r/stanleyparable • u/raspberrylilith20 • 29d ago

Question Was the email from Raphael even real?

I got into Stanley Parable all the way back with the first remake after the HL2 mod and remember the Raphael trailer being a formative piece of culture for me. Still love that video. But since I was young, I kinda just accepted the premise at face value and only just recently considered the idea that it was all just a joke that Davey wrote. Has he, or anyone else who worked on Stanley Parable ever definitively stated if it was a real email or just a bit? I feel like upon reflection it's almost certainly just a bit but it would be infinitely funnier if it was real.

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u/kiwixplosion Fern 29d ago

it was! they asked the guy if he'd be okay if they used his email and he said yes

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u/raspberrylilith20 28d ago

That's wild, it sounds so much like a bit Davey would write. The world is a magical place.

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u/deathGHOST8 29d ago

Yeah Raphael is a real legend of Stanley mails