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Message: <blockquote data-quote="clearstream" data-source="post: 9146119" data-attributes="member: 71699">In a videogame, a crate that character models can collide with is presumably diegetic. It's of course physically an arrangement of micro-switches. When imagining what characters know, it is open to imagine that they are aware of crates, but not bits; and it is open to imagine they are aware that crates are ultimately made up of bits. Just as we are aware of sub-atomic particles.Defining "diegetic" is straightforward. What will be counted diegetic at a particular table is a matter of norms, including norms established by design. It's limited only by what can be imagined.All that is required for a mechanic to be diegetic is for participants in the game to act as if it is.But I have said this already, above.</blockquote>