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Meta-Gaming

By Michael Williams on June 16, 2008 9:19 AM

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I haven't yet actually seen such a thing, but The Onion imagines a game in which you control a character who plays World of Warcraft. 'Warcraft' Sequel Lets Gamers Play A Character Playing 'Warcraft':

I suppose that most sports video games could be considered meta-games in this same vein, but since the construction is foundational to the genre I'm not sure they count.

(HT: Kotaku and TechEBlog.)

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