Progress Quest

XP Bars are more powerful than swords.

Once, way back when I was still playing Everquest, I came across this little satire of the MMO genre. The "selling point" of this free RPG is that the game automates all those annoying little things that you come across in regular RPG games, like navigating endless terrain, selling loot, buying upgrades, grinding trash mobs, and completing quests.

Basically the game plays itself and you watch it play. Or not watch it play and check up on it once in a while, since you don't have to be at the keyboard to play it. You can either check on the PC you have the character saved on, or on the game's home page. You can even check your progress in a handy facebook application too, I suppose if your workplace has banned the Progress Quest homepage. (sneaky!)

Yes, I found it again just yesterday and have installed it, haha. :P

While it doesn't really do anything, it is sort of soothing to watch. (listen to the addict talk, eh?) Maybe its like light therapy or radiation therapy or something.

• Progress Quest Home Page
• Upsen's Guild Stats
• Facebook App

Upsen.

A screenshot of the game in action! Forget dual-boxing, here we have 5-boxing.