The Weekly Raid: Do You Multitask While Playing MMORPGs?
This week's Weekly Raid is a bit personal: back when Burning Crusade released I grinded up my second character while watching Indiana Jones movies and Home Movies, and I only had one monitor. I couldn't just play the game. I needed to multitask.
Lately, I've realized that it's a rare event when I don't pop open YouTube or music or some other form of entertainment on a second monitor while grinding an MMORPG. The game itself isn't holding all of my attention. In fact, MMORPGs have been an excuse to binge-watch TV shows. I watched all five seasons of The Wire while crafting and playing the market in Final Fantasy XIV.
Am I alone here? Do you multitask while playing MMORPGs?
And then a follow-up question: does the desire to multitask while playing MMORPGs pose an issue or is it a fine addition to playing the game? Is it symptomatic of a larger issue that extends outside of gaming?
Let us know in the comments below!
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From Mega Man II to Ape Escape, I've been playing games for as long as I can remember. I've spent months killing porings in Ragnarok Online and more recently lived a second life in Eve Online. I usually play as gUMBY, gUMBLEoni, or gUMBLes in-game.
