Talk:List of metafictional texts

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[edit] Categorizing by type of work

Shouldn't this be organized by type of work? I have started by adding Deathtrap and moving Rosencrantz and Guilderson are Dead" to a section title Stage Plays. wcf Facts are stubborn. Comments? 01:52, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

Also, it might be a good idea distinguish between books with tangential metafictional elements and metafiction as a central theme.

[edit] Video games

I'm removing the video games. I haven't seen the games in question, but the description linked doesn't make it clear why they would be considered metafictional. In a sense, any video game is metafictional--the player's experience of playing is crucial to the text--but I don't know how a video game could be specifically metafiction. Would that be, "A video game about playing a video game"? If there is support for the concept of metafictional video games, then perhaps there could be an article for metafictional video games. Thirdreel 01:34, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

-Metal Gear Solid 2 is probably the most famous example. With the story (which plays out more like a movie) the player is chastised for playing too long and the reality of the game falls apart. I do not know if many other games go as far to incorporate metafiction into the story.