Fallen London

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Last night after dinner, we somehow got on the subject of Victorian-themed games, and I remembered one that I used to play often -- Fallen London. It's a browser based game in an alternative universe where the city of London has fallen into the Earth (apparently as part of a deal between Empress Victoria -- whose name is forbidden to be mentioned in this world -- and some demons in order to resurrect the recently deceased Prince Albert)... and seems to now be located in Hell. It's played in a "choose your own adventure" style and is a bit like a dark "Alice In Wonderland", or maybe a TS Eliot poem gone very, very wrong. You interact with the residents of the Neath (the large cavern beneath the earth where London now resides), some are other people from the surface, like you, and some are... well, not exactly human, not exactly alive, but not quite dead either. As you play the game, you uncover the mysteries of the Neath and the sentient Bazaar with the hooded and shrill Masters, which control all trade in the Neath. There's revolutionaries, the criminal underworld (even more underworld than usual! ), and Zailors on the Unterzee. And I'm still leaving so much out... it's a fascinating game. Have you ever played a game that you loved, but found difficult to describe? EDITED TO ADD: I should have posted a link to the game when I first wrote this!