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"Everything that's interesting has a strong emotional core," says game designer Davey Wreden, creator of The Stanley Parable and The Beginner's Guide.
The Stanley Parable
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Is it time to stop using the term “walking simulator”?
The history of the term “walking simulator” is short but heated. It’s only seen wide usage over the past few years and is often applied frivolously. There’s a lot of uncertainties around it but the one thing that’s for sure it it’s a divisive term. Some people see it as a useful way to bunch togethe
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The videogames that want to be disobeyed
Early in Far Cry 4 (2014), you sit at a dinner table across from the brutal antagonist, Pagan Min. While remaining unnervingly calm, he tortures a man by stabbing his back with a fork. As they leave the room, Pagan Min turns to you and says, “Don’t move, I’ll be right back.” The cutscene ends and yo
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The epic theater of videogames
Sign up to receive each week’s Playlist e-mail here! Also check out our full, interactive Playlist section. Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist (PC, Mac) By Crows Crows Crows Davey Wreden’s follow-up to his videogame satire The Stanley Parable earlier this ye
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Why are we so afraid to walk?
A budding movement in games takes its first steps.
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The Stanley Parable co-creator teases new game with mysterious ARG
Coming right off the tail of Davey Wreden’s The Beginner’s Guide, the other Stanley Parable co-creator William Pugh has begun teasing a new game of his own. The unnamed mystery game, described as “a weird puzzle,” will be the debut project for Pugh’s recently founded studio Crows Crows Crows. But as
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The Reality Hunger of Davey Wreden
How The Beginner’s Guide expands the lexicon of games.
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Shut up, The Beginner’s Guide
If you do not like The Beginner’s Guide, we have the review for you.
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Explore a portrait of a game creator in The Beginner’s Guide
Sign up to receive each week’s Playlist e-mail here! Also check out our full, interactive Playlist section. The Beginner’s Guide (PC, Mac) BY Everything Unlimited LTD The Beginner’s Guide, a followup from the creator of The Stanley Parable (which is a game about games) is a videogame about the peop
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Let’s talk about the ending of The Beginner’s Guide
Should Davey Wreden have released The Beginner’s Guide?
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The Beginner’s Guide to the art of videogames
Wreden on Wreden isn’t perfect, but it raises questions with a clarity few games have dared.
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The Stanley Parable creator announces The Beginner’s Guide for October 1st
Whatever it was that Davey Wreden put out after The Stanley Parable it was bound to be met with critical and expecting eyes. You can’t make a game that deconstructs the notion of player choice with such gall and humor and avoid having your next creation heavily examined by everyone that plays it. Su