Presumably because he doesn't want the player to see what's happening while the game is paused. For a straight action game this doesn't make much difference, but for something pretty strategic this can be vital. Imagine if in Tetris you could still see everything, just frozen in place, when you pause the game.
How to blank the screen?
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