Jon Erik Ariza over at GameObserver has taken a close look at some of the themes and subtext in World of Goo, chapter by chapter.

We Are World of Goo – the game “touches on beauty, our past, the cost of progress, and our place in the world” – interesting read!

World of Goo is 1 year old today! How time flies… the 2DBOYs are so proud!

To celebrate the occasion, we thought we’d try a fun experiment – starting today and ending on October 19, you can buy World of Goo at whatever price you like – one cent, a million dollars, the usual twenty, or any creative number they let you type into the text field.  If you played and liked the game but hadn’t yet paid for it, this is your chance at redemption!

Also…

It’s not done and we don’t have a release date yet.  We have it running well on the iphone 3GS, and with a little luck we hope to get it running smoothly on the 3G as well.  Hopefully more news on this soon.

There are two World of Goo related contests in the works, both of which have free copies of World of Goo as prizes.  If you’re reading this, you probably already have a copy, but you can always give the gift of goo!

Check out goofans.com’s Billboard Contest (ends June 30)

and Broken Rules’ And Yet It Moves Competition (runs June 24 – 28)