Oh by the way Stroggy,
You seem to be an adventure fanatic like me so I thought I would share something with you that works for me.
Seeing as adventure games (proper adventures not action/adventure type games) are a rare breed (almost extinct) these days - I have latched onto something new (at least for me) When I was suffering from adventure withdrawal I stumbled across something called INTERACTIVE FICTION (a.k.a. Text Adventures)
Now I am not sure if you have ever tried one, but I can honestly say its about the best thing you can get nowdays with regards to adventure seeing as 2d point and clicks are about dead.
There is a unique charm in Interactive Fiction - it may not have the graphics or a mouse driven interface like the normal adventure games you may be used to, but all the story, puzzles and emotions are there. In fact its the best of both worlds - a book + a game combined ...
All I can ask of you is to put away any doubts you have and to try just 2 games ... They happen to be the first 2 Interactive Fiction games I played and the 2 that got me so hocked that I honestly downloaded almost every text game I could find - I am not kidding either I hunted down almost every thing I could.
A great site for Interactive Fiction is
http://www.wurb.com/if/index
But before you go there, go here :
http://adamcadre.ac/if.html
Download all the games, but play the following two games before you touch anything else.
9:05 and I-0 (Interstate Zero)
After completing those 2 just try telling me that Interactive Fiction sucks - If you are a true adventure fanatic which its sounds like you are - I don't doubt that you will be hooked for life.
I particularly loved Interstate Zero.
Trust me play those 2 games and any strange opinion you might have will be blown out of this galaxy
And let your mind wonder if you know what I mean "wink wink." Interstate Zero is such a text masterpiece.