Fictional Video Game: Difference between revisions

* In the [[Star Wars Expanded Universe]], the highly realistic simulators tend to either be played as games or [[Unwinnable Training Simulation|Unwinnable Training Simulations]]. Sometimes both. In the [[Hand of Thrawn]] duology, Supreme Commander Pellaeon sometimes used an AT-AT simulator. It was frustrating sometimes, but enough unlike his normal duties that it was actually a form of relaxation. Of course, it also meant that he became more familiar with how the machines performed on different terrains, which meant that he might be better able to deploy them.

* Somewhat similar to the above, in [[Diane Duane|Diane Duane's]] ''[[Star Trek Expanded Universe|The Wounded Sky]]'', Sulu put together a spaceflight simulator on the rec deck holotank that lets him play with unconventional sublight combat tactics (flying a starship as if it were a high performance atmospheric fighter). He insists that the underlying physics model is accurate, if on the outer edge of the performance envelope for the ''Enterprise''. Kirk comes in toward the end of a particularly spectacular session where Sulu manages to crash his simulated ship into a Klingon cruiser. A bit later in the book, a situation arises where highly unorthodox sublight combat is called for:

'''Kirk''': Get it right this time. }}

* The game of the same name in ''[[Only You Can Save Mankind]].''

 

* ''[[NCIS]]'' featured these commonly. Mostly [[MMOs]]. Most notably "Captains of Industry 3" a terrible MMO that barely anybody played.

'''McGee''': You got that right. COI3 was universally panned as '08's worst MMORPG. }}

* The second series of ''[[Look Around You]]'' had a whole segment on fictional 1980s games... some of which, such as Diarrhea Dan, actually did end up getting implemented in Flash.