Canabalt is a flash game. It uses only one button. It has purposely pixelated graphics. And yet it has some of the best atmosphere I've ever seen. I'm fascinated by this glimpse into another world, far beyond what the simple gameplay would command. The birds, the cranes, the crumbling buildings, the endless cityscape with its rumbling, smoke-belching transports, the running man making impossible leaps, the distant shadows of technological monstrosities raining down destruction... there's a lot going on here and I want to know more, but the game refuses to tell me. I like that.
Mostly I wanted to share this with anyone who hadn't seen it yet, as it's an amusing little tidbit of a game. Still, if anyone has any ideas of their own for the story behind it, I'd be all ears...
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