Originally Posted by Anonymouswizard Originally Posted by

I'd call this leaning on the fourth wall, not breaking it. Kind of like how I plan to run an Eclipse Phase game where the PCs come across an Eclipse Phase rulebook (which, if their higher ups become aware of it in any way, they'll receive a mission to destroy it). Breaking the fourth wall would be characters commenting on the medium as if they know they are in it (see The Order of the Stick for a well-written example, as well as the early Schlock Mercenary strips).