The live action video game LANDER 23
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Controls jam, data streams crash, smoke billows from every orifice. Your spaceship Lander 23 has crashed in enemy territory. You must explore the treacherous world, refuel and return home. Radiation levels are high, time is short, and something lurks outside…
If this sounds like a new game review, it kind of is. LANDER 23 is a real-world stealth game from London-based company Punchdrunk, best known for its immersive theater. Here we are explorers of the Center for Astrobiology’s Lander Division.
As we meet our crewmates – father and son – donning our tactical gear and testing our communicators, we realize that we only have each other and three lives to get us through this mysterious and dangerous world. One team is in the field; the other controls from the relative safety of the lander.
Having entered the alien world, I feel extremely responsible for making sure our team gets home safely. Playing computer games has never been so tense and fun.
David Stock
Head of Editorial Video, London
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