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cut scene

noun

Etymology

Coined by game designer Ron Gilbert to describe non-interactive cinematic sequences in the 1987 adventure game Maniac Mansion, in reference to the cuts between scenes in films.

Definitions

  1. A usually non-interactive portion of cinematic narrative shown during a video game to…

    A usually non-interactive portion of cinematic narrative shown during a video game to advance the story. It may be presented with full motion video or may be rendered with the game engine.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for cut scene. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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