{"id":755,"date":"2011-08-22T11:06:46","date_gmt":"2011-08-22T10:06:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidhing.com\/?p=755"},"modified":"2011-08-22T11:11:44","modified_gmt":"2011-08-22T10:11:44","slug":"monday-morning-fuel-the-stanley-parable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidhing.com\/chaotic-tortoise\/2011\/08\/monday-morning-fuel-the-stanley-parable\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday Morning Fuel: The Stanley Parable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidhing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/CT-Fuel-copy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-585\" title=\"CT-Fuel copy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.davidhing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/CT-Fuel-copy-276x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"166\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.davidhing.com\/chaotic-tortoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/CT-Fuel-copy-276x300.png 276w, https:\/\/www.davidhing.com\/chaotic-tortoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/CT-Fuel-copy-945x1024.png 945w, https:\/\/www.davidhing.com\/chaotic-tortoise\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/CT-Fuel-copy.png 1166w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 166px) 100vw, 166px\" \/><\/a>Making a habit of coming in late to any party, last week I was clued into The Stanley Parable, a fan made mod for Half Life 2.<\/p>\n<p>Playing this has the potential to redefine what you think of as a game, and its very existence as an entry to the medium makes actual definition of what a game is increasingly difficult.\u00a0 It&#8217;s an exploration into the nature of free will, of fate, of futility, and of the way we are conditioned to respond in certain situations.\u00a0 At least, that&#8217;s what I got out of it.\u00a0 It&#8217;s also grimly rather funny.<\/p>\n<p>There were also moments where I identified that the narrator was starting to sound a lot like I do after GMing for Dungeons and Dragons with a particularly inventive group of players.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The mod can be obtained here.\u00a0 It is possible to play on Mac and PC through Steam and you require the Source SDK Base 2007 (If you have Half Life 2, you&#8217;ll have this).\u00a0 Further instructions can be found on its download page.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidhing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Stanley-e1314007525742.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-756\" title=\"Stanley\" src=\"http:\/\/www.davidhing.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/Stanley-e1314007525742.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"339\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">In their words, the game is best if you don&#8217;t know anything about it before you play it, so actually, sorry for telling you something about it, but my original post of just a link and a name didn&#8217;t seem like enough.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Making a habit of coming in late to any party, last week I was clued into The Stanley Parable, a fan made mod for Half Life 2. 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