[While not strictly Verge related, they are a good example of fine storyteling]
Directly from
Slashdot:
silent_knight writes 'Early in October, the 2004 Interactive Fiction competition began. The results are now in! Be sure to check out some of this year's best entries: Luminous Horizon, Blue Chairs, All Things Devours, Magocracy, and Murder at the Aero Club. All entries (and interpreters) can be downloaded together for Windows and the Mac from the download page.' As mentioned in the previous story, Linux support for these games is also easily available.