Currently Playing (as of 12/29/11): -Mario Kart 7 (3DS)
-Super Mario 3D Land (3DS)
-Rayman Origins (360)
Consoles: -3DO
-Atari 2600
-Intellivision
-Nintendo 64
-Nintendo Entertainment System
-Nintendo Gamecube
-Nintendo Wii
-Playstation
-Playstation 2
-Sega 32X
-Sega CD
-Sega Dreamcast
-Sega Genesis
-Sega Master System
-Sega Saturn
-Super Nintendo
-Turbografx-16
-Xbox
-Xbox 360
Handhelds: -Neo Geo Pocket Color
-Nintendo 3DS
-Nintendo Game Boy
-Nintendo Game Boy Color
-Nintendo Game Boy Advance SP
-Nintendo Virtual Boy
-Sega Game Gear
-Sega Nomad
-Tiger Game.com
Favorite Games of All Time: -Banjo-Kazooie (N64)
-Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts (X360)
-Bubble Bobble (NES)
-Burnout Paradise (360)
-Burnout Revenge (360)
-Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (360)
-Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PS1)
-Cave Story (PC)
-Chocobo's Dungeon 2 (PS1)
-Dead Rising (360)
-Doom RPG (Cell)
-Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime (DS)
-Earthbound (SNES)
-Elite Beat Agents (DS)
-Excite Truck (Wii)
-Gex 2: Enter the Gecko (PS1)
-Gitaroo Man (PS2)
-God Hand (PS2)
-Grim Fandango (PC)
-Harvest Moon: Back to Nature (PS1)
-Ikaruga (DC/XBLA)
-Infiniminer (PC)
-Jet Grind Radio (DC)
-Jump Ultimate Stars (DS)
-Katamari Damacy (PS2)
-Kirby's Adventure (NES)
-Kirby Air Ride (GCN)
-Kirby Canvas Curse (DS)
-Kirby Super Star (SNES)
-The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (N64)
-Luigi's Mansion (GCN)
-Mario Kart DS (DS)
-Mega Man Battle Network 3 (GBA)
-Mega Man Legends (PS1)
-Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance (PS2)
-Meteos (DS)
-Minecraft (PC)
-Mother 3 (GBA)
-N+ (XBLA)
-The Neverhood (PC)
-No One Can Stop Mr. Domino (PS1)
-Paper Mario (N64)
-PaRappa the Rapper (PS1)
-Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney (DS)
-Pokemon Puzzle Challenge (GBC)
-Pokemon Snap (N64)
-Portal 1/2 (PC)
-Psychonauts (Xbox)
-Putt-Putt Goes to the Moon (3DO)
-Resident Evil 4 (GCN)
-Rez (DC/XBLA)
-Rock Band 1/2/3 (360)
-Sam & Max Hit The Road (PC)
-The Simpsons Game (360)
-Snatcher (Sega CD)
-Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Genesis)
-Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island (SNES)
-Super Metroid (SNES)
-ToeJam & Earl (Genesis)
-Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (PS1)
-WarioWare: Touched! (DS)
-WarioWare: Twisted! (GBA)
-WarioWare Inc.: Mega Party Game$ (GCN)
-The World Ends With You (DS)
-Zone of the Enders (PS2)
I just recently reinstalled a game that I've been playing off and on for years (it's very time consuming) and I thought I'd let my buddies at Destructoid in on the fun.
Progress Quest is a game where you do absolutely nothing. Well, you do have to name your character, pick your class/race, and roll your stats, but after that, nothing. The quest begins and you just use your imagination while you watch a number of progress bars crawl across the screen.
The best part, however, is the ability to take your quest for progress online and compete with others too lazy to play real MMOs for the highest level. You can even create and join guilds!
So, if you want something to stare at and feel as though you're accomplishing something when you could be doing actual work (or playing actual games, even), give Progress Quest a download! If you feel like going online, I'm on the Spoltog server and I've also created a Destructoid guild, so check it out when you have nothing better to do.
It's impossible to hate on Progress Quest because it states right on the box what it's good for--absolutely nothing. It eats resources but doesn't bloat, and there's no point. And like Challenger said, no one benefits from your wasted CPU usage. Super win!
the most interesting thing I found about Progress Quest when I played it was that it was just as fun leveling up and getting new spells and items in that game as it was playing an actually interactive MMO. For me it really exposed how much of the 'satisfaction' of playing that sort of game can just be smoke and mirrors.
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I need to start playing it again.
Awesome game.