I know you are all looking for a cool graphical game to replace Glitch and all that. However, in the meantime, I wanted to invite you all to a place a little more retro. I run a MUD that is mostly empty these days, though you might find an old-timer or two just sitting idle somewhere. It has NO graphics. It is text-based. However, it does offer a few features you won't find in forums. If you've played a MUD, you know what I mean. If you haven't, well, you're missing out. Since it's mostly empty, I figured there'd be no weirdness with interacting with others who call it home from time to time. The website is www.infinitymud.com and you access a MUD by telneting to it. Infinity is a quest-based LPmud, and has a theme centered around Past, Present, and Future. You can travel to various realms where you might find anything from trolls to dragons to robots and fairy tales. Infinity, beyond chatting and social interaction, includes two major game elements. Combat, and Quests. Quests are not what you are used to in MMOs. They are highly intelligent, very complex, and will make you scream in agony trying to solve them, only to slap your forehead once you do so with a 'Duh!'
If you've already lost interest, then don't bother to continue. If you are interested, then here's some help:
To telnet, both Windows and Mac have built-in clients, but they aren't very good. A client that is common to both platforms and is good, is TinyFugue. Check out www.druware.com/tf for instructions. If you prefer a graphical client that has more features, Windows has one called zMUD. This is the link. If you are on an iPad or such, then google "MUD Client" and see what you find.
The actual address is infinitymud.com and the port is 4242.
Once you are logged in, you may find help by typing 'help'. Everything is command line driven. There is no point and click in the actual game :) For things like chatting, start with 'help communications'. The first channel you will have access to is called "newb". So to chat with everyone, "newb hello". "newbhelp" will give you some other options. Once you get to level 3, you have access to the global channel "chat", which would be used like "chat hi". You can also send private messages to others with "tell malc hi". "who" will show you everyone logged in at the moment. I think I have a hard limit of 70 players at once able to log in. If people actually use this, I'll take the time to bump the limit.
Take the time to read the all the help found when you type "help". It will answer most of your questions. When you begin the game, you are given a map. "exa map" (or look map, examine map, l map) will show you a map of the town, and to the north is a Post Office where you can mail each other. Feel free to mail me with questions. Honestly, I'm not logged in much right now because of real life demands. If people take an interest, I'll make more time to be there.
Have fun :)