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July 2013
 |  Waking up . . . |  |
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 Ooh, a boat! |  |  |
 One of the first (easy) puzzles you encounter. You can't reach the ledge so you have to pull the boat ashore and climb up on it. |  |  |
 |  I don't think he's gonna make it . . . |  |
 |  Hmm. . . spider legs? |  Ahhhh! |
 Note to self: do not approach the spider legs. |  Push a trap over to the spider and trap his legs! That'll learn him! |  |
 |  Stuck in a spider web with a giant spider approaching. Does it get any worse? |  |
 Things do not look good for our hero. |  Getting spun up in silk webbing. |  |
 Breaking free! |  |  |
 Will he make the jump? |  |  Trying not to fall off a rolling boulder while being chased. |
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 |  Yikes . . . |  I should have jumped over those pointy sticks . . . |
 And that one . . . |  Hmm. A swinging boulder, eh? |  Eff. |
 |  A . . . robotic spider? |  |
 Other children! |  |  |
 Looks like the spider got them . . . |  And me. |  |
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 |  |  Take that, spider!! |
 Bam! |  |  It's . . . it's still alive?! How am I going to make this jump and escape!? |
 Oh. Gross. |  |  !! |
 !!!!!!!! |  This spider torso should make the perfect platform! |  |
 Probably the most disturbing part of the game - using bodies as platforms to cross some water. |  |  What's the worst that could happen? |
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 Hmm. This doesn't look good. . . |  |  |
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 |  A giant buzzsaw. This does not look good. |  |
 |  |  But how could I possible make that jump?! |
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 |  Careful, careful. Don't even think . . . |  Grab! |
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 |  |  Hmm. |
 Ugh. |  |  |
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 There is a "bonus" area that is particularly difficult. |  |  |
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Limbo
Limbo is on a variety of devices but these screenshots are from the PS Vita version. The game gives you no instructions - you just wake up in a field as a little boy. There is no dialogue throughout the entire game.
I thought the atmosphere was very effective and was usually quite creepy. Even though you play as a little boy, you frequently die in quite gruesome ways. I tried to get screenshots showing this so you'd be properly forewarned before playing.
The gameplay tends to be puzzle-solving in nature, but often requires precise jumping and platforming skills. You get infinite lives so there's likely to be a lot of trial and error - unless you're up for the ultimate challenge of beating the game without dying! Lots of people were enamored with the storyline - specifically the ending - but I'm in the camp of thinking the ending is overrated. But hey - the gameplay is more important anyway.