What is The Impossible Game? It’s an indie game on the Xbox Live Arcade available for a mere 80 Microsoft Points. You play as the orange square seen in the picture above. All you have to do is jump over the spikes and jump on blocks in order to reach the end of the level (there’s only one level, mind you). Sounds pretty easy, right?

WRONG. The name of the game is pretty damn accurate. Although it’s not impossible, it’s very challenging. I played for at least two hours today, and I still haven’t been able to beat it. You have to time every jump perfectly, and one mistimed jump sends you back to the beginning. Each time you fail, the attempt number changes (see above image). As I was playing, I watched the attempt number get past 370 in practice mode. When you factor in the other sessions of playing, I probably messed up over 600 times today. As I said, it’s a very challenging game.

Even though this game makes me rage, I’m addicted to it right now. I’ve decided that it would be in my best interest to take a break from it for the rest of the night, but I can assure you I’ll be trying again tomorrow.

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