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Limbo is a puzzle-platform video game and the premiere title of independent Danish game developer Playdead. The game was released in July 2010 as a platform-exclusive title on Xbox Live Arcade, and was later ported to the PlayStation Network and Microsoft Windows via Steam. Limbo is a 2D sidescroller, incorporating the physics system Box2D to govern environmental objects and the player character. The player guides an unnamed boy through dangerous environments and traps as the boy searches for his sister. The developer built the game's puzzles expecting the player to fail before finding the correct solution. Playdead called the style of play "trial and death", and used visually gruesome imagery for the boy's deaths to steer the player from unworkable solutions. The game is presented primarily in monochromatic black-and-white tones, using lighting, film grain effects and minimal ambient sounds to create an eerie atmosphere often associated with the horror genre. Limbo received positive reviews, but its minimal story polarised critics. A common point of criticism from reviewers was that the high cost of the game relative to its short length might deter players from purchasing the title. The title was the third-highest selling game on the Xbox Live Arcade service in 2010, generating around $7.5 million in revenue. The title won several awards from industry groups after its release, and was named one of the top games of 2010 by several publications. (more...) Recently featured: Katharine Hepburn – FC Barcelona – 1997 Qayen earthquake Archive – By email – More featured articles...
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May 13: Rotuma Day in Fiji; National Famine Commemoration Day in Ireland (2012) 1846 – The United States declared war on Mexico after a series of disputes in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, starting the Mexican–American War. 1913 – Russian American Igor Sikorsky flew the world's first multi-engine fixed-wing aircraft, the Russky Vityaz (pictured), which he designed himself. 1967 – Zakir Hussain took office as the first elected Muslim President of India. 1972 – The Troubles: A car bomb planted by loyalists exploded outside a crowded pub in Belfast, Northern Ireland, beginning two days of gun battles between the British Army, the Irish Republican Army, and the Ulster Volunteer Force. 1981 – Mehmet Ali Ağca shot and critically wounded Pope John Paul II in Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City. 2000 – A fireworks factory in Enschede, the Netherlands, exploded, resulting in 22 deaths and approximately €450 million in damage. More anniversaries: May 12 – May 13 – May 14 Archive – By email – List of historical anniversaries It is now May 13, 2012 (UTC) – Refresh this page

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The jaw of Ambondro mahabo, seen in lingual view (from the side of the tongue). The scale bar is 1 mm (0.039 in) long. This mammal species is known only from this fragmentary lower jaw with three teeth, interpreted as the last premolar and the first two molars. It is the oldest known mammal with putatively tribosphenic teeth.

Photo: André R. Wyss

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