[arg_discuss] A Meta-ARG Website Idea

[Christy Dena]

Yes, you're right Kim, diegesis is a good way to describe it, but not
everyone knows it. I try to use terms that are in common use (have a widely
known and agreed meaning) when addressing a mixed audience. 

Also, 'diegesis' in film theory relates, but 'diegesis' in literature
(Genette sense) is somewhat different. 

Also, to complicate matters further...although many people use the terms
interchangeably, ingame and instory do not always equate to the same thing
(IMHO), there is a sliding scale, a continuum of fidelity and degrees of
regions that are in and out of the world...

I've never heard of 'kayfabe'! Cool!


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<grandmother eggs="suck">
Apropos of nothing - there's a useful word from film studies we've
been using at work to encompass in fiction/in character/in
story/ingame/etc - Diegetic.

http://filmsound.org/terminology/diegetic.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diegesis

It's very useful and saves wear and tear on your slash key.
</grandmother>

Ooo, there's an even better term in professional wrestling - Kayfabe
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayfabe


> any fiction (!)...I'm including ingame/instory fiction that has been

created


> The idea is basically to have an in-character news site. In other words,

you


> described an event that was real *within the context of an ARG*. Let's

say,
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