Pausing the game

Have you ever found yourself in the middle of playing a game and all of a sudden you have to take a bathroom break or your hand cramps up? Obviously, any of these situations require you to deter your attention from your game progress, and you need to stop the current action temporarily to attend to those needs. This is when a pause button comes in handy so that you can stop the action in that moment in time and then continue where you left off when you're ready to play again.