Play Together Stay Together Video Games

Death by Trials and Limbo

Failing in games has become more of a rarity in recent years. When we started out in the late 70’s you always had a life count, a number of retries before the game called time on your attempts and sent you back to the beginning. Born out of the arcades this was inevitable, however as we progressed and computers and consoles became the home to gaming such methods slowly started to ebb away and we…

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Play Together Stay Together Video Games

Death by Trials and Limbo

In light of an upcoming Cane & Rinse on Limbo, I’m reposting my thoughts here: Failing in games has become more of a rarity in recent years. When we started out in the late 70’s you always had a life count, a number of retries before the game called time on your attempts and sent you back to the beginning. Born out of the arcades this was inevitable, however as we progressed and computers and…

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