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If 3D televisions, motion-sensitive controllers and immersive online gaming still aren't enough to entertain you, then researchers at the University of Pennsylvania might have what you're looking for.
It's a vest, embedded with finely tuned motors that mimic the sensations of on-screen characters.
So the next time your friend shoots you in the back, you'll be able to feel it.
It's called the Tactile Gaming Vest, but its developers have many more ideas for it than just letting your on-screen soldier deliver real-world punches.
Saurabh Palan, a graduate student at the university working on the project, told technology website ieee.org that the vests could be used as an additional element for military training exercises, sold as a package with some video games, or movie theatres could buy the vests to make action movies seem more realistic.
"You could feel like you're in the role," he told the website. "So every time Bruce Willis gets shot, you feel it."