My latest addiction
Let me first explain that I have a different definition of fun than most people do. I enjoy writing, I enjoy theatre and I enjoy D&D greatly.
That being said, let me describe this game that I play. For those of us who had the internet in the early 90s, games like MUDs, MUSHes and MOOs were our MMOs. There was a big difference for me though, creating the characters and getting to play them out. Sure that sounds pretty nerdy, probably a lot more nerdy that writing fanfic but I swear it's lots of fun.
So, the game that I have been playing is called "Where No One Has Gone Before" and it is a Star Trek themed text based role playing game. Whew, that was a mouthful! I use a program called Atlantis to log in with my Mac (you can use Telnet if you're really a sadist or SimpleMu if you're on windows).
I've been playing at that game for almost a year and a half now and it's been the greatest time killer anywhere. I recruited one friend and she has gotten addicted. Now, if you haven't gotten an idea at all of what happens in a text based role playing game, then let me give you an example. Check at the roleplay logs from the game. That is the game and what happens every day in multiple places.
I think that the Staff there are great, they have been very welcoming and helpful and I also have gotten friends with one of the guy who made it happen. He's a really awesome person, he's @Otaking over on twitter. He's certainly made my transition into the game and really made things great.
I can't say more than awesome things about it, it's a great deal of fun and the events that happen run by the Administration is very fun, witty and very involved. I know that it might not seem your type of game, you might need some pictures or even some buttons to click but text really grows on a person.
I encourage you to to go check out the wiki, I wrote a lot of the stuff on the Romulans. You can find out about the timeline and some of the commands that you'll need to learn to play the game and get a feel for the characters that exist in game, read their stories and perhaps if you like it you'll join me. If you figure out how to connect and want to make a character give me a shout out, my character's name is Ael'Ihhuein.
