When Videogames Know They're Videogames

Posted by simoniker on Saturday April 10, 2004 @11:11PM from the all-very-clever dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In 'I Never Metagame I Didn't Like', AllRPG.com goes into a discussion of metagaming - what it is and some games which feature it. The piece explains: 'Metagames show awareness of their nature as games. These games ignore all pretense of being a representation of a reality--rather, they know that they're polygons on a screen', and goes on to reference titles such as Earthbound and Metal Gear Solid as examples." Are there other examples of titles which address the player in this awfully postmodern way?

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Metagaming? by geminidomino · 2004-04-10 23:15 · Score: 1, Redundant

Does anyone else remember when it was called "Breaking/Breaching the 4th wall?"

"Metagaming" sounds like playing a game of characters playing a game (Remember the special opening movie on Summoner?)
Re:Disagree. by mikedaisey · 2004-04-11 00:00 · Score: 0, Redundant

You mean the fourth wall.