DocuGAME

A DocuGame, coined by the team at sponsorKIDS Charities, EarthSTARS.earth and noted Game Designers, is a hybrid media format that combines documentary storytelling with interactive game mechanics. It’s where true stories meet immersive action—allowing players to watch real-world events unfold and then participate in shaping the outcome through in-game missions, challenges, or regenerative quests.

DocuGames turn viewers into changemakers. Whether it’s about climate action, food justice, human rights, or restoring the planet, a DocuGame doesn’t just show the problem—it dares the audience to play a role in the solution.

Think of it as:
*A Netflix-worthy docuseries
*An emotionally intelligent game
* Real-world change, made playable.

“Bro, I just played this DocuGame about Gen Z eco-warriors in Kenya—now I’m starting a community garden with my neighbors. Wild.”

“Forget binge-watching, I’m binge-playing this new DocuGame that turns climate stories into actual missions.”

by EarthSTARS Earth August 30, 2025

Captivity Document

A marriage certificate

I'm not a bachelor, dawg, I've got captivity document to prove it.

by YapMicronesia September 22, 2011

That documentary about whales

Phrase (pejorative)

Used to identify and describe a corpulent individual without them noticing.

"Hey, have you seen that documentary about whales?
Check my 6 o'clock."

by eka.chester July 6, 2018

alphabetical documentaries

Assorted historical-entertainment productions, arranged in A-Z order:
BLOCumentary: Details of assorted common-goal groups
BLOCKumentary: All about cube-shaped objects
BOCKumentary: History of dark-beer brewing
COCKumentary: History of how lucky you got wif da fairer gender
CLOCKumentary: Details how da set for Doc Brown's laboratory was created
CROCKumentary: An expose of BS, or presents a timeline of how stoneware has evolved over da millennia

DOCKumentary: Tells about boat-piers from over da years
FLOCKumentary: All about warmth-linings, or "birds of a feather" social-behavior
FROCKumentary: Details fancy-schmancy dress-up duds for kiddos
GLOCKumentary: Discusses how Madea deals with "getters" who "done got" her
HOCKumentary: Expounds on topics regarding pawn-shops or leg-joints
JOCKumentary: History of athletes
KNOCKumentary: All about door-tapping and da related highly-popular pun-type jokes
LOCHumentary: Tells about inland waterways and ocean inlets
LOCKumentary: Details of hair-styles or mechanical exclusionary devices
MOCKumentary: A spoof on a genuine educational film

Additional examples of alphabetical documentaries might include:
NOCKumentary: All about archery
POCKumentary: How small dents are created
ROCKumentary: Educates viewers about minerals, thumpy-thump music, or tipsy chairs
SOCKumentary: All you need to know about cloth foot-coverings

SHOCKumentary: A really startling/dramatic educational film
SMOCKumentary: Da history of outer garments worn for protective/decorative purposes
SPOCKumentary: A biography of everyone's favorite logical-minded spaceman
STOCKumentary: All about farm-animals, long-gun butts, or Wall Street trading
TOCKumentary: Companion-episode to a TICKumentary
WALKumentary: All about gettin' up off'n yer lazy fat a** and "hoofin' it" sometimes, instead of always riding in a vehicle
WOKumentary: Da assorted details and attributes of Chinese cookin'

by QuacksO April 10, 2021

Multiple Document Interface

A computer operating system GUI element most known for its use in the Windows 3.x era. In a multiple document interface, one window contains multiple other "child" windows inside, which can be minimized, maximized, and closed, but is limited to the parent window.

Windows 3.1's Program Manager used a multiple document interface GUI.

by Mattjod July 29, 2021

Guerrilla documentary filmmaking

Guerilla documentary filmmaking refers to a form of tactical research long-form docu-style filmmaking characterized by the combination micro budgets, skeleton crews, and using any-and-all resources, and locations available; researched and layered with the accrued government whistleblower documents, and subsequent coverup.

Guerrilla documentary filmmaking highlights the raw truth between humanity and technology. It is sourced from a variety of backgrounds, including but not limited to: R&D, The Study of Technological Innovations, Scientific Analysis, Government Contractors, and Government Funded Research (forgotten, lost, removed, and deleted). A tactical style of investigation, dedicated to the research and the inventions that made it possible.

by Omega_Mega_Megan_Sun November 4, 2021

Short Documentary

Term used to cite source of information without revealing it came from TikTok

Dana: “how did you know how to knit that beautiful sweater?”
Hali: “It was easy. I just watched a short documentary on it with step by step instructions.”

by mombomb50 August 7, 2022