15 Insanely Cool Video Game Trivia Facts To Impress Your Friends
11. The Origin Of The Word 'Cutscenes'
Strangely, although in film we talk about 'cutscenes' as being the parts of a flick that get left behind - or otherwise not seen by the majority of the public - in video games, it was first said by Maniac Mansion's Ron Gilbert, who described them as the parts of the game that "cut away" from gameplay itself.
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Considering the word is engrained into our collective psyches the second we start playing any video games, it's well worth knowing precisely where it came from.