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.
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…
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. 🙂