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The Stanley Parable
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The Stanley Parable is an abstract, psychological, dark and humorous meta-narrative that attempts to make its choices void, journey paradoxical and generate discussion about storytelling in video games.
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"Prodding at The Stanley Parable and seeing how it will react to your various actions makes for a great, brief experience."
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While lacking in solid education, the entertainment from defying a games' script makes up for it in the end.

Taking directions in video games has become something we've all (generally) become resigned to; we read the manual, check out the controls menu, follow signs and hints in the environment, etc... In mo… Read more

The Stanley Parable's tangled narrative is full of laughs, creativity and subverted expectations

In The Stanley Parable you play as Stanley. Employee #427 is your designated title; another cog in the workforce machine at a big, drab office building. You sit at your desk day after day, week after… Read more

The Stanley Parable's tangled narrative is full of laughs, creativity and subverted expectations

In The Stanley Parable you play as Stanley. Employee #427 is your designated title; another cog in the workforce machine at a big, drab office building. You sit at your desk day after day, week after… Read more

An interesting art piece that will have you going back time after time for various outcomes.

The Stanley Parable is an interesting piece of interactive software that originally started as a free mod for the Source Engine . You start in your office and almost immediately encounter a narrative… Read more

One for the gamers

I really enjoyed the Stanley Parable - it's great fun if you are used to games, and particularly first person games on PC. I have a long history of gaming, which helps with this, and many of the jokes… Read more

Clever, Quick, but just barely worth it.

I'd recommend this game, but only very barely. This game may be a victim of its own hype, but in my experience, it didn't live up to those expectations. There is very little action on the viewers part… Read more

Incredibly clever

The Stanley Parable is essentially a love letter to dynamic story-telling. It's a humorous take on branching narratives, and it encourages the player to poke at the game itself the entire time. If you… Read more

The End is Never the End

The original Stanley Parable was a 2011 Source Engine mod dreamed up by USC graduate Davey Wreden. Using minimalist mechanics and a heavy focus on storytelling, Wreden built an interactive fiction whi… Read more

Delightful deja vu

The Good: Innovative and unlike anything you've ever played; Many hilarious laugh-out-loud moments; Interaction with the narrator is satisfying; Excellent satire on the nature of choice and decisions… Read more

The Stanley Parable Review: A Player-Driven Mindfuck

The Stanley Parable subverts the notion of choice in video game narratives. For all the freedom developers allow, the player must obey certain principles, operate according to a game’s finite procedur… Read more

The last video game ever?

The Stanley Parable is a fascinating piece of fiction that plays out in ways I've never seen or even knew I wanted to see in a game. It explores the choose your own adventure tale that we see in games… Read more

An objective review of The Stanley Parable

I have decided to do my bit for the forwarding of the cause for the proliferation of objective reviews of interactive media content by providing a review of The Stanley Parable . This will provide rea… Read more

The Stanley Parable Is The Cleverest Game I've Played All Year

The Stanley Parable is the cleverest video game I’ve played all year. It’s genuinely thought-provoking, a rare thing in this medium. It’s genuinely funny too, which is even rarer. While I was playing… Read more

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