THE FUSE

Pausing a game is so common that I doubt many of us ever really think about it. Maybe a pause menu has a cool song, or maybe you’re playing an always-online game that features a pause menu that doesn’t actually pause anything. In those cases, you might momentarily contemplate the act of pausing a video game. Those are the rare exceptions. Normally, we all just pause and unpause without a second thought. It’s just expected that most games will let you pause the action.