>>937361706
pressing start or esc to pause a game is the same as pausing a film, I have no real issue with that
the issue is that I can only make one of them idle for 10 hours of real-time and have it essentially be canon to that story, and I can only spin in circles for 10 hours in one of them

>>937361713
you're not getting it. you might be able to make it look like those things are happening by rewinding or whatever, but you still can't force Bruce Willis to actually do a silly dance or run into a wall or spin in circles for 10 hours in Die Hard in the same way you can in a game
like I said, only in games can you actively rip control away from the director and instantly make it seem retarded right from the moment you have control
video games demand that you constantly agree to take it seriously