Vocabulary Word
Word: limbo
Definition: region near heaven or hell where certain souls are kept; prison (slang); Ex. Purgatory and Limbo
Definition: region near heaven or hell where certain souls are kept; prison (slang); Ex. Purgatory and Limbo
Sentences Containing 'limbo'
With the nomination in limbo, the American Federation of Labor formally voted to recommend that Beeson not be approved by the Senate.
Half of her gun armament was replaced by sonar, a Limbo Anti Submarine Mortar Mark 10 and homing torpedoes.
When Tom returns to Anglezarke, Morgan tells him that his father is trapped in limbo.
Still threatening to harm Tom’s father in limbo, Morgan forces Tom to assist him in his goal: raising Golgoth, Lord of Winter.
After losing a game of limbo to Billy and Mandy, Grim is forced to be their best friend forever.
In media industry jargon, development hell (or development limbo) is a state during which a film or other project remains in development without progressing to production.
After this, the manuscript remained in limbo until 1976, when it was finally published by the Colorado Associated University Press.
In the intro movie, a wizard confronts Heinrich and magically seals the tyrant in limbo.
This was to be a joint endeavour, but Tokyo ultimately backed out, leaving it in limbo again.
He was then stuck in diplomatic limbo for several hours.
Limbo cases refer to supercentenarians who have been validated or pending by the GRG but whose death date is unknown.
There have been 43 limbo cases from Japan.
Their first release was the Self Titled extended play on Gradual Limbo Records.
Limbo (stylized as LIMBO) is a puzzle-platform video game, the first title by independent Danish game developer Playdead.
"Limbo" is a 2D sidescroller, incorporating the physics system Box2D to govern environmental objects and the player character.
Based on its aesthetics, reviewers classified "Limbo" as an example of video games as art.
"Limbo" is presented through dark, greyscale graphics and with minimalist ambient sounds, creating an eerie, haunting environment.
As the player will likely encounter numerous deaths before they solve each puzzle and complete the game, the developers call "Limbo" a "trial and death" game.
Patti later revealed they had opted to use the Unity engine for their next project, citing the development of their custom engine for "Limbo" as a "double product, doing both engine and game", and that their "Limbo" engine is limited to monochromatic visuals.
"Limbo" was released on 21 July 2010 on the Xbox Live Arcade service, as the first title in the yearly "Summer of Arcade" promotion.
In April 2011, an Xbox 360 retail distribution of "Limbo" alongside other indie games "Trials HD" and '"Splosion Man" was released.
From the game's inception, Jensen set out three goals for the final "Limbo" product. The first goal was to create a specific mood and art style.
The game was purposely developed to avoid revealing details of its content; the only tagline the company provided was, "Uncertain of his sister's fate, a boy enters Limbo."
Some aspects of "Limbo" bore out from Jensen's own past, such as the forest areas that were similar to forests around the farm he grew up at, and the spider coming from Jensen's arachnophobia.
"Limbo" was designed to avoid the pitfalls of major titles, where the same gameplay mechanic is used repeatedly.
Carlsen stated that the puzzles within "Limbo" were designed to " you guessing all the way through".
Some journalists compared "Limbo" to previous minimalist platform games such as "Another World", "Flashback", "Heart of Darkness", "", "Ico", "Portal" and "Braid".
"Limbo" was generally praised for its puzzle design and the simplicity of its controls.
"Limbo"s graphical and audio presentation were considered by reviewers as exceptional and powerful elements of the game.
IGN's Hatfield concluded his review by stating, "Very few games are as original, atmospheric, and consistently brilliant as Limbo".
"Limbo" is said to be the first game to attempt a mix of the horror fiction genre with platform games.
The "New York Daily News" Stu Horvath noted that "Limbo" "turns its lack of obvious narrative into one of the most compelling riddles in videogames".
Other reviews disliked the lack of story or its presentation within "Limbo".
Before its release, "Limbo" was awarded both the "Technical Excellence" and "Excellence in Visual Art" titles at the Independent Games Festival during the 2010 Game Developers Conference.
"Game Informer" named "Limbo" their Game of the Month for August 2010.
"Limbo" was awarded the "Best Indie Game" at the 2010 Spike Video Game Awards.
The Academy also named "Limbo" as the winner of the 2010 Indie Game Challenge award in the "Professional" category, along with a $100,000 prize.
"Limbo" was named as one of ten games for the publicly voted 2011 "Game of the Year" BAFTA Video Game Awards.
Several publications, including "Time", "Wired" and the "Toronto Sun" placed "Limbo" as one of the top ten video games of 2010.
"Limbo" was spoofed by the comedy troope Mega64 during the 2011 Games Developer Conference, and later by the CollegeHumor sister website, Dorkly.
In March 2011, Microsoft listed "Limbo" as the 11th-highest selling game to date on Xbox Live.
By June 2013, just prior to the iOS release, Playdead announced that total sales of "Limbo" across all playforms exceeded 3 million.
The Mac OS X version of "Limbo" was awarded with Apple's Design Award in 2012.
Playdead was able to buy itself back from its investors in August 2011 from the revenue made from sales of "Limbo".
By the end of 1968, the Beatles' status as a group entity was in limbo.
Problem might not be Axl this time around and might keep this CD in limbo for more years to come.
It serves to ensure that property is not left in "limbo" without recognized ownership.
Bea is separated from her daughter and sent to Wentworth on remand, where she lives in "an uncertain limbo" until she is sentenced.
This created severe risk management issues, as counterparties were in legal and financial limbo.
The Civil War years saw the claim in limbo and Rowland hired an attorney to secure a patent.