Originally used to describe a place in between Heaven and Hell where some souls are thought to be stuck forever, gamers have began using the term to describe a place in a video game where you cannot get out of without shutting the console off. This most frequently occurs in RPGs and may or may not include a glitch.
I was playing Fallout 3 and one of the story characters disappeared. I was stuck in limbo until I shut the game off and tried again.
You get stuck in limbo after defeating the boss in Cheetahmen 2.
You get stuck in limbo after defeating the boss in Cheetahmen 2.
by Egadudaga July 21, 2010
A West Indian dance in which the dancers keep bending over backward and passing under a pole that is lowered slightly each time.
by Austin N. Abbey October 10, 2003
Limbo is a puzzle-platform video game and the premiere title of independent Danish game developer Playdead Studios. The game was released in July 2010 on Xbox Live Arcade. Limbo is a 2D sidescroller, incorporating a physics system that governs 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. Journalists praised the dark presentation, describing the work as comparable to film noir and German Expressionism. Based on its aesthetics, reviewers classified Limbo as an example of "video game as art".
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. Journalists praised the dark presentation, describing the work as comparable to film noir and German Expressionism. Based on its aesthetics, reviewers classified Limbo as an example of "video game as art".
by Spiffy_Bunny January 9, 2011
tacky party dance at company picnics, weddings, lame events achieved by walking under a stick of descending height
by g string October 12, 2003
by Johnny. Blaze. February 20, 2015
Another word for weirdo
by Annoying and annoying 32 March 27, 2021
People who are above the age of majority in their district, yet not of the legal drinking and/or gambling age.
"Amber is a limbo because she is 18, thereby a legal adult, yet not allowed to drink or gamble in her home province until she is 19"
"Look at all the limbos coming downtown from America where the drinking age is 2 years older"
"Look at all the limbos coming downtown from America where the drinking age is 2 years older"
by greeninthenight April 28, 2012