Limbo & Inside: Film Noir Horror Masterpieces
Different people play computer games for very different reasons. Some play for fun, some play to win, and some play to let off steam. I play video games for a chance to briefly disconnect from this world and transcend to another, perhaps totally different one. Given this, you can guess that atmosphere and immersion into that other digital universe are crucial factors I look for in a video game. Crucial, but not the only ones, since there are many elements from which a gaming masterpiece is assembled: for instance, graphics or art, music, sound effects, story, and many others. When I got two games I had previously never heard of, Limbo and Inside from a developer called "Playdead", for just a couple of bucks in a Steam sale, I never imagined that these little gems would excel in most of […]
