Hmmm, for me it's never been about the mundane, its about the time commitment (granted which has a lot to do with the mundane). I've seen people get so hooked and not be able to stop so I've stayed away. OTOH I played both of the Diablo games (which basically just amount to killing baddies, picking up stuff, identifying stuff, and selling it again) and was always able to put them down and could do well only playing a half hour at a time.

I did see a RTS at one time that let you log in, issue orders, then log out. The whole thing was in real time, but it took hours for ships to get from point A to point B so you wouldn't want to sit around and watch the whole time. This was a cool idea to me because I got the impression you could be involved as much (or as little) as you wanted and still feel like you're competing. Unfortunately, when this one came out I didn't have even the minimal time to get started.