So, at recommendation of Cyanbane of EQ2-Daily, I went ahead and tried
PMOG, and I must say, it has an interresting concept. PMOG, Pasively Multiplayer Online Game, is a game that works by firefox-plugin. As you surf the internet, you encounter various things that other players have left behind.
So, while you surf, you play. You can drop mines and crates, place lightposts and portals, which each have their own use. Further more, as you browse various domains, you gain more and more datapoints (DP), which is the currency of PMOG. With DP you can buy more tools to use during your online journey.
In this game, mines don't kill ya, they just make you lose some of your DP. However, do be careful after dropping a mine, as you too can be hit by your own mines! Crates are containers in which you can store tools and DP for other players to pick up. Portals send players to other sites, if they so choose. Lightposts are like bookmarks, which are used in the mission system. Armor is there to prevent you from losing your DP when you hit a mine. Finally, St Nicks are nasty little buggers which you can attach to other players to ensure that their next mine-laying attempt fails!
The quests in this game are in the form of missions. Missions take you accross the internet and are intended to show sites related to a subject. All missions are player created, by using the lightposts which you can drop on sites which you wish to use. Currently most missions are just a walk through some web-pages, however they are working on allowing for puzzle-missions and the like to make the missions more intellectually challenging.
Overall, it's a very interresting experience. And if you decide to try it out, feel free to add me as aquaintance in it. Just hit my user-page at
http://pmog.com/users/sg_01.
Have fun!
- SG