To Find Meaning and To Forgo It: The Stanley Parable & The Beginner's Guide & Literary Theory

A video essay on how The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe and The Beginner's Guide explore aspects of Literary Theory through the medium of video games. It examines the arguments made by different schools of literary theory and how it applies to these two games and what each game has to say in turn.
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[@axyvq1584]

this is so well made !! earned a new sub

[@BoogsNStuff]

I really like this "let art live and let it die" view of the skip ending. It feels like the entire sensibility behind Ultra Deluxe's new content, with how the bucket is kind of reveling in how ridiculous its own existence as a new alternate ending for every path is.
Excellent video, was shocked to see it's the only one on your channel, you have top notch writing and editing, really hoping to see more!

[@icecreamguru7584]

I love this essay, the bits with text on theory were very satisfyingly done

[@pr1ncessleia]

holy shit i love your voice! good video!