Don't think I can bring myself to play it.

[Marmooset]

It's weird how having your own family can make you a wuss.

I would've loved this in my nihilistic days. But now that I've got two young boys of my own, I don't think I can watch a small tousle-headed boy get smushed, stabbed, and hanged three ways from Sunday. It's not a knock on the game, just an observation about how viewpoints change.

[RogMcDog]

Strange isn't it? I used to love those TV shows that showed home video accidents - now I'm a father I just can't watch kids getting hurt or upset. I love Limbo though and it didn't really get to me in the way you describe.

[nrnoble]

It is very macabre and done so intentionally. Even the whole game concept of "Learn through death" is contrary to a fundental design rule that most game designer adhere to which is always give the player a chance to succeed without death\reset as the primary way to figure out options.

[inspiral66]

It's weird how having your own family can make you a wuss.

I would've loved this in my nihilistic days. But now that I've got two young boys of my own, I don't think I can watch a small tousle-headed boy get smushed, stabbed, and hanged three ways from Sunday. It's not a knock on the game, just an observation about how viewpoints change.

If it helps, the boy is already dead. :)

[Marmooset]

Thanks for the responses, folks. Interesting viewpoints both personally and theoretically.
And I kinda figured he was dead. If you entitle something 'Limbo' and don't involve afterlife subject matter, it's kind of false advertising. Unless you're dancing under a stick.