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Multitasking Test [Game]

arcade.itch.com — Blue likes to multitask. Can you keep up with him? This quick and fun brain-twister tests how well you can keep both sides of your mind focused on simple but changing tasks.

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  • mendez8, on 05/12/2008, -2/+185I surrender, this is impossible :(
    • wolferz, on 05/12/2008, -2/+4I look over to the side to see where some one whent on for 2 hours... I managed 10 seconds on easy...
    • GeekyGerge, on 05/12/2008, -3/+33Impossible?
      This Is MULTITASKING
      • Ikulus, on 05/12/2008, -3/+11It's impossible for the human brain to concentrate on two things at once. The best you can do is switch back and forth quickly. This is similar to how a single-core computer processor multitasks applications, except it does so much faster than the human brain.
        • acetv, on 05/12/2008, -2/+24[citation needed]
        • antdude, on 05/13/2008, -0/+2Data could do it. ;)
        • pyro789x, on 05/13/2008, -0/+2I was able to focus on both at once by focusing on neither. I don't know how I do it, but I just stare at the middle of the screen and my mind tells me what buttons to press.
    • acetv, on 05/12/2008, -0/+10You guys need to play more Starcraft.
    • Tcasey0478, on 05/12/2008, -5/+0I dugg you down for being a quitter.
    • davidrools, on 05/12/2008, -1/+4you should notice some improvement after a few tries. don't give up that easily!
    • Risingashes, on 05/13/2008, -0/+11024 is the highest I can get.
    • willr001, on 05/13/2008, -1/+1especially when you type in dvorak, and never use 'wasd' controls (i prefer the actual home row, 'esdf', or as i call it in dvorak '.oeu') but mostly it was the a and d keys being 4-5 inches apart that did it.
  • jflowers45, on 05/12/2008, -1/+24Every time I hear the opening music I think of that 'Barbie Girl' song from the 90s
  • roosterjack, on 05/12/2008, -1/+46Hard!
  • ericnorris1, on 05/12/2008, -3/+22Use your third arm.....jeez...so much easier

    If not gifted like me, a second person makes it so much easier
  • tramblings, on 05/12/2008, -3/+18Reminds me of Jeu Chiant. translated: Annoying Game. What a way to start your Monday!
    http://flashburrito.com/game/209/
  • Nayson, on 05/12/2008, -1/+16Its a bit tricky, isnt it?
  • jflowers45, on 05/12/2008, -2/+11Can you Pat your stomach and rub your head at the same time?
    • below413, on 05/12/2008, -0/+5Try this:
      -sit in a chair and hold out forward your right arm and right leg
      -move your right arm in a clockwise circle in the air (vertical like you're washing a window or something)
      -now try to move your right leg in a counterclockwise circle oriented the same way as your arm

      It's not impossible if you try for a while, but it's really hard at first
    • Llanowar, on 05/12/2008, -0/+2Yes I can.
  • ckrimmel, on 05/12/2008, -2/+90That's such BS. Your left hand is controlling the screen to your right and your right hand is controlling the screen on your left. Certainly doesn't make it any easier.
    • Neoanarchist, on 05/12/2008, -15/+3Actually, your left eye goes to your right brain hemisphere and vice versa so which side your hand is controlling with regards to which eye shouldn't make much of a difference unless you're epileptic and had your brain hemispheres detached and even then it would be your eyes that had to compensate.

      NOTE: All of this is somewhat educated conjecture, I don't have time to look up any further evidence to support the idea. The main reason I posted this comment was to essentially crowd source a reply that knew more than I did. So essentially I just wanted to get people thinking and see if I can't learn something in the process.
      • paradox4190, on 05/12/2008, -2/+11"NOTE: All of this is somewhat educated conjecture, I don't have time to look up any further evidence to support the idea."
        That's why you're wrong. It's not very accurate.
      • ExitMoose, on 05/19/2008, -0/+3Your left eye sends signals to the right side of your brain, but the right side of your brain also controls your left hand, so your point is moot.

        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split-brain


    • ZeNiTH456, on 05/12/2008, -1/+10You could always cross your arms O_o
      • arch3r, on 05/12/2008, -0/+2Or just stand on your head when you play.
      • Checkerd, on 05/13/2008, -0/+2Or turn you monitor so its facing a mirror and play using the reflection.
    • 1Bad, on 05/12/2008, -0/+0word... That is tripping me up badly.
    • smrekar, on 05/12/2008, -0/+2yeah, as if it wasnt hard enough. I think hard mode should have switched the keys. Easy doesnt even allow for a learning curve
    • gislib, on 05/13/2008, -0/+1It's probably done on purpose...
    • ChromaVita, on 05/13/2008, -0/+1You could always remap the keys.
  • PabloIV, on 05/12/2008, -1/+50Erm, so...
    Guess who sucks at Multitasking...
    THIS GUY!
  • sydsampat, on 05/12/2008, -2/+2Ouch. I just embarrassed myself.. This is hard
  • Newedge14, on 05/12/2008, -1/+3I feel impotent
    • AndrewDB, on 05/12/2008, -0/+4I heard they have little blue pills for that sort of thing.
    • justadakaje, on 06/03/2008, -0/+1Yeah, Little Blue was turned into a sort of oval shape and stamped with a 'V' that you have to navigate with your other hand...
  • jayhawk, on 05/12/2008, -1/+9ridiculously hard. me FTL!!!
    • TheVirus, on 05/12/2008, -4/+2Don't you mean 'me FTW!!!' -> Fail to Win.
  • inferno10, on 05/12/2008, -0/+4Damn you, Brain Age!
  • Rizmaster, on 05/12/2008, -2/+102***** you and your impossible game.
  • wrillo, on 05/12/2008, -2/+28blue is no longer my favorite color
  • tmaiden, on 05/12/2008, -1/+76Im already having enough trouble trying to multitask Digg and Work.
    • Llanowar, on 05/12/2008, -1/+4Just focus on digg and do work whenever you have some spare minutes.
  • kencurran, on 05/12/2008, -1/+4I'm embarrassed. Hardest brain game ever played. Reversed hands, random switching, gah!
  • Grooblle, on 05/12/2008, -4/+10Any women on digg who wanna try this?
  • Garlik, on 05/12/2008, -1/+10I got to bronze and I feel special
    • ericnorris1, on 05/12/2008, -0/+1Same here, i quit when i got there not wanting to be disappointed by a loss :P
    • dsmx, on 05/12/2008, -0/+1Special Olympics for you then.
    • wolfkeeper, on 05/12/2008, -0/+1I got gold on both easy and hard after about 15 games and I don't.
  • Accolade1, on 05/12/2008, -2/+4This is clearly as fun as multi-tasking is in real life (i.e. not very). Congrats.
  • TheVirus, on 05/12/2008, -1/+13Sucks if you only have one eye...
    • manicmailman, on 05/13/2008, -0/+0yeah my depth perception is helping me immensely...
  • mediaspree, on 05/12/2008, -2/+6My head esploded
  • rsmithrun, on 05/12/2008, -1/+4It isn't so much the multitasking that is hard, but the controls are tough.
  • joltjake, on 05/12/2008, -1/+3***** me, that is hard.
    • pelayostyle, on 05/12/2008, -1/+12Thats what she said.
      • corneliusJones, on 05/12/2008, -0/+2DAMN you beat me!
        • manicmailman, on 05/13/2008, -0/+2thats what she said.
          • corneliusJones, on 05/13/2008, -0/+1I was hoping someone would put that there
        • ExitMoose, on 05/19/2008, -0/+1"I was hoping someone would put that there"

          thats what she said.
  • bokep, on 05/12/2008, -4/+3stupid
  • DetpackJump, on 05/12/2008, -0/+6You can virtually ignore the right hand side and focus on the left arrow games. Just keep occasionally tapping A when on the top right game, and just alternate A & D while on the bottom right one
    • justadakaje, on 06/03/2008, -0/+1Though I completely agree with you, I find it nearly impossible to do. I also don't want to sit here with it being 1A now and when I finally get the hang of it be 5A. I know that would happen. But DetpackJump has a great point; simply tell you left hand to just occasionally tap 'A' to keep him afloat. Even with the pillows, just tap 'A' a few times, mixed with a few 'D'. Heck, you could just alternate b/w 'A' and 'D' in a rhythm to satisfy the right side. As for the left side and your right hand, concentrate your skill here, navigating those arrow keys. I couldn't master it, but this is the theory to those high point values!
  • RightAsWrong, on 05/12/2008, -1/+5Normally I'm good at flash games, but this one is tough. Seriously tough.
  • ProjectGSX, on 05/12/2008, -1/+26225 on easy after a few times.. rough game.
  • gnimsh, on 05/12/2008, -1/+2Argh! I have enough things to waste my time with, I can't handle 4 more all at once!
  • canthraxp, on 05/12/2008, -2/+49It's hard, not because of the "multitasking", but the game puts you in impossible situations. For example, the bottom right box ("hit the pillows") lighted up, and my blue box was at the bottom of the screen, making an impossible recover.

    That said, I can say that this game sucks, (or rated J-O for Japanese-Only).
    • daizaru, on 05/12/2008, -1/+6Yeah I "spawned" directly under a fireball twice and lost the pillows game for the same reason a couple times. The game is both challenging and can be entirely luck based.
    • Dylan47, on 05/13/2008, -0/+1your square "spawns" in the same place you left it last time that mini-game was active. Its part of the game to position your square with resuming the mini-game in mind.
    • Navicerts, on 05/14/2008, -0/+1you need to keep your square near the top on the top right screen, ready for when it switches.
  • UNEXPLODEDduck, on 05/12/2008, -2/+23The only thing making me lose is the stupid bottom right one when there isn't any pillows to land on.
  • ZephyrNinety, on 05/12/2008, -1/+1If you're good at this, you're probably good at playing piano
  • twiztidsinz, on 05/12/2008, -1/+4man ***** that....
  • gitboxgreg, on 05/12/2008, -7/+2Thats hard.

    (that's what she said)
  • omniunit, on 05/12/2008, -1/+6Crossing your hands over seems to make the game alot easier
  • Garmonbozzia, on 05/12/2008, -3/+2That ALMOST made me throw my MacBook against the wall. Almost.
    • InsaneMachine, on 05/12/2008, -1/+8Quick! throw it into this open sack!
  • BrownManUPS, on 05/12/2008, -2/+2That was the hardest game I have ever played on the internet. Thanks for sharing.
  • PussInBoots, on 05/12/2008, -1/+2***** this game
  • element4l, on 05/12/2008, -3/+1hmm... I played and got 14k, but realized that to submit your score, you have to log in/register

    screw that, I think I did OK, but not worth making an account for =/
  • takpt, on 05/12/2008, -3/+3*head asplodes*
  • artish, on 05/12/2008, -3/+5Gold after 5th try on hard..
    just needs practice..
    http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/1750/bildschirm ...
    • Cymrubeats, on 05/12/2008, -1/+4I felt like i was multitasking, just by looking at your browser layout.
    • leonardutah, on 05/12/2008, -0/+1You still scored lower than that guy third up from the bottom on the right. Sorry, but I feel the need to demean you because this game put me in a bad mood.
  • hinmanj, on 05/12/2008, -1/+3I always took pride in my multitasking abilities... but that game... ***** that game! When it switches screens sometimes you just instantly die, and there's NOTHING you can do about it.
    • dafragsta, on 05/12/2008, -0/+1That happened to me. It all wouldn't be so bad if the screens stayed stationary. I thought I died so I just stopped when it happened the first couple of times and then I really died.
  • paintballplayer, on 05/12/2008, -0/+0I hate when these kind of games get front page because I will start playing and I won't stop, in the end something ends up broken.
  • PhonicUK, on 05/12/2008, -1/+4Try staring at the centre of the screen where the black borders meet, and only use your perhiperal vision. I found it much easier that way. Current best is over 7000.
  • rjghwruigvyoy, on 05/12/2008, -0/+4wow.

    thanks for ruining my day.
  • houndeyex, on 05/12/2008, -0/+1Not fair to have the same keys mapped in two different games.
  • Virgule, on 05/12/2008, -0/+1Sorry Digg, I can't do that
  • hypermite, on 05/12/2008, -1/+34This game has been rated MADE FOR KOREANS.
  • TheKingInYellow, on 05/12/2008, -0/+1boolsheet
  • basevillin, on 05/12/2008, -3/+1Needs some serious QA...
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