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So the other day I finally found that this stupid thing I’ve been wanting to try is finally in open beta, so I can try it. That thing is PMOG, or Passively Multiplayer Online Game. It’s basically a Firefox extension that you install and then it attempts to turn the simple act of browsing into a game. It sounds potentially lame AND potentially awesome, and I’m proud to report that, so far, it’s been pretty awesome.

Basically, you get two datapoints for every new domain you visit in a day. These datapoints are experience AND money. What basically happens is, as you move around the game, you get money, and you use the money to buy the tools to let you do the stuff that you want to do. As you do whatever you feel like doing by using these tools, you level up in different aspects based on what you do the most in the game. You can leave crates on websites to leave people gifts, set up portals to teleport people to other places when they go to a website, lay mines to damage people who come to a website, equip armor to protect yourself from mines, deploy St. Nicks to keep people from laying mines, and finally, set up lampposts as the links in building a mission.
Missions are basically guided tours of certain topics. I saw one that showed me a bunch of iPhone/iPod Touch games, for instance, where I found out about this. So as you’re browsing a site on a topic, the game will pop up a mission that goes to that page, which you can accept if you want to find out more stuff. It’s actually pretty damn cool. Alternatively, you could find a gift there from someone, or you could get mined for going there, or whatever. You can set up your own themed missions to guide people through things, or leave gifts for awesome people who visit the same websites you do. Hell, you can even work for browsing achievements for going to certainly websites religiously.

If this sounds lame, well, you probably won’t like it. But if it sounds vaguely interesting, I highly suggest you join. And then add me as a friend. This is my profile. I’m going to keep on leveling up, and I’m sure I’ll tell you if things get better as I unlock more stuff. I’m trying to mostly be a Benefactor and leave gifts and whatnot, because I hear eventually you can get puzzle boxes where you can add trivia questions and stuff that people have to answer to open them and get the goodies. Also, I just enjoy giving out stuff. See, say, my Pouch of Many Lost Things love.