New Scientist recommends real-world stealth game LANDER 23
LANDER 23 Live Action Video Game
Drunk on punch
Controls jam, data streams go haywire, smoke pours out of every vent. Your Lander 23 spaceship has crashed in hostile territory. You must explore a dangerous world, refuel and return home. Radiation levels are high, time is running out, and something is hiding outside…
If this sounds like a review of a new game, 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 from the Lander Division of the Astrobiology Center.
As we meet our crewmates – a father and son – don our tactical gear and test our communications, we become keenly aware that we only have each other and three lives to help us get through this mysterious and dangerous world. A team is on the ground; the other part of the relative safety of the lander.
Entering the alien world, I feel extremely responsible to bring our team home safely. Playing computer games has never been so tense and fun.
David Stock
Head of Editorial Video, London
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