Bookworm Adventures and Peggle Nights are great games! I love the PopCap games.
I recently tried Spectromancer and if I didn't have difficulty sitting at my computer these days due to shoulder issues I am sure I would be playing it more than I have so far.
My partner and I have been on a break from WoW recently but we played that one pretty hardcore from day one. We both really enjoy it but it has been nearly 4 1/2 years so it's on the back burner at the moment. Neither one of us ever did the EQ thing. Honestly, I don't think I would have cared for EQ with all those niggly things you mention. <shudder> That being said though, almost all my girls (don't ask how many toons I have!) in WoW are fishers and cooks in addition to their regular crafting. We have also puttered in LoTRO, Vanguard, CoV/CoH among other MMOs. We actually met while playing Dark Age of Camelot. Hehe.
He is a big fan of the turn based style of game as well and has been finding all sorts of free ones to download that he used to play years ago.
We do have an Xbox 360 but in the end I am not a huge fan of the controllers and the game selection so we will be looking at getting a different one at some point in the future. We bought this one for Tetris and Lego Star Wars but due to the lack of enthusiasm for the controller, I have only really played Tetris.
Anywho, I am glad I asked! Thanks for sharing.