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key: mechanic/electronic-devices--family-g12
type: mechanic
id: electronic-devices--family-g12
lang: en
title: Browser and Internet
summary: >-
  An in-game browser opens websites, posts and links. The player explores the
  network as a connected information space.
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  https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/electronic-devices--family-g12/
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tags:
  - Electronic devices in games
  - Data
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  - source-5a63d97fb2331307
sources:
  - id: source-5a63d97fb2331307
    title: 'Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You'
    url: 'https://store.steampowered.com/app/491950/'
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  - catalogId: electronic-devices
    id: family-g12
    title: Electronic devices in games
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supersededBy: []
attributes:
  preview:
    updatedAt: '2026-10-22'
    title: Browser and Internet
    description: >-
      An in-game browser opens websites, posts and links. The player explores
      the network as a connected information space.
    image:
      src: images/mechanics/interface-orwell-00.webp
      width: 1440
      height: 810
      game: 'Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You'
      sourceUrl: 'https://store.steampowered.com/app/491950/'
      originalUrl: >-
        https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/491950/ss_925264c65c464caeba82404bb99369a1f2655b77.1920x1080.jpg?t=1770913154
      credit: Osmotic Studios / Daedalic Entertainment
      rights: >-
        © Osmotic Studios / Daedalic Entertainment. All rights reserved.
        Excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0.
      caption: 'Orwell: a news post in the in-game browser'
      alt: 'Orwell: a news post in the in-game browser'
      markers:
        - x: 70
          'y': 55
          label: The webpage contains a post and a news source
    tips:
      - Use links and history to help players retrace their route.
    examples:
      - title: 'Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You'
        url: 'https://store.steampowered.com/app/491950/'
endsAt: null
provenance: >-
  Original editorial design catalog consolidated from project discussions on
  2026-10-20. Complete discussion item lists and contextual limitations are
  preserved; linked primary sources support specific techniques, not the entire
  classification. English translation was prepared with machine assistance and
  editorial review.
license: CC-BY-4.0
codeLicense: MIT
attribution: gamemechanics.pro contributors
catalogKey: catalog/electronic-devices
---
# Browser and Internet

id: electronic-devices--family-g12
type: mechanic
key: mechanic/electronic-devices--family-g12
lang: en
status: active
url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/electronic-devices--family-g12/

An in-game browser opens websites, posts and links. The player explores the network as a connected information space.

## At a glance

![Orwell: a news post in the in-game browser](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/interface-orwell-00.webp)

[Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You](https://store.steampowered.com/app/491950/) · © Osmotic Studios / Daedalic Entertainment. All rights reserved. Excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0.

1. The webpage contains a post and a news source

- Use links and history to help players retrace their route.

- [Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You](https://store.steampowered.com/app/491950/)

## How it works

Devices: Computer; Smartphone; Terminal.

## Variants

### Variants and applications

<a id="family-g12-variants"></a>

- Visit the site at. Rule: Use the found URL, domain or path as a key to the content. <a id="variant-g12-01"></a>
- Explore search results. Rule: Select a useful source among results and distracting pages. <a id="variant-g12-02"></a>
- Go to sites. Rule: Restore connections through links, sections and cross-mentions. <a id="variant-g12-03"></a>
- Use the web service. Rule: Get the result through a form, calculator, reference book or office. <a id="variant-g12-04"></a>
- Download material. Rule: Retrieve a file or program from the network at a time-consuming and possible risk. <a id="variant-g12-05"></a>
- View archived version. Rule: Find out the previous contents of the changed page. <a id="variant-g12-06"></a>
- Find a gated community. Rule: Receive an invitation or fulfill the condition for access to the forum and hidden section. <a id="variant-g12-07"></a>

## Context and limits

Author's taxonomy of actions, task forms and end-to-end conditions for design. Categories overlap. References support individual families, not every variant.

## Connected materials


## Sources and provenance

Original editorial design catalog consolidated from project discussions on 2026-10-20. Complete discussion item lists and contextual limitations are preserved; linked primary sources support specific techniques, not the entire classification. English translation was prepared with machine assistance and editorial review.

- [Orwell: Keeping an Eye On You](https://store.steampowered.com/app/491950/) (id: source-5a63d97fb2331307)

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