Today's discussion on interactivy of hypertext, and the references made to older, text-based games reminded me of something. Has anyone heard of Progress Quest? Basically, it's a role playing game where the computer makes the move you would've made, only better – the goal of the game is to progress to higher levels. It's actually a joke, Progress Quest is a commentary of the direction computer games are moving towards - one where we often see less user control and more of a scripted nature, including plenty of cut scenes. Progress Quest is entirely text-based, you just let it run in the background while you do other things. My friend's little brother used to "play" it a lot, he would just leave three or four games going constantly.