thread: 2008-09-23 : Nonformalism?
On 2008-09-29, Mo wrote:
Hey V!
It turns out that there's already a term for it... not just as it applies to drama (which I should have remembered, doh!) but even in RPG terms:
From Wikipedia: Diagetic vs. non-diagetic
"In role-playing games diegesis includes all the "in-game" parts of the story, both those that are and aren't actually played out. However, rules or system elements that are used to resolve what does and doesn't happen in the imagined situation are typically "non-diegetic." For example, the number of hit points that a character has may determine whether or not a character dies in a fight, but are not themselves part of the narrative situation."
