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within the media is a method in which events are portrayed at the same rate at which they occur in the plot. For example, if a film told in real time is two hours long, then the plot of that movie covers two hours of fictional time. If a daily real time comic strip runs for six years, then the
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status attached to such characters; it is often considered that such mythological, sometimes godlike heroes cannot age in real time without losing the characteristics that make them special. This has led to the common use of
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In a real time computer game or simulation, events in the game occur at the same rate as the events which are being depicted. For instance, in a real time combat game, in one hour of play the game depicts one hour of combat.
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characters will be six years older at the end of the strip than they were at the beginning. This technique can be enforced with varying levels of precision. In some stories, every minute of
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are used to show events occurring at the same time, or the context in which various
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is a minute of fictional time. In other stories, such as the daily comic strip
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Real time fiction dates back to the climactic structure of classical
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are affecting each other. Examples include the television series
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For Better or For Worse
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