Do you listen to other music while playing games?

When I play a game, I almost always listen to the soundtrack in the game. Recently, though, I began playing Torchlight. It's my first toe into the fantasy RPG pool. I really enjoy it, and the soundtrack is superb, but at the recommendation of my brother, I created a playlist specifically for when I am playing Torchlight and I disable the in-game music and listen to my playlist instead. It really helped to addict me to the game - once I figured out what the hell was going on - and despite the drain on my laptop battery, memory and CPU that iTunes is, can't imagine playing Torchlight without my handpicked tracks going. 
 
This is unusual for me (outside of iPod games like Words With Friends and such that have little/no/bad soundtracks) while playing a game, but it's real intense. Now, when I listen to stuff in that playlist outside of the game, I get cravings to play the game.  
 
How about yall? What games, if any, do you guys/gals add your own soundtracks to? 
 
P.S. My Tochlight playlist consists of  albums by Demons & Wizards, Luca Turilli, Rhapsody, Gentle Giant and Uriah Heep.

I often listen to podcasts during games that don't really need sound -- sports games, driving games, some first-person shooters -- but not music.

For some casual gameplay I would just listen to podcasts and some light stuff.
 
I found that extreme metal works with Lost Planet 2 multiplayer demo because that game's shit ass quiet.
 

Not music, but I listed to podcasts while I play games.  Always fun when they start talking about the game I am currently playing. 

I always find it distracting, so no.

If I have the capacity, I like to grind achievements to the dulcet tones of the bombcast. Although I often prefer to focus on what is being said.

I never listen to music while playing any major games that require total focus. But if I play casual games like peggle or trials HD music is a must.

If it's a game with tons of dialogue (Mass Effect, Dragon Age, etc.) I won't listen to anything other than the game's soundtrack for fear of missing something important.
If it's a game with no dialogue but still requires a bit of concentration (Team Fortress 2, Warcraft 3) I'll load up iTunes and listen to my own stuff.
If it's a game where I can just zone out and focus more on what I'm listening to (Shatter, Plants vs Zombies) I'll listen to some podcasts.

" I always find it distracting, so no. "

It depends on the game, if I'm playing Counter-Strike or Team Fortress 2, I usually play some music with it.

If I really like the game music and feel like it is important to the feel of the game, I won't.  Sometimes if I'm playing a sports game of something where I am just grinding and nothing is really happening, I'll either listen to the bombcast or some of my own music.
 
I mostly listen to other music when I play Borderlands, because sometimes the in-game music is kinda boring.

I listen to Britney.... Only the early stuff of course... before the breakdown... (sorry My housemate is listening to it) 
 
I only listen to non game music when playing racing games or Independence FM in GTA IV. I've only just really start playing it since picking it up for PC. 

only jerks do that

If a car racing game has the option of your own music, then I will go for that, which I used to do on the original Xbox, but I don't know any 360 car racing games that have that option - which ones do?

I would love to, but my 360 won't recognize my iPhone. Anyone know how to play podcasts or music on a 360 from a iPhone?

I would... but I use gaming headsets, and I don't have any way to combine the two sources.

Very rarely, a lot depends on the game.

All the time music, podcast and audio books. I think I would have gone insane if I had to had to listen to the music of Just Cause 2 for 40 hours or that god aweful DJ Atomika from Burnout.

" I would love to, but my 360 won't recognize my iPhone. Anyone know how to play podcasts or music on a 360 from a iPhone? "

Yep I often disable the music in the game just to listen to my own.

If I'm replaying through a game or I just don't care about the story in a game, then I'll listen to a podcast or something.  Trine for example.

AC/DC's Back in Black is the unofficial soundtrack to Just Cause 2.

 I listen to music almost in every game i've played lately, but that's sport games and MW2, but also Dragon Age: Origins(i'm on my second playthrough so don't really need the VO and music).
 

" I often listen to podcasts during games that don't really need sound -- sports games, driving games, some first-person shooters -- but not music. "

Unless it's Fifa 10, never.

It really does depend for me. If I'm playing a game where I want to be immersed in the experience, then I won't be listening to music. However, if I'm just playing for fun and not for the experience, then I will stick my tunes on. If I'm playing something like Oblivion where you really need to be in the right mindset, then there's no music. But if I'm playing Just Cause 2 or something I might put music on to make the driving less tedious. Plus, listening to 'Original Prankster' by The Offspring just goes so well with that game.

Anything thats not by activision(or recently released if you're an Aussie) is a good deal on steam.

I played the majority of GTA IV with a David Bowie album through my Xbox.

" For some casual gameplay I would just listen to podcasts and some light stuff.
 
I found that extreme metal works with Lost Planet 2 multiplayer demo because that game's shit ass quiet.
 

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" I always listen to a lot of punk "

Depends on the game. If I need to hear footsteps or other faint sounds to survive or win, no way. Otherwise almost always. Vocal-less music is best for gaming.
 
I run my xbox sound through my computer, which makes it easier than ever to play music at the right audio levels. Just start playing a track form the guide then pause it to mute all in-game music, then use the player on my other monitor.
 
I use Winamp and an output module called Volume Logic which makes everything sound similar as if they were mixed into the same original soundtrack. My soundcard also has a realtime volume normalizer (not nearly as advanced as the Winamp module though) which makes the quiet parts of the game full of music, and quiets the music when the game sound gets louder (INCREDIBLY handy for hearing voices in Dragon Age with my own music playing). 
 
I'm really surprised current gen consoles don't have a nice volume management setting for those who play music directly from their consoles, or a built-in dolby headphone downmixer from 5.1. I've considered rendering the mp3s using VL and output to file so the tracks themselves are adjusted the playing them through the console using a flash drive... but that's too much trouble. However I would do it if I had my PC separate from my consoles.

I listen to the Bombcasts when playing online games. LIke MW2.

I don't tend to listen to a custom soundtrack since I have a tendency to like most music. If I really need more background noise, I listen to the bombcast or let a video play in the background.

Only when playing online or doing something that doesn't require much attention. But most of the time I don't have anything playing since playlists don't seem to work in game.

Yes I do. Aborted's new EP goes great with Torchlight.

It's contingent on the game. If it's a racing game, I'll almost certainly be listening to other stuff simultaneously. Other games, games more dependent on their sound (like first-person shooters, for instance), those are the games I'll turn iTunes off for. 

I only listen to music on my iPod, when I'm playing a racing game. Any other game I listen to the games soundtrack.

My favorite combo by far is Altitude + Kohina Radio.

"I often listen to podcasts during games that don't really need sound -- sports games, driving games, some first-person shooters -- but not music."

When I play action games or FPS I listen to heavy metal. When I play RPG's I usually listen to the music from the game itself.

I will kid you not, I listened to Rammstein whilst playing Viva Pinata when I first got it. It was frelling awesome!
 
Other than that, yeah on and off I'll listen to something else whilst playing a game.

If the game isn't very story heavy I'll listen most of the time. But if it does rely on story I usually just listen to music during down time but not when things are happening.