People think I am a little crazy but I actually really enjoy multi-tasking while I play games.
I recall at one point I was farming wood from trees in a MMO, while listening to an audio-book and playing Final Fantasy Tactics on PSP. I'd only need to interact with the MMO to go switch to a new tree, rest, or go put my cut logs in my bank, making it very minimal. Final Fantasy Tactics is oddly rather mindless outside of story missions when you are just setting up jobs, skills, and doing random battles, so it was easy to focus on the story of the audio-book.
I have also listened to audiobooks while playing games like Minecraft. Minecraft let me listen to the entire Wheel of Time series (14 loooong books total) while playing it. Granted listening to audiobooks only works for games where music and voice acting aren't important. You can keep sound effects on but you'll need to be able to focus on the book itself, so it also can't be a game that requires intense critical thinking or concentration, so story driven games are usually out.
I've done similar things like watch a movie while playing a rather slow game, something like Civilization or Banished that has long periods of waiting for things to happen. I will admit having dual monitors helps achieve this a lot better since I'm not having to turn my head a lot.
Share your experiences of multi-tasking while playing games.
I recall at one point I was farming wood from trees in a MMO, while listening to an audio-book and playing Final Fantasy Tactics on PSP. I'd only need to interact with the MMO to go switch to a new tree, rest, or go put my cut logs in my bank, making it very minimal. Final Fantasy Tactics is oddly rather mindless outside of story missions when you are just setting up jobs, skills, and doing random battles, so it was easy to focus on the story of the audio-book.
I have also listened to audiobooks while playing games like Minecraft. Minecraft let me listen to the entire Wheel of Time series (14 loooong books total) while playing it. Granted listening to audiobooks only works for games where music and voice acting aren't important. You can keep sound effects on but you'll need to be able to focus on the book itself, so it also can't be a game that requires intense critical thinking or concentration, so story driven games are usually out.
I've done similar things like watch a movie while playing a rather slow game, something like Civilization or Banished that has long periods of waiting for things to happen. I will admit having dual monitors helps achieve this a lot better since I'm not having to turn my head a lot.
Share your experiences of multi-tasking while playing games.