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* The NintendoDS shooter {{Moon}} has at least two separate sets of logs the player can find on computer consoles throughout the facility. The problem was that these logs contain shocking information that will later be relayed to the characters in the normal course of the story. Basically, the game spoils its own plot twists.

* ''{{Marathon}}'' tells its story by means of computer terminals that give text-based infodumps. Certain terminals are required to progress, but others are secondary ones which simply give more information about TheVerse and what is going on.

* The Secret Reports from ''TheWorldEndsWithYou''.
* The enemy logs in ''{{Iji}}'', unusual in that the player's [[PacifistRun actions]] can influence the contents.

* ''TronTwoPointOh''

* ''WorldOfGoo'' tells much of its story through the Sign Painter's... signs, which just as often contain gameplay advice. Then there are the [[ArcWords occasional messages]] found on ''other'' signs.

* ''[=~Tron 2.0~=]''

* ''{{inFAMOUS}}'' has "Dead Drops", recordings left by the agent you've agreed to rescue that help flesh out the backstory.

* ''{{Marathon}}''

* {{inFAMOUS}} has "Dead Drops", recordings left by the agent you've agreed to rescue that help flesh out the backstory.
* ''{{Halo 3}}: ODST'' features audio recordings scattered around New Mombasa, telling the story of a girl trying to rescue her father during the Covenant invasion of the city. The thirty of them can be collected from certain pay phones, [=ATMs=], and other kiosks; no matter where you find them, though, you'll always get them in order.

* ''{{Halo 3}}: ODST'' features audio recordings scattered around New Mombasa, telling the story of a girl trying to rescue her father during the Covenant invasion of the city. The thirty of them can be collected from certain pay phones, ATMs, and other kiosks; no matter where you find them, though, you'll always get them in order.

* ''AnUntitledStory'' has some story breadcrumps hidden in [[spoiler:The Secret Library]. Some os them are provided by [[spoiler:Ghosts]], the SkyTown citizens and [[spoiler:three of the birds who are found outside of SkyTown.]]

* ''AnUntitledStory'' has some story breadcrumps hidden in secret Library area and provided by ghosts and Skytown citizens.

* The PC version of ''{{Mario is Missing}}'' has all of the ExcusePlot set up for you in the opening, but during the actual gameplay, you can check newspapers for developments on things like what is currently happening with the [[EverythingsBetterWithPenguins penguins]], as well as Mario himself keeping in contact with you on how he's doing and how the Koopas are reacting toward your efforts to stop the funding of their "melt the South Pole with hairdryers" plot.

* Many background events in ''VideoGame/Prototype'' are explained only in optional Web of Intrigue nodes.

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* The Ansem Reports somehow get put into your inventory at various milestones in ''KingdomHearts'': in both the first game and in ''II''.

* The NintendoDS shooter {{Moon}} has at least two separate sets of logs the player can find on computer consoles throughout the facility. The problem was that these logs contain shocking information that will later be relayed to the characters in the normal course of the story—basically, the game ''spoils its own plot twists.''

* In ''{{Pokemon}} Red/Blue'', the abandoned, wild-Pokémon-overrun Pokémon Mansion on Cinnabar Island holds a scattered number of journal entries describing the capture of Mew and the mysterious birth of its child Mewtwo, whose "vicious tendencies" apparently cannot be curbed...
** [[GameplayAndStorySegregation Well, not without a Poké Ball...]]

* ''Game/{{Unreal}}'' told its story through messages from the various races involved.

* In ''{{Pokemon}} Red/Blue'', the abandoned, wild-Pokemon-overrun Pokemon Mansion on Cinnabar Island holds a scattered number of journal entries describing the capture of Mew and the mysterious birth of its child Mewtwo, whose "vicious tendencies" apparently cannot be curbed...
** [[GameplayAndStorySegregation Well, not without a Pokeball...]]

* ''{{Tron}} 2.0''

* The PC version of ''[[MarioIsMissing Mario is Missing]]'' has all of the ExcusePlot set up for you in the opening, but during the actual gameplay, you can check newspapers for developments on things like what is currently happening with the [[EverythingsBetterWithPenguins penguins]], as well as Mario himself keeping in contact with you on how he's doing and how the Koopas are reacting toward your efforts to stop the funding of their "melt the South Pole with hairdryers" plot.

* {{Halo}} 3: ODST features audio recordings scattered around New Mombasa, telling the story of a girl trying to rescue her father during the Covenant invasion of the city. The thirty of them can be collected from certain pay phones, ATMs, and other kiosks; no matter where you find them, though, you'll always get them in order.
* In ''Secret of MonkeyIsland'', the titular island is littered with notes from Herman and the Cannibals addressing each other, and sometimes Lechuck, which were used as their communication methods, and varied from things such as that the catapult was very dangerous and should be dismantled to complaining that the Monkey head makes too much noise at night.

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* The original ''{{Unreal}}'' told its story through messages from the various races involved.

* The first ''{{Diablo}}'' had a setup like this. Books placed on pedestals throughout the catacombs under Tristram would tell you the story how Diablo came to be buried under Tristram, along with other events that precede the game. That said, the game's manual contained all the same story elements in more detail, {{So Yeah}}...