I love Tales games to death, but it's impossible to multitask with them. I can play a podcast in the background, but I can't do anything else. Take something like Wild ARMs. You input your moves at the beginning of the round and then you're free for the next minute. Or even better, Skies of Arcadia. Those found ship battles went on forever. In those few moments, I could get a turn in for Civ V. Not so for Tales.