---
key: mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-tv-movies
type: mechanic
id: game-mechanics--gm-tv-movies
lang: en
title: TV & movies
summary: The player can stop to watch media within the game world.
updatedAt: '2026-10-22'
status: active
url: 'https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-tv-movies/'
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aliases:
- In-world video
tags:
- Game design techniques
- World interactions
- Immersion
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title: 'Game Mechanics: TV & movies'
url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/tv-movies'
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- id: source-3cd1516d9209ca95
title: Duke Nukem 3D (1996)
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- id: source-2678f27cedb33f81
title: Doom 3 (2004)
url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/tv-movies/game/doom-3'
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title: 'S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl (2007)'
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https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/tv-movies/game/stalker-shadow-of-chernobyl
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- id: source-bd94e64cd185907a
title: Duke Nukem Forever (2011)
url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/tv-movies/game/duke-nukem-forever'
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- id: source-cbcee69c1dea0765
title: 'F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin (2009)'
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- gm-category-world-interactions
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preview:
updatedAt: '2026-10-22'
title: In-world video
description: The player can stop to watch media within the game world.
image:
src: images/mechanics/atmosphere-tv-movies.webp
width: 900
height: 499
game: Doom 3
sourceUrl: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/tv-movies'
originalUrl: 'https://cdn.gamemechanics.org/doom_3_tv.jpg'
credit: id Software; image via GameMechanics.org
rights: >-
Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Source host:
GameMechanics.org. Visible source watermarks preserved. All rights
reserved; excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0.
caption: A video program on a corridor screen
alt: 'Doom 3: A video program on a corridor screen.'
markers:
- x: 46
'y': 24
label: Screen with media content inside the world
tips:
- Make important lines audible and support subtitles for their meaning.
examples:
- title: Doom 3
url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/tv-movies'
endsAt: null
provenance: >-
Editorial reference index based on the 199 public Game Mechanics pattern pages
checked on 2026-10-20. Original concise RU/EN definitions by
gamemechanics.pro; pattern names, category associations and game-reference
URLs retained from gamemechanics.org. The source gallery includes a film
analogy. Linked materials retain their original rights; references are
upstream attributions, not independent verification.
license: CC-BY-4.0
codeLicense: MIT
attribution: gamemechanics.pro contributors
catalogKey: catalog/game-mechanics
---
# TV & movies
id: game-mechanics--gm-tv-movies
type: mechanic
key: mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-tv-movies
lang: en
status: active
url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-tv-movies/
The player can stop to watch media within the game world.
## At a glance
[Doom 3](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/tv-movies) · Game imagery © its respective rights holders. Source host: GameMechanics.org. Visible source watermarks preserved. All rights reserved; excluded from MIT and CC BY 4.0.
1. Screen with media content inside the world
- Make important lines audible and support subtitles for their meaning.
- [Doom 3](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/tv-movies)
## How it works
The player can stop to watch media within the game world.
## Variants
### How the technique works
- The player can stop to watch media within the game world.
## Context and limits
All 199 Game Mechanics entries at the check date: player actions, systems, presentation techniques and contested patterns. Entries are grouped by their first source-card category; all categories appear in their descriptions. Definitions use original wording. References link to game-specific galleries; images and videos remain at the source.
## Connected materials
## Sources and provenance
Editorial reference index based on the 199 public Game Mechanics pattern pages checked on 2026-10-20. Original concise RU/EN definitions by gamemechanics.pro; pattern names, category associations and game-reference URLs retained from gamemechanics.org. The source gallery includes a film analogy. Linked materials retain their original rights; references are upstream attributions, not independent verification.
- [Game Mechanics: TV & movies](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/tv-movies) (id: source-3db1e0e699f84518)
- [Duke Nukem 3D (1996)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/tv-movies/game/duke-nukem-3d) (id: source-3cd1516d9209ca95)
- [Doom 3 (2004)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/tv-movies/game/doom-3) (id: source-2678f27cedb33f81)
- [S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl (2007)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/tv-movies/game/stalker-shadow-of-chernobyl) (id: source-7c20201c8f460799)
- [Duke Nukem Forever (2011)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/tv-movies/game/duke-nukem-forever) (id: source-bd94e64cd185907a)
- [F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin (2009)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/tv-movies/game/f-e-a-r-2-project-origin) (id: source-cbcee69c1dea0765)
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