this post was submitted on 21 Feb 2025
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It's a fairly common (though fairly uncommon nowadays) trope from older video games (often RPGs) where you end up in a game over state and then you'd be asked if you want to continue (from your last save usually)
TVTropes link talking about it and similar tropes.