The Stanley Parable

Never in a million parsecs did I ever envisage plugging a Half Life 2 mod here on Adventure Point. Action ! Guns ! Death ! Carnage ! ...Aaaaaaaaaaah ! ......I here you faithful fans of lateral thinking and mental gymnastics exclaim ! But, hold on a minute, this is different... very different. The Stanley Parable is the work of innovative game guru, Davey Wreden. A man who, in creating this 1st person interactive experience, wants to buck the trend and so challenge the player's expectation of how a game should play and progress. It's a narrative driven work of surreal interactive fiction which defies description, as any would inevitably dilute the player's experience. It's a game which will provoke discussion amongst those who play it and challenge your ideas of how you perceive games in general. There's little more I can say without spoiling the 'experience', other than to quote Davey in saying this "......it's actually best if you don't know anything about it before you play it !" You can download The Stanley Parable here and read Press X or Die's excellent 2011 interview with the game's creator here. Enjoy ! :)