it using the preferred settings. I did that and after the second installation tried to run the game. The screen went black and after a few seconds an error message appeared saying that World of Goo had a problem and windows needed to shut it down.

Running it in compatibility mode for Windows XP did not help so I decided it was time to exercise my google-fu! Sure enough after 2 minutes the answer was discovered on the official 2DBoy forums (thanks GMMan!).

I edited the config.txt found in the World of Goo folder and I changed the resolution from 800x600 to my monitor's native 1920x1080. That did the trick and now the game runs just fine.

Now I can enjoy an excellent game on a very good OS. But that is a story for a future post.

Pay what you want for World Of Goo

World Of Goo the award winning puzzle game from 2D boy is celebrating its first birthday with a Pay-what-you-want purchase model. The normal price for the game is 20 $ but now you can pay literally anything. They have set up a donation buying mechanism and then they sent you an email with a url from where you can download the three game versions(Windows/Mac/Linux). The offer stands for the next 4 days.

At the end of the purchase the have set up a small survey about this new buying experience with some interesting results.

We, on allroundgeek.com, welcome this buying model. Not because we are cheap bastards, but because we think that the game industry in general are greedy bastards that overcharge for games. Kudos and respect to 2D boy.

Go take advantage of the offer and show your support and at the same time get one of the best gaming experiences of the last year.