Yes if you can, but interleaving writing state (game update) and reading state (redraw) can get messy. As long as you figure that out you're usually good to go.

Yes if you can, but interleaving writing state (game update) and reading state (redraw) can get messy. As long as you figure that out you're usually good to go. So for games that are fast enough already, there's no need for introducing potentially subtle threading bugs.