Lex Fridman plays The Stanley Parable

[@lexfridman]

Simulated existential crisis in the form of a video game. Here are timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction - Tryolabs: tryolabs.com/lex - Vincero: vincerowatches.com/lex 0:48 - Round 1 - The Matrix 8:12 - Round 2 - Reincarnation 9:58 - Round 3 - Winning 12:39 - Round 4 - Adventure line 16:30 - Round 5 - Confusion 19:58 - Round 6 - Mind control 35:09 - Round 7 - A dream within a dream 42:28 - Round 8 - Ego death 47:49 - Death becomes meaningless

[@-.-3557]

where can i purchase the tshirt you are wearing in this video

[@notjackiechan9420]

Hey Lex! love your stuff man. hey if you like this game i got one you may REALLY trip out on. called 'Only If' on Steam. THE trippest game i have ever played. I recommend to anyone and everyone reading this. game on!

[@sonnyrae8194]

Hello Lex. Hope your having a great night.

[@elliotwilliams7421]

Check out the game 'the bridge' simple but clever puzzle game based on movement.

[@elliotwilliams7421]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/qaDVaZKifbx7ocU link to the trailer on KZbin

[@jonesbbq307]

Imagine you in the finals week and the professor's just streaming games.

[@TTGTanner]

😂

[@osamabinliftin8632]

New background study audio then lmao

[@JJ-vh8ex]

Is he a teacher?

[@jonesbbq307]

@@JJ-vh8ex He’s a professor at MIT

[@Nikike999]

@@jonesbbq307 He's not a professor, just an occasional lecturer.

[@HealthyGamerGG]

gamer

[@adamsalem2951]

You found a wild HealthyGamerGG!

[@aseri93]

So great to see you here too. :)

[@ZunderCraft]

hey nice to see you here :)

[@tachyony]

Based

[@thomas9592]

peepoPog

[@main_mando]

Lex please acknowledge my limited meaningless existence by replying to this everlasting online comment. Love you Lex

[@lexfridman]

Love you too Armando

[@beebmuff2011]

Damn that's crazy. ._. He replied.

[@billdozer7448]

@@dustinbanneddotvideo2082 but would we really know if we are human if we are simply programs that excel at simulating what we think is humanity?? 🤔

[@xTheReapersSpawn]

Love you too as a fellow member of humanity, Armando, Lex, Beeb, Dustin, Billdozer, future commenters.

[@semtex6412]

damn that was rad bro!

[@ArtoriasStormcock]

Lex looks like what I imagine Stanley would look like.

[@DamianSzajnowski]

Yoo

[@nTrylo]

bruh

[@Flokoli1]

Jim Carrey looks like what I imagine Stanley would look like.

[@DamianSzajnowski]

@@Flokoli1 no way, not nowadays bearded wise 'ol Jim

[@Flokoli1]

@@DamianSzajnowski maybe, but "The Truman Show" Jim yes

[@wesley3300]

I’m less than 5 min in and can already tell I’m going to immensely appreciate Lex’s commentary over this. “Sam Harris has entered that chat.” 😂

[@derekcarney]

He out-narrates the narrator.

[@Nick_Salcido]

Poker? I barely know her hahahahahahhahaha

[@arrgylerawrgyle3784]

Lex playing "papers, please" would literally melt my brain

[@isaacweaver2188]

Agreed. He definitely needs to play that next

[@Antoine562]

THIS!!!!!!! Lex this is such a great call! @Lex Friedman

[@rkalla]

Damn you called it!

[@MegaClogger]

YES! 'Papers, Please' and 'The Stanley Parable' were games I experienced back to back back in the wayback.

[@DFishFan]

Make this happen peeps. I second that!

[@iDarkBlad3r]

Hi Lex, As a teen who recently became an adult, I've really enjoyed discovering you and your content through Joe Rogan's podcast. I'm now in college, and more than ever, I've felt as though this period in my life is defined by chaotic soul searching and unrelenting identity crises. Personally, I've had a rough past 2020 with regards to mental health and soul searching, but every now and then when I'm in a rut, I ask myself, "What would Lex do?" From the answer to that question, I'm able to find more confidence in myself and remember to embrace life's chaos. I look up to you as a role model, and from one humble existence to another, I appreciate you. Thanks for helping me through some tough times. Happy New Year!

[@blackplauge1334]

Are you my clone

[@HeyItsMike985]

What would David goggins do, I tell myself

[@Dooscoop]

i dont remember writing this comment but it was definitely me, this is exactly how i feel lmao

[@sisyphus_strives5463]

A role model is well and good, but at some point you must ask yourself 'what kind of person do I want to become?'

[@johnscott6481]

The struggle is real..but you seem pointed in right direction, be fair,be reasonable to yourself,keep looking up my friend !

[@philipowen9529]

I love how Lex turns everything into a deep philosophical lesson 😂

[@UnbelievablyGauche]

You love that? It’s annoying like a Paul Simon song, always dispensing “pearls of wisdom”

[@nickmagrick7702]

I loved the irony that his displaying of being a philosophical intellectual shallowed the experience of what he was doing because he was preforming for the audience more than he was preforming his relationship between stanley and himself I think he only had a few authentic moments in the vid

[@iwanwilaga]

@@nickmagrick7702 yeah, it would be pointless to expect otherwise by the nature of the yt / acting (literally) in front of a Million+ ppl. I mean it's possible but... but that path is a very difficult one., not sure how many managed to take that. (..the left or right? lol ;) Life is about these exciting/beautiful challenges probably at every level (?) ... some (ehm, many..) we (humanity) constantly fail at. Than we say. "Yolo or.. Whatever". And that's it. Job done. This was a worthy walkthrough tho. Distracted/disturbed me enough..

[@UnbelievablyGauche]

@@JH-ji6cj ever consider that I came here because I knew about the game, and hadn’t even heard of your hero Lex?

[@GraySheep1717]

@@UnbelievablyGauche This is the only Lex video I’ve ever seen but if you don’t like his style of commentating then watch a different Stanley Parable video lol

[@notquitehim]

If there was any doubt how much of a man of culture Lex is

[@stanislavstoimenov1729]

"Life is so much easier with a narrator" -- that's why it is so hard for us to leave our mammas.

[@_Stroda]

No.

[@DamianSzajnowski]

Technically most have "loud" verbal thoughts

[@rarecromALT]

@@_Stroda Yes.

[@urbanwarior3134]

That's why the media exist even though we all know its fake. That's why every remake from your childhood will fail to keel you wanting and hoping but not getting a result you like. Psychologically the feeling of pain leaving the womb is part of the structure of our world now at every stage. The end goal is the great reset. No one owns anything apart from the elite pedos who rent it back to us as slavery

[@ABomm]

Narrator: Memorize this fern Lex: Memorizes the layout of the firm's filing cabinets

[@rantceck]

and he was free

[@sandiego764]

ngl that bothered me

[@nickmagrick7702]

@@sandiego764 he did more than a few things that were bothering me Me 58 times: "DAMN IT YOU'RE PLAYING THE GAME WRONG! NO... NO STAY IN THE DAMN CLOSET"

[@themarchhare1376]

Yes! Completely walked past the fern and edited it out, lmao. Oh well, we all make mistakes...?

[@Xaiando]

🤣

[@colopful]

”Poker?” ”- I hardly know her” And lex smirking was funniest part on my day, thank you 😂

[@nathanquattrochi1299]

The only man capable of overthrowing pewdiepie in lets play content

[@barnobarno5403]

Yeah

[@LaniakeaLeathercrafts]

PewDiePie would make an incredible guest on the show.

[@LaniakeaLeathercrafts]

@@nathanquattrochi1299 not only would that make great conversation, Felix is fairly intelligent and well-spoken. He's dabbled in philosophy a fair amount.

[@notjackiechan9420]

@@barnobarno5403 your name made my dog look at me cause i laughed sharply when i saw it

[@nathanquattrochi1299]

@@LaniakeaLeathercrafts That's very true. Felix seems like an open-minded deep thinker filled with curiosity

[@thomascontessa]

I didn't know I needed lex playing games in my life

[@nickshamas]

right!!! this is so awesome!

[@derekcarney]

He out-narrates the narrator!

[@aljosanovak3539]

Freedom ending is when you follow exactly the narrators orders. Ironic.

[@nekrokulter]

So is the game ultimately about how our rebellious nature keeps us from escaping the system by straying from a path that's layed out infront of us?

[@coconutfpv]

@@nekrokulter Well, yes and no. No, because the game restarts, and just like it was done in Spec Ops The Line, the only way to beat the game, is to actually never play it (or to follow the narrator, take the escape rout and just before crash, hit the escape and turn off the game), or turn it off and move on with your life towards whatever; as the female narrator said, Stanley was dead from the beginning, and so we are. Yes, because it's an old concept actually. Back in ancient times there was a voice of logos speaking to people, which was thought to be - at that times - a voice of god, telling people what to do and not do, possibly leading to whatever best fullfillment of their lives (which kind of negates the free will concept and bows to determinism). It is thought that the voice of logos was incorporated by the mind and became what we know now as consciance, the inner voice that appear sometimes and tells you that you probably shouldn't be doing something, or should be doing something else now, and which is - paradoxicaly - right at great many times, at least in a relatively healthy developed person. I.E: socrates was known for always listening to that voice, up to a point where during his prosecution he had a chance to defend himself and the voice told him that he shouldn't. So he shut up and reconsidered, decided that he's old enough and lived his life, and it's a chance for him to go on his own terms, before the life of an old man takes him down insted. So he shut up and went on with being executed. So what does that have to do with Stanley's Parable? Well, it's even somewhere in the game, when narrator tells you about that rebel part, where no matter how good you have it it's never enough, and the ones inner will to rebel is always our own missfortune which we deny up untill the point of no return and sometimes even beyond that. Like that old saying The road to hell is paved with good intentions. Cause no matter what you do, you really can't do good - becasue you don't know what's good and what's not. Because your view of what's good might be wrong to others and even to yourself because you didn't took some small detail - or even a large one - into consideration, simply because you couldn't, there's too many things related to everything around us at all moments that we simply can't make that decision. Sure you can say, helping someone in need is better than robbing them or something. But it's like with Hitler, WW2 might've not happened if an enemy soldier left him to die in the WW1. ISIS could've not raise to power if USA didn't invade iraq. There's just no way to know, and one thing that's sure about humans is we always think we don't deserve something or something is wrong when things are going well, cause we escape from comfort just as we do from suffering which just puts us in a constant loop. And theoretically, this is where buddha and zen comes in. Just be in the moment, go with the flow, don't resist, don't desire, just be and let things happen as they want. Well there's and ending for that in SP too - needless to say, you're most likely to start walking around instead of staying there or turning the game off ;) We like to break stuff, even ourselfes. Too bad Lex didn't played enough to try to mess with game mechanics, wonder what would he do in the telephone room or with platform :) but he's an accomplished man, not a gamer, he did better than me and moved with his life instead of trying to find everything this game offers :D (and in a way found exactly everything it offers - the existencial crisis and that you shouldn't play the game ;)

[@CassielusMaximus]

@@coconutfpv damn

[@pushpitsrivastava5796]

@@coconutfpv Amazing. But I had a question. If we can never know what is good, what do we do? How do we live knowing that what we do can cause so many people harm? Is the only way out to not do anything? Is dying the only solution? The only way out?

[@coconutfpv]

​@@pushpitsrivastava5796 1) I'm sorry i speak about religions much if perhaps it bothers you in any way, thing is it's not about the religions but about the ideas that they speak of. The answer hinduism, buddhism/taoism and zen offers to that is to stop the clinging to everything (which is a different thing than don't care about anything and get rid of all emotions) and learn to make your mind still and let things be as they want to be (which is a common thing in most religions around the world actually (like jesus forgiving them all them sins, or allah - the merciful and compassionate; there's basically no religion without that motive, no matter how people manage to pick them apart and twist the story to fit their agendas). I.E: if you go to a store and you wait in line, and there's like that one angry lady that's always making scenes and rages all around "cause why the fu* she have to wait in line (with two people in front of her which would take like two minutes instead of 4 with her raging all over the place) where's the second cashier?!", you can eighter: - act, and tell her off or calm her down, perhaps make her realise she's an as* and her raging ain't helping anything or speeding things up; - ignore her, but then you feel kinda down and frustrated, cause you could've done something and you didn't, or she shouldn't be like that, or you let yourself down cause you could act but you didn't, and you let other people down for the same reason, and other let you down cause they didn't act as well, and the whole thing is just a giant mess, and why do people actually act shi*y as there's no point in that and she totally should be grateful for (there's more options obviously but the point is IF you think about it really deeply, there's sort of no good solution, cause whatever you do is by being driven by one or the other selfish reasons (was it really needed? do you needed to act out? why do you tell people how they should live and act? how do YOU know to live and act and why you assume you got it right or more right than anybody else? or the ways you acted it out were over the top, your words, your tone of voice, etc.) Whatever you'll do, it will resonate within you, wether it is by you kinda being an as* while you really didn't need to, by you feeling let down by your own action and not taking action while something could be done, or by her behaviour like a pretentious as*, you'll go on by your day but you'll feel like it's a little bit (or maybe a significantly) worse day than it was before that event. So you see what actually happens is you cling to the feelings, eighter anger or frustration or perhaps a joy cause you've acted while you needed (you think) to and you totally bossed her, good job you... but was it really necessary? you're sure? Cause odds are highly likely that you pat yourself on the back for being the good person cause you've brought somebody else down, which is hardly a humane and glorious thing to do. This doesn't mean they did not deserve it, keep that in mind. The whole thing of how we should and shouldn't act as an individual vs local society vs global society, all the formalities and norms, behaviours and little laws and rituals, wether we should glorify the unit or aim at the good for entire race and beings is a whole different question (personally i think we should aim at bigger goals, treat each other best way we can and aim at being a better humans both to others and ourselves at possibly all times, not that it's easy tho, quite contrary, a conscious life is a walk on thorns, but at least you're doing something to perhaps make this mess a tiny bit better by setting an example or inspiration of that thing can be done better) which is also the point at which to some extent the figure of christ steps in, dude took a serious shi*, up to a point of his own death and still refused to oppose, he figuratively and literally turned the other cheek (as voilence breeds violence) and begged forgiveness for his oppressors. If you think about it, there's really no other thing to do, than try to maybe not necessairly make things better, but at the very least not make them worse.

[@kostaskostas550]

Yes.. more of this type of games. You're the perfect candidate to test out character analysis games lol

[@LomanLawson]

the "go outside" achievement is not to play this game for 5 years. the existence of this achievement makes you load up the game after 5 years just go get it. a clever way to revisit it.

[@Madcrackanut]

One more year, then I can finally boot up the game again!

[@spritemultipack]

getting the player to come back isn't the point of the achievement, watch this vid "The Philosophy of The Stanley Parable and The Beginner's Guide - Wisecrack Edition"

[@Sophistry0001]

I think I'm primed and ready to get that one

[@andanssas]

@Roman can you hack it by changing the date in your operating system? P.S. cutting off the internet

[@ethanolsampsonite7407]

@@andanssas Yeah you used to but I haven't tried in years. Worth a shot though.

[@ghipsandrew]

The Talos Principle next please. I think playing as a robot trying to prove it's human and having philosophical debates with another AI would be dope. (Lex, if you'r reading, I don't mean you, lol)

[@ThexInsidexMan]

the best part of this video is watching two crazy people mutter seemingly profound ramblings at each other for an hour.

[@florianclaaen7535]

39:50 the fun thing is, I'm 100% sure lex actually thought about trying to "wake up" from his actual live in that moment

[@gejugfeguug5623]

i did too lol

[@Mevlinous]

When you start treating your entire life as a single object, by extension it must be present to someone who is not participating in it. So who is this entire life being presented to?

[@shoyupacket5572]

@@Mevlinous Well this is the foundation of simulation theory but I personally like to think that life is not a single object and rather we are all connected by some unkown, unmeasurable force which also binds us. I like to think that this explains both love and animosity between people because we are constantly noticing things we like/hate about ourselves while observing other people. It might be a bit "woo" but I don't have all the answers and am convinced of nothing, like I said this is just what I like to think because so much of our experience of reality is unknown.

[@dyfrigshandy]

@@shoyupacket5572 the backroom

[@bdi_vd3677]

@@Mevlinous to god/source, obviously

[@poulson821751]

That rug really tied the room together.

[@pnut3844able]

They peed on your rug dude

[@vaibhav9015]

Lex is into games.what else is left😂, dude is dope

[@SplitaBrick]

Get a room

[@noahcalderon7751]

We have to get him to smoke weed, that is all

[@ragingninja4292]

He never really finishes them though, he just plays like an hour or two then stops.

[@souvikbhattacharyya2480]

@@ragingninja4292 which is so sad

[@caret4812]

@@Gumbo_Calm stop the cringe please

[@markmurphy9733]

As a carpet installer, the seam layout on this flooring drives me nuts.

[@filthysock]

Haha, I know the feeling. I install vinyl flooring and tiles, and I assess every floor I see, lol...

[@markmurphy9733]

@@filthysock nothing worse than some railroaded VCT

[@jackiejones8558]

Need more of these, Lex. Would really love to see you explore this form of media more. Video Games can be more than just simple fun!

[@aaronsalem2009]

Would love to see lex do a full play through on soma, the scary concepts of consciousness and AI are portrayed almost perfectly

[@AreEia]

Seconded! Soma is amazing, and horrifying at the same time. One of the only games I know that has a simultaneous bad/good ending. But I would also add questions of identity as a core concept in it.

[@MortenErCrazy]

Great suggestion, loved that one!

[@Hieuby_Dooby]

This is a great suggestion

[@CKalitin]

That voice reminds me of the narrator from the hitchhikers guide. I love it.

[@TNTsundar]

That’s Stephen Fry, whose voice is a bit deeper.

[@redriver6541]

Yes. I thought so myself.

[@rainofcali]

@@TNTsundar I think they more-so mean that the narration style is similar.

[@yossarian1633]

Possibly by design? Good call though. Good book too.

[@chriscross9505]

It's Kevan Brighting as the narrator of the Stanley Parable. The original narrator of HHGTTG was Peter Jones.

[@danielmullinr]

“I find it always useful when the world tells you who you are and where you are and what you’re doing” -Lex

[@akshaytakkar6747]

I felt that

[@bazmalaza85]

Urim and Thummim help doing the Work.

[@lorn4867]

"This is why immortality doesn't work."

[@Panacea9]

I find it fun to always see people's accomplishments or even progress, whether it be contributing to a game or commenting on it and loving it. It is a good experience. A lot of things I wish I was able to do and fantasize about being good at it. It is good other people can do it.

[@Dr.UldenWascht]

Man, I'm in tears of joy watching this. I can't believe I missed this. I wish more of this type of content was on the table, although I'm fully aware Lex is busier than that.

[@spritemultipack]

I'd recommend watching "The Philosophy of The Stanley Parable and The Beginner's Guide - Wisecrack Edition" , there's quite a few endings to this game

[@AftercastGames]

As someone who works in an office and that presses buttons all day, this “game” is truly a masterpiece. You should do another video or two in order to see the whole thing. You have no idea what you’ve missed. :)

[@danzaathedancer7761]

I agree Lex there are many different endings and we’d love to see you experience more of them!

[@anthonymoloney3671]

Ah, but isn't that a metaphor for life? You can't "play" all the options.

[@jimc.goodfellas]

Lex is really hooking us up with alot of content, he's really here for us in these trying times..

[@chekote]

“The voices never tell you the truth” Lex Fridman - A man of wisdom

[@N8N.]

Except the voice is literally trying to lead you towards freedom in the game

[@thothtahuti5509]

A voice of wisdom ;)

[@Stiggandr1]

I love that Lex got the Adventure line story first. It's perfect for him.

[@Battlefox64_RL]

This was absolutely my favorite playthrough of any game on KZbin. Well done lex.

[@elliotwilliams7421]

Stanley missed the work from home covid memo

[@finnpittarmstrong7023]

underrated comment award

[@elliotwilliams7421]

@@finnpittarmstrong7023 Thank you.....this means a lot

[@Jigitaetsa]

Laughed my arse off at this, dude. Cheers to you, you made my Saturday

[@demesrvl6761]

@Elliott Williams you get my BEST COMMENT vote!! Brilliant!!

[@nTrylo]

LEX PLEASE KEEP PLAYING - THERE'S SO MUCH MORE, AND IT GET'S SOOOOOO WEIRD. WE NEED YOU TO FINISH IT. PLEASE LEX. DO IT FOR THE CHILDREN LEX. THINK OF THE CHILDREN.

[@FinduroVR]

Lex playing these very deep and meaningful games is something I never knew I needed. Really hope he'll check out Superliminal one day, similar vibes but more on the topic of dreams and perspective. One of my all time favourites :)

[@baconeggsandstuff]

I would love to see you try the second part of Stanley Parable as well. There's no better person to have played this game to fully appreciate the depth of the story. For that, i thank you!

[@cheritriaas7114]

“I try play games for the fun of it “ Lex Fridman

[@golden1324]

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[@Uncertain_Illumination]

Do you mean "Lex play games for fun Friedman"?

[@jdmathys1]

A likely cover story...

[@nate_d376]

Spoken like a true robot

[@happynowfarms]

@@golden1324 Now i have to relearn Binary? Yours is the second Binary comment in the comments.

[@jamey90]

“Is this what the afterlife is like? Sitting there looking at a blank screen wondering if it froze.” That is deep, hilarious, and gives me chills 😂

[@nickmagrick7702]

*laughs in existential panic*

[@exessqd100]

I felt deep struggle in his voice when he said: “wake up lex”. Hey, lex, everything will be ok, it’s all just a part of the experience, pain will go, just keep going. You are the best.

[@ryfors]

This was fun to watch, fun to see how differently Lex played compared to others and how that impacted the ending

[@djbanizza]

When presented with a free will scenario, Lex's thoughts predictably floated towards Sam Harris. Wishing to prove him wrong he chose the option, which supposedly showed he has free will, but in reality all that was predetermined.

[@SuzakuX]

There's not a thing you can do in this game that wasn't predetermined. Even glitching out of bounds is accounted for with unique narration.

[@lamthaotran19]

You are like the curious, (sometimes) awkward, soft-spoken friend I've always wanted to have. Thank you for existing Lex.

[@harnessracingprofessor9011]

Exactly.

[@mariahtelesca7054]

I love how he adds an element of wonder to everything and completely commits to it. Makes everything so compelling.

[@FriaGram]

There is a freedom ending, also a meta ending/path. You just really have to drive it off the rails to get to the meta stuff.

[@Basaltq]

(Spoilers) The way to get the freedom ending is to do exactly what the narrator tells you to do. Is this just an illusion of freedom? Or maybe eating the blue pill is the only way to freedom, when you actually stop resisting you free yourself of your self-generated suffering.

[@FriaGram]

@@Basaltq my favorite ending is the serious ending (sv cheats) and the developer ending

[@Nphen]

@@Basaltq Many people think they can subvert the system and find a shortcut to happiness or fulfillment. Maybe that narrator voice was his conscience guiding him on the right path. Sometimes the obvious way is the right way.

[@v4lhulme]

@@fenrisunbound8891 yeah, that's why the saying goes "ignorance is bliss"

[@OvelNick]

"Poker? Never even met her." Exactly the joke that I would imagine you making.

[@demesrvl6761]

@Nick Levo I laughed out loud, for longer than normal, a few milliseconds after I processed that the words were a joke

[@eyewitness4560]

I've mostly listened to you through podcasts and it is such a genuine heart warming feeling to see you amused and laugh in a light hearted video about playing existential crisis

[@ninesninesnines]

“Life is about the detours my friends” -

[@MarsLonsen]

ive been lost for soon 24 years

[@dhaltonmiller1215]

@Steve Mo too many detours and now I'm lost. What to do?

[@em00k]

I came here with a light hearted “oh let’s watch Lex play this game” and left with deep questions about choice, life and freedom. This got deep!

[@danzaathedancer7761]

Exactly

[@zeallust8542]

The whole confusion ending is literally about the illusion of choice. You didnt look back to see, but that room where you walk in circles and the narrator eventually tells you which door to go through, if you turn around, both doors go to the same room. Well tbh, the whole game is about it. Its a game about choices, and yet every choice is scripted. The "canon" ending is the freedom ending, with the MIND CONTROL facility.

[@gails-connor3289]

I have been enjoying watching players of this game and observing their choices and why - great research for the novel I am writing. I have seen 1 person find the Freedom Ending and she did what the narrator told her to do. Interesting. A thing to consider: she found the destination but in the process she had no journey.

[@lukio3g]

this video just brought me to a checkpoint in my life, thank you lex

[@Planet_Neptune]

Get Sam Harris over and play this with him in person. Drink a beer every time you restart.

[@bazmalaza85]

next level

[@Brew78]

Nearly two years later, still a great video! I did find myself yelling at the screen for two things - One, you never did the obvious playthrough of complete compliance. You would have seen the Freedom Ending. Second, the Lady Narrator said to hit escape and click Quit. You skipped the Quit part. She was not wrong. Hopefully you come back to the game eventually and try out some of the other endings. Try some other things.

[@jordahnpeck1158]

33:16 I know it’s just a video game but Lex’s defiance in the face of Stanleys demise was a epic moment.

[@bstrat_1619]

THE BIG LABOWSKI quote felt so perfect for this whole experience, that rug really tied the room together....

[@smokingone]

Funny how most people would be like "ok this is the intro, whatever" but Lex says "surveillance" with an understanding tone.

[@santicolina5620]

There are a lot of endings. I remember when this game came out some years ago and I was obsessed with getting all of them, good times.

[@fluffandstuff2000]

After a rough day yesterday I am recommended Lex playing The Stanley Parable, and now all is right with the world. Wonderful and fun video. Please play more video games when you get a chance. :)

[@Clavanz]

"Success is all about luck....and having the right voice in your head to tell you the things to do." - Lex Fridman, life advice

[@cesarsanchezgutierrez3064]

Truly, I often wonder what your voice sounds like. Internal voice not external, what about MLKs, Abe Lincoln, Etc.

[@activereflection]

@@cesarsanchezgutierrez3064 Mine sounds like a big fat cat scratching on the door trying to get out. You can estimate its weight by the heavy breathing.

[@owencox90]

Would really love to see a second episode of this

[@zeallust8542]

You should also check out The Beginners Guide. Its a game by the same dev, talking about, well, game development. Art. The struggle of vision. The way artists give up. Etc. Also, play this game more and again. Theres still so much for you to uncover, that is thought provoking.

[@felixh.974]

4:11 Get Sam Harris on the podcast! Or go on his!

[@AV-TDer]

This.

[@ShadoCroc]

I did not expect this... Wow... I only wanted to watch couple of minutes that turned into watching the whole video. Your input about aspects of life were incredibly interesting. You're really awesome Lex and VERY intelligent! Thank you.

[@SuperTyrannical1]

This game needed a note to say must be played with webcam active. Then have Stanley confront his controller on a monitor that shows you on a webcam. 😂

[@kidgloves81]

This was one of the best things I've seen on KZbin. Thanks Lex, and whomever recommended you play this.

[@steveodavis9486]

Great commentary, Leslie. Keep working on your possibly existing free will. Take Sam with you!

[@steveodavis9486]

Key board had its own agenda about spelling Lex. Predestination perhaps.

[@notanotherguitarchannel]

Lex immediately identifying the meanings and intentions behind every turn because these questions clearly keep him up at night.

[@evershadowvii7848]

And then Lex decided to try out The Beginner's Guide, for it is an amazing adventure that he thought he might enjoy.

[@bloodofsanguinius4222]

Love this game, I’m really glad to see someone get the philosophy behind this

[@chuckavery155]

I’m either dumb or just don’t get game

[@stendaalcartography3436]

YES. Way to start 2021. Such a perfect content for me. Thanks Lex.

[@TheGrowOp]

Dude has the deepest conversations known to man with some of the worlds most passionate people and throws in a lets play every month or so. What a genuine guy.

[@LordBrozart]

The crossover we didn't know we needed.

[@GrimSleepy]

Lex, your reaction to the game's developments was priceless! I think we gave your personality module an overhaul with this experience. 00101!!

[@m4sterbr0s]

Nice! Glad you're playing this game. Absoutely loved it.

[@QuickFlixDailyyy]

the entire broom closet convo's are the best part lmao

[@BusinessWolf1]

yuuuuup

[@zachchrist9343]

Lex is so young but seems so wise at the same time. I love the deep comments and metaphors he gives about life when compared to the game. Opens my eyes a bit. Thanks Lex.

[@SfoglinoNASA]

“When walking around a lot in a space of ideas and getting nowhere, but in this process of suffering you arrive in at place of wisdom. Woah, this is cool.” -Lex Fridman-

[@MyonTangClan]

You have no idea how much I love this This is great

[@MrBendybruce]

This is the most fun I've had not playing a game in a very long time.

[@danzaathedancer7761]

I’m not a gamer and I enjoyed every bit of it! Haha

[@piwi2775]

Even when you thought that you gained autonomy, there's always a voice somewhere telling you to do things and you obeying it.

[@dundabird3203]

Seriously, one of the most entertaining Lets Plays I've ever seen. Lex you finally found your purpose.

[@grimjim8463]

Lex’s commentary is out of this world.. I genuinely learnt something from this video, I don’t play video games anymore but when I used to I played them with no thoughts whatsoever, my brain was just an empty void absorbing whatever was on the screen… And then I saw Alex play and he is thinking more deeply about the game than I do about my own day to day life…… This has actually been somewhat of a revelation for me.. Thanks Alex.

[@MortenErCrazy]

The freedom ending exists, but it is an illusion. The onion has many layers. You are Stanley's free will, trapped within Stanley, like our own minds are tethered to our bodies. Is there anywhere else for a mind to go? Cage/vessel/vehicle.. It's all the same. Our constraints define us. Our will pushes the boundaries. That is freedom. Stanley wasn't dreaming until you turned off the game.

[@jessehancock6414]

"The meaningless ritual of the human condition" ...Subscribed.

[@zeallust8542]

Definitely not the kind of content I would expect considering the rest of your channel, and the game. This is my first video of yours, and you had me sucked in immediately. Soft spoken, intelligent. Also you have a nice voice. Perfect for this game, but this game doesnt get players that analyze it the way you have. Edit: Also, looking at all the comments and the upload date, looks like last night was when youtube decided to recommend this video to everybody.

[@HamedAdefuwa]

yeah lool

[@terrymike7053]

Probably due to watching todd howard's interview recently

[@sigmundfreud2443]

This game is highly likely to just get played by people who are also capable of "getting it".

[@zeallust8542]

@@terrymike7053 I didnt watch that so prob not

[@zeallust8542]

@@sigmundfreud2443 Yes, but they arent the same ones that are making lets plays of it.

[@JeiShian]

This is one of my favourite videos of all time❤ this is a work of art

[@WoggleEnthusiast]

I would love to see you play inscription, it's an equally deep disturbing story. That's very thought provoking in the way it links to the real world.

[@landonjohnson2584]

"Lex plays" and "Let's play" sound so familiar...I just...where do I buy Lex stock now? Lmao. I feel like I'm looking at knowing about Rogan before spotify but I can't invest the knowledge for shit.

[@WinmanVideo]

"The rug really tied the room together." Solid, Lex, I see you.

[@danielandreisx]

But what does THAT MEAN ?! :-D

[@noiamnoturanus]

37:16 The moment lex realizes he doesn't have have feet and is living in a simulation

[@2342-d8o]

There is a freedom ending in the game, and you were very close to it, it's activated when you turn the mind control facility off, instead of turning it on again which activates the nuclear bomb ending. Of course regardless of which ending you activate you'll restart in Stanley's office anyway. The lady narrator had a point though, she was actually telling you the truth. She told you to "push escape, and then quit" as in "quit to desktop". The only way to win the game.

[@theeskimorecords]

This is the best play through of anything I’ve ever watched. The way you dance with your mind about the power of choice despite the limits having choices places on us.

[@itssasap8633]

My narrator led me to this phenomenal experience.

[@danzaathedancer7761]

Haha my sentiments exactly.

[@TheWaffle846]

I'm going to save this video for when I eat my edibles tonight, strapped in

[@Banstick]

How did that go? I ended up watching the whole thing on a hefty microdose. Couldn't stop. Now I'm questioning my own free will.

[@katherineflowers1121]

See I knew I was missing something and needed to put this video on watch later

[@kalebfaircloth9528]

The commentary had me, and then the lebowski quotes sealed the deal. Lex, you are now officially one of my favorite people.

[@jakepalan7943]

Really enjoyed this man. You absolutely HAVE to play SOMA and The Beginner's Guide at some point.

[@loinfinitoazul]

"Success is all about luck and having the right voice in your head telling you the things to do." The voice inside Lex Fridman's head, 2021, 24:59 🤯🤯🤯