cleversimon:

Canabalt is a heart-pounding, finger-twitching race against—amidst, away from, towards—certain death. Your hapless, helpless player character is pulled along a terrifying monochrome streak of devastation by the slenderest thread of hope, tumbling headlong through a slickly-styled nightmare towards an ever-diminishing chance of escape.

For maximum awesome, advises the splash screen, headphones recommended. Headphones. Yeah. And maybe a fucking Xanax.

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There’s a trick to this game, actually, that helps tremendously, and it’s cheaper than Xanax. It’s a little counter-intuitive, though, so don’t read further if you want to figure it out for yourself.

Ready? Here it is: Use the boxes.

I’ve said too much.