Limbo

Limbo is a virtual world. It is a computer game where the player is attempting to go forward through a wasteland. At first, the player doesn't have any clue about what is going on, but as the game progresses the player learns how to direct the character through the maze of obstacles. I played with my friend Paige. When we got to the spider and it stabbed the character he died. We screamed, partly from surprise and partly from horror. We had been working so hard towards some unknown goal that we had become emotionally involved, and the disappointment from the loss of the little guy caused us the players to react. The game is a type of meta-fiction. It requires the player to bridge the gap between reality and this new fictional world. The game allows the player to bridge the gap more effectively than most books or movies do. The player has to physically push buttons to make the character move and the player has control over the character's well-being. It is not such a jump of imagination to put yourself in the little characters shoes.