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Kevan Brighting
''The Stanley Parable'' is a 2013 story-based video game designed and written by developers Davey Wreden and William Pugh (game designer), William Pugh. The game carries themes such as choice in video games, the relationship between a game creator and player, and predestination/fate. In the game, the player guides a silent protagonist named Stanley alongside narration by British actor Kevan Brighting. As the story progresses, the player is confronted with diverging pathways. The player may contradict The Narrator's directions, which if disobeyed, will be incorporated into the story. Depending on the choices made, the player will encounter different endings before the game resets to the beginning. ''The Stanley Parable'' was originally released on July 31, 2011, as a free mod (video gaming), modification for ''Half-Life 2'' by Wreden. Together with Pugh, Wreden later released a stand-alone remake using the List of Source engine mods, Source engine under the Galactic Cafe studio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Droste Effect
The Droste effect (), known in art as an example of ''mise en abyme'', is the effect of a picture recursion, recursively appearing within itself, in a place where a similar picture would realistically be expected to appear. This produces a loop which in theory could go on forever, but in practice only continues as far as the image's resolution allows. The effect is named after Droste, a Dutch brand of cocoa solids, cocoa, with an image designed by Jan Misset in 1904. The Droste effect has since been used in the packaging of a variety of products. Apart from advertising, the effect is also seen in the Dutch artist M. C. Escher's 1956 lithograph ''Print Gallery (M. C. Escher), Print Gallery'', which portrays a gallery that depicts itself. The effect has been widely used on the covers of comic books, mainly in the 1940s. Effect Origins The ''Droste'' effect is named after the image on the tins and boxes of Droste cocoa solids, cocoa powder which displayed a nurse carrying ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
