
I know what you mean. Sometimes though I feel like a game takes me so out of the social arena, and into my own little world, that I feel I'm ignoring them too much. I don't want to be insensitive to them.
I was trying to think if I could play Professor Layton with the sound off, so that I could respond to any talk that might come up. I think the Layton games just have music and no voice work, so it might be ok.