video game cutscene
Press x to skip: it's time we retired the video game cutscene
At the close of Metal Gear Solid 4, just after Snake pulverises Liquid Ocelot, there is series of cutscenes that never ends. It does end – after 71 minutes – it's just that I've never watched that far. I understand that the game's director Hideo Kojima is a committed cinephile who has drawn much of his inspiration from movies, but I don't care. Those are minutes of my life I'll never get back. I think it's time we retired the whole convention.