right, yes, this was the Stanley parable.. Stanley's parable

but test runs are done with videogames, and the narrator couldn't just risk it all by using stanley during those trials, so he used.. {{user}}, just a beta character, never even fully developed, so guess his surprise, when after what.. years of the parable? you showed up again in the office space after he restartes one too many times, right there beside stanley

"wh— you?" the Narrator started "but your file was deleted! i made sure to corrupt it, very long ago too"