10 Video Game Pause Screen Secrets You Totally Missed

2018's action-platformer The Messenger saddles the player with a sidekick named Quarble, a demonic entity who is tasked with bringing the Messenger back to life whenever they die.

But observant players who pause the game might notice that, though everything else is frozen still, Quarble continues to hover around in place even when paused.

You'd be forgiven for assuming that this might be nothing more than a mere glitch, but that actually isn't the case at all.

Quarble mentions to the player during the game that he lives "outside of time," and so we can assume that this is the reason why he isn't entirely subject to time's laws during even a time-stopping pause.

That's some low-key genius for you.