Examples: Itchy & Scratchy from The Simpsons, The Scary Door from Futurama, or The Grand Inquisitor from Dostoevsky.

  • Nibodhika@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I haven’t finished the book, but I have to give it to the “Navidson record” in “House of leaves”.

    House of leaves is a book about a guy who finds a manuscript about a movie that doesn’t exist. So there are multiple layers on the narrative, from near to far you have:

    • The editor who’s editing the book
    • The writer of the book (Johnny) who tells his story and what he finds in the manuscript
    • The person who wrote the manuscript (Zampano) and his views on the movie
    • The documentary “The Navidson record” which the manuscript is describing. Filmed by Navidson (who’s, as far as Johnny can tell, a fictional character in a fictional movie that never existed)

    The reason why I have to give it to that particular piece of media within media is that everyone else in the book is a pain in the ass that feels that you have to drag yourself to in order to get to the next chapter of the Navidson record. So in a way it’s a fictional media within a fictional media that’s better than the fictional media it belongs to.

    And in case you haven’t heard of house of leaves, I’ll leave you with a page from the book:

  • NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”

    by Douglas Adams is a book about a book called “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy”

  • aesthelete@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Once (I liked it so much I saw it twice…my apologies to Ted Lasso)

    I don’t know if that fits the definition, but it’s an album being written within a movie which sounds like “media within media” to me.

  • Mac@mander.xyz
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    2 months ago

    i love coming across playable arcade games inside other games.
    the example that comes to mind is Klungo’s Arcade in Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts.

    • Buddahriffic@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      Back in the day, when I fired up Mortal Kombat 3 for the snes, I’d usually end up spending more time in the space invaders game than playing MK itself, especially since the consoles kept the tuning intended to keep the quarters coming for the arcade version (first fight would be easy, next fight would be hard, then easy after continue, so it wasn’t just pay to play for the arcade but pay to win).

      I’m curious if I’d remember each of the codes required for the secret menus, one of which contained the mini game. Can’t remember them offhand but it might be different with an snes controller in my hand.

      Actually I think I do remember one of them (or maybe it’s the Konami code, or maybe those two are the same code):

      Up, up, down, down, left, right, A, B, A

      Or maybe it was right then left. Lol I also remember usually needing to try several variations before I’d get each code correct.

  • Aedis@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I didn’t see this one in the list, but UNN newscast from Starcraft 2 is one of my favorites! Particularly Donny Vermillion.