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missazura:

land-of-blitheness-and-catharsis:

happy 4/27 here’s all the content in no particular order

official

• the original mod
  one man. one engine. one vision. absolutely worth checking out to compare it to the remake. the narrator’s much more of a symbol than an emotionally complex character here, even when he’s got the same lines they’re often acted differently. comes with a readme in which the writer shares his interpretation of the game, which nobody ever told me was a thing that existed. of course, it only fully applies to this version, which doesn’t explore as many themes as the remake. playthrough
• the remake
  yup yup. playthrough - secrets
• the demo
  yeah, same link, scroll down to “download free demo”. a fully unique, stand-alone experience! very similar in tone to the confusion ending. time to bond over game development. playthrough-secrets
• the trailers
  with the obvious stand-out feature of the raphael trailer. petty bastard.
• the dota 2 announcer pack
  really funny regardless of investment in dota. lots of endearing tidbits.
  the whole 45 minutes
• the manual 1/2
  written by the narrator. a piece of content very close to my heart.

less official

• jack
  a short film version of the stanley parable. it’s… the jack parable. i avoided watching this for ages but it’s good, actually. like, not to spoil anything but it’s basically all… there.
• mega64 parody
  the narrator walks around bothering random people.
• escape pod ending
  does a happy ending undermine everything the game stands for? yes. are you gonna sit there and wistfully gaze at it anyway? yes.
• dungeons 3
  i haven’t played this game and i don’t plan to unless i grow extremely desperate but… it’s narrated by the narrator. the whole game is one long cameo. they got kevan to voice it and were just like… might as well.

honorable mention

• kevan’s post-parable twitter roleplaying
  no, really. here’s a nice post summarising the highlights.

fixed link to the post parable twitter roleplaying summary since the link doesn’t work anymore. enjoy!