->''"In reality, while you're sitting there able to take 10 hours solving a single puzzle in a game, the characters probably have a very limited time frame to do it in. [[AcceptableBreaksFromReality Although, this is understandable:]] You're not Sherlock Holmes. You can't as a game designer expect people to be able to complete a hard puzzle within seconds just to make the game realistic."''
-->-- ''Modern Gamer''

->''"See, Ganondorf, this guy isn't even the cosmic predestined all-powerful master of evil, and ''he'' did a better job than you've ever done. He said, ''"I want to murder the world"'', moon, smash,'' BAM. ''None of this [[OrcusOnHisThrone swanning about on top of a castle]] waiting for the hero to show up so he can try out his new sneer."''
-->-- '''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation''' on ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask''

->''There is time to be lost!''
-->-- Force Commander Indrick Boreale, ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbRGg3e1b68 Spess Mehreens We Have Fehled The Empra]]'', a ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}: VideoGame/DawnOfWar: Soulstorm'' YoutubePoop

->''You have rested for 158 days and 16 hours.''
-->-- ''VideoGame/BaldursGateII'' and other post-''[[VideoGame/BaldursGate BG1]]'' Infinity Engine games.

->''The world-consuming evil will wait indefinitely as long as you're doing sidequests, so just keep dicking around with chocobos and you'll be fine.''
-->-- [[http://faultylogic.comicgenesis.com/d/20071222.html Faulty Logic]]

->''There is apparently no crisis so imminent that will deter you from contemplating idiotic and frivolous actions.''
-->-- ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''

->''Take your time, hurry up, the choice is yours, don't be late''
-->--'''Music/{{Nirvana}}''', "Come As You Are"

->''Easy Rider: Awarded to the hero for refusing to feel any unnecessary urgency, and saving the world in his/her own sweet time.''
-->-- ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIX'', potential end-game [[CosmeticAward accolade]]

->''"That clock is going keep ticking until it reaches nine-nine-nine!"''
->''"...What happens then?"''
->''"Nothing. You just suck."''
-->-- ''VideoGame/{{Minesweeper}}: TheMovie''

->''Because, as we all know, when the world is about to come to an end, that is the perfect time to do some sidequests!''
-->-- '''LetsPlay/HCBailly''', RunningGag[=/=]LampshadeHanging

->''Hey, good for you! Taking a break before saving the world! [[WhatTheHellHero Class act]].''
-->-- '''Linebeck''', ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaPhantomHourglass''

->''Heroes, man. Think they can mess around, maybe take care of a few sidequests, roll in here at the last second like it's all cool… this ain't new.''
-->-- '''Noisemaster''', ''WebComic/CucumberQuest''

->'''Elan:''' Oh! That reminds me! I've been meaning to ask...\\
'''Bandanna:''' No, just 'cause you have an airship now does '''not''' mean the main plot will stand still while y'all fly around and finish up all the sidequests you missed. Why does somebody always ask that?
-->-- ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick''; [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0966.html strip #966]]

->''I know we should be preparing for the final battle, but I can't concentrate knowing this obstacle is still out there.''
-->-- '''Noel''', ''VideoGame/{{Lunarosse}}''

->''Time is not running out but we can all give ourselves the push by pretending that it is.''
-->-- '''Schivanthrizha Lorauxulence''', ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuNGipx2Jvs A CRUMMY COMMERCIAL]]''

->''We often talk about "[[GameplayAndStorySegregation ludonarrative dissonance]]" in terms of morality and situations like "the story says violence is bad, but [[WhatMeasureIsAMook the gameplay enables and encourages you to kill things]]" but my actual fave version of it is "the story says you have a very serious plot-relevant time-sensitive thing to do, but the gameplay enables and encourages you to buzz off into the world and search for collectibles for five weeks"''
-->-- ''WebSite/{{Tumblr}}'' user [[https://derpcakes.tumblr.com/post/187385404657/we-often-talk-about-ludonarrative-dissonance-in derpcakes]]

->''The minor prophecies of the Three Fates shall come to pass. Sooner or later. Probably.''
-->-- '''The Fated List of Minor Prophesies''', ''VideoGame/{{Hades}}''

->'''[=Rodriguez ElCazorro=]''': I think it's time I confronted my archenemy, AKA, the final boss.
->'''John''': So what, he's just been waiting for you this entire time?
->'''[=Rodriguez ElCazorro=]''': I suppose.
->'''John''': That doesn't make any sense.
-->--"Another VideoGame/FableII Experience"

->''Kit! I've been fighting Jupiter for two weeks and she only just now defeated me!''
-->--'''Barry''', ''[[Webcomic/NuzlockeComicsFanWorks Kit's Platinum Nuzlocke Adventure]]''
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