Pac-Man Eats Up Productivity

Mike Vardy 25th May Productivity 2 Comments
Pac-Man Eats Up Productivity

Last week’s playable Pac-Man game on Google’s home page (permanently playable here, by the way) may have been awesome for those nostalgic about playing the game – the iconic video game turned 30 last week – but it sure did sap the productivity out of the day for most.

A report by software firm Rescue Time (developers of time-tracking software) revealed that nearly 5 million hours of work time was eaten up by the little guy.  Totally awesome in one way, not so much in another.

Admittedly, I played it for a spell once I came across the page.  I was obviously not alone.  How many WorkAwesome readers chased Clyde and the gang around?

UPDATE: The dollar value is in. Whoa.

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Mike Vardy is the creator of the personal productivity parody site, Eventualism, and the editor here at WorkAwesome. In addition to contributing to other productivity sites (GTD Times, Productive! Magazine), he also co-hosts the weekly pop culture and tech podcast, DyscultureD. Also known as a comedy writer and performer, Mike plies his trade(s) and lives in Victoria, BC, Canada with his wife, daughter and "baby-on-the-way."

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  1. Tristan Rineer on the 25th May
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    I definitely had to play it for a while too. It kills my productivity almost as much as reading articles from various blogs I like to follow…

  2. travis trout on the 25th May
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    I played it for a while – so hard to resist. Luckily was my day off so I could “afford” some playing time – but on the other hand would have been nice to catch up on some reading. :)

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