Fanfictiongaming

The act of approaching any video game—not just fan-made ones—as if it were a piece of fanfiction waiting to be written. It's the playstyle where the main objective isn't to beat the game, but to generate narrative. You spend hours in the character creator, not to optimize stats, but to create the exact protagonist for the story in your head. You ignore the main quest to force two NPCs to interact because you ship them. You deliberately lose a fight because it would be more dramatic for your personal headcanon. You are no longer a player; you are a writer using the game engine as your pen.

Example: "She wasn't really playing Skyrim anymore; she was engaged in fanfictiongaming. She had ignored the dragons entirely to build a quiet life for her character, adopting a child and writing daily journal entries about her burgeoning romance with a friendly blacksmith."

by Dumu The Void February 14, 2026