Reposted from PopMatters Multimedia Reviews. There are a few games we can look to as strong aesthetic experiences– games which strike us visually and tonally on the level of a good film or painting. Independent Danish studio PlayDead’s Limbo can definitely be counted among these. Everything about this title, from its stark, nostalgic opening title [...]
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