Video Game Characters That Play Video Games

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Some video games feature characters that play video games themselves, with the player sometimes taking control of the character playing the game-within-a-game. This also includes game characters who explicitly mention that they play video games.

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Some video games feature characters that play video games themselves, with the player sometimes taking control of the character playing the game-within-a-game. This also includes game characters who explicitly mention that they play video games.

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• .hack//G.U. Vol. 1: Rebirth (Game)
• .hack//G.U. Vol. 2: Reminisce (Game)
• .hack//G.U. Vol. 3: Redemption (Game)
• .hack//INFECTION - Part 1 (Game)
• .hack//MUTATION - Part 2 (Game)
• .hack//OUTBREAK - Part 3 (Game)
• .hack//QUARANTINE - Part 4 (Game)
• 7nin no Online Gamers -Offline- (Game)
• A Pixel Story (Game)
• A Story About My Uncle (Game)
• AI: The Somnium Files (Game)
• Always Sometimes Monsters (Game)
• Anachronox (Game)
• Animal Crossing (Game)
• Ape Escape (Game)
• Ape Escape 2 (Game)
• Ape Escape 3 (Game)
• Ape Escape: Pumped & Primed (Game)
• Arcadecraft (Game)
• Astro's Playroom (Game)
• Banjo-Kazooie (Game)
• Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts (Game)
• Beautiful Desolation (Game)
• Bentley’s Hackpack (Game)
• Big Brain Wolf (Game)
• BioShock 2 (Game)
• Broken Age (Game)
• Bully (Game)
• Bully: Scholarship Edition (Game)
• Catherine (Game)
• Cherry Tree High Comedy Club (Game)
• Codename: Kids Next Door - Operation: V.I.D.E.O.G.A.M.E. (Game)
• Combate Monero (Game)
• Commander Keen 4: Secret of the Oracle (Game)
• Commander Keen 5: The Armageddon Machine (Game)
• Commander Keen 6: Aliens Ate My Babysitter! (Game)
• Conker's Bad Fur Day (Game)
• Conker: Live & Reloaded (Game)
• Costume Quest (Game)
• Crossing Souls (Game)
• Data Hacker: Initiation (Game)
• Dave the Diver (Game)
• Dead Rising 2 (Game)
• Death Stranding (Game)
• Denshi Maid Techou: Koi no Iroha (Game)
• Desperate Housewives: The Game (Game)
• Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (Game)
• Donkey Kong 64 (Game)
• Donkey Kong Country Returns (Game)
• Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Game)
• Donkey Kong Land III (Game)
• Doom (Game)
• DreamWeb (Game)
• Dungeons of Dredmor (Game)
• Dyscourse (Game)
• Eastward (Game)
• Easy Joe (Game)
• Fallout 3 (Game)
• Fallout 4 (Game)
• Far Cry 5 (Game)
• Far Cry 6 (Game)
• Fight.EXE (Game)
• Game & Wario (Game)
• Ghostbusters: The Video Game (Game)
• Gone Home (Game)
• Grand Theft Auto V (Game)
• Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (Game)
• Hauntii (Game)
• HellMOO (Game)
• Helltaker (Game)
• Horace (Game)
• HuniePop (Game)
• Hyperdimension Neptunia: Producing Perfection (Game)
• Inazuma Eleven (Game)
• Jacob Jones and the Bigfoot Mystery (Game)
• Jenga World Tour (Game)
• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (Game)
• JoJo's Venture (Game)
• KIRAKIRA (Game)
• Kid Chameleon (Game)
• Kingdom Hearts III (Game)
• Knights and Bikes (Game)
• Last Window: The Secret of Cape West (Game)
• Lone Survivor (Game)
• Madagascar (Game)
• Maniac Mansion (Game)
• Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle (Game)
• Manic Game Girl (Game)
• Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes (Game)
• Mega Man Battle Network 2 (Game)
• Metal Gear Solid (Game)
• Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (Game)
• Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes (Game)
• Mortal Kombat 1 (Game)
• MotorStorm: Apocalypse (Game)
• Murdered: Soul Suspect (Game)
• NBA 2K15 (Game)
• Nightmare Reaper (Game)
• No Delivery (Game)
• No More Heroes (Game)

Concept details

Name

Video Game Characters That Play Video Games

Aliases

Characters That Play Video Games

Games

• .hack//G.U. Vol. 1: Rebirth (Game)
• .hack//G.U. Vol. 2: Reminisce (Game)
• .hack//G.U. Vol. 3: Redemption (Game)
• .hack//INFECTION - Part 1 (Game)
• .hack//MUTATION - Part 2 (Game)
• .hack//OUTBREAK - Part 3 (Game)
• .hack//QUARANTINE - Part 4 (Game)
• 7nin no Online Gamers -Offline- (Game)
• A Pixel Story (Game)
• A Story About My Uncle (Game)
• AI: The Somnium Files (Game)
• Always Sometimes Monsters (Game)
• Anachronox (Game)
• Animal Crossing (Game)
• Ape Escape (Game)
• Ape Escape 2 (Game)
• Ape Escape 3 (Game)
• Ape Escape: Pumped & Primed (Game)
• Arcadecraft (Game)
• Astro's Playroom (Game)
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Franchises

• Has franchises: Capcom Versus (Franchise), Grand Theft Auto (Franchise), Prey (Franchise), Wario (Franchise), WarioWare (Franchise), Mario (Franchise), Mario RPG (Franchise), Mega Man (Franchise), Megami Tensei (Franchise), Persona (Franchise), Shenmue (Franchise), Banjo-Kazooie (Franchise), Conker (Franchise), Donkey Kong (Franchise), Metal Gear (Franchise), Metal Gear Solid (Franchise), Animal Crossing (Franchise), Tatsunoko (Franchise), Tatsunoko vs. Capcom (Franchise), Ratchet & Clank (Franchise), Dead Rising (Franchise), Duke Nukem (Franchise), Pac-Man (Franchise), Pokémon (Franchise), Bully (Franchise), Donkey Kong Country (Franchise), Commander Keen (Franchise), Shin Megami Tensei (Franchise), Mega Man Battle Network (Franchise), System Shock (Franchise), Homestar Runner (Franchise), Fallout (Franchise), Devil Survivor (Franchise), Maniac Mansion (Franchise), Parappa the Rapper (Franchise), TimeSplitters (Franchise), Like a Dragon (Franchise), Space Quest (Franchise), EarthBound (Franchise), The Sims (Franchise), Saints Row (Franchise), No More Heroes (Franchise), WET (Franchise), Bayonetta (Franchise), .hack (Franchise), Omikron (Franchise), Scott Pilgrim (Franchise), MotorStorm (Franchise)

Characters

• Has characters: Johnny Cage (Character), Donkey Kong (Character), Ralph (Character), Sackboy (Character), 9-Volt (Character), Astro Bot (Character), Banjo (Character), Conker (Character), Bayonetta (Character), Solid Snake (Character), Otacon (Character), Raiden (Character), Sunny Gurlukovich (Character), Ratchet (Character), Nathan Drake (Character), Bentley (Character), Captain Qwark (Character), Clank (Character), Sly Cooper (Character), Jimmy Hopkins (Character), Felix (Character), Vanellope Von Schweetz (Character), Cassie Drake (Character), Elena Fisher (Character), Iroha (Character), Villager (Character), Luke Sullivan (Character), Morrigan Aensland (Character), Axel Stone (Character), Ryo Hazuki (Character), Wrinkly Kong (Character), Cloud Strife (Character), Carl Johnson (Character), Hideo Kojima (Character), Strong Bad (Character), Tycho Brahe (Character), Tom Sheldon (Character), Makoto Yuki (Character), Spike (Character), Jimmy (Character), Lone Wanderer (Character), Jotaro Kujo (Character), Noriaki Kakyoin (Character), 18-Volt (Character), Eiji Yamada (Character), Carmelita Fox (Character), Murray (Character), Dex Oyama (Character), The Boss (Character), Travis Touchdown (Character), Abe (Character), Kei (Character), Yumi (Character), Gamemaster (Character), Mitsuo Kubo (Character), Ms. Toriumi (Character), Youhei Sunohara (Character), Takafumi Sakagami (Character), Ai (Character), Yuki (Character), Louis (Character), Alex (Character), Marty (Character), Joey LaRocca (Character), Duke Nukem (Character), Katey Greene (Character), Ren Amamiya (Character), Scott Pilgrim (Character), Super Sonico (Character), Kirari Shiino (Character), Murakami (Character), Shikanosuke Maejima (Character), Yuko Maejima (Character), Okaji Tonoya (Character), Jimmy De Santa (Character), Chiaki Nanami (Character), 5-Volt (Character), Lonnie DeSoto (Character), Samantha Greenbriar (Character), Electrocutioner (Character), Jenny (Character), Futaba Sakura (Character), Misty Baroque (Character), Junior Deputy (Character), Alex Yu (Character), Carmine (Character), Kayane (Character), Sam Porter Bridges (Character)

Locations

• Has locations: Video Arcade (Location)

Objects

• Has objects: DualShock 3 (Object), PlayStation 3 (Object), Sixaxis Controller (Object), Game Disc (Object), Computer (Object), DualShock (Object), GameCube (Object), PlayStation (Object), Television (Object), PlayStation Controller (Object), Xbox (Object), PlayStation Portable (Object), Laptop (Object), Xbox 360 (Object), Arcade Cabinet (Object), Dreamcast (Object), Sega Saturn (Object), PlayStation Vita (Object), DualSense (Object), DualShock 2 (Object), DualShock 4 (Object), PlayStation 2 (Object), PlayStation 4 (Object), PlayStation 5 (Object), Wii (Object), NES (Object), Nintendo 64 (Object), Sega Genesis (Object), SNES (Object), PlayStation 4 Box (Object), Wii Classic Controller (Object), Neo Geo Pocket (Object), PlayStation Eye (Object), Nintendo Switch 2 (Object)

People

Related Concepts

• Has related concepts: Minigame (Concept), Idle Animations (Concept), In-Game Advertising (Concept), Operating an Operating System (Concept), Game Reference (Concept), Interactive Environments (Concept), Metagame (Concept), In-Game Controller (Concept)