I feel your pain, that is how I got into online gaming. And now, 6 years later, I own a site and a server.
So if you want to take a look we have White Wolf World of Darkness here:
The game is set in Seattle Washington and right now we have Changeling, Vampire and we are starting Mage and hoping to have Werewolf in the summer.
http://seattle.digitaldreaming.org/
The d20 side is a Forgotten Realms game set in Silverymoon.
http://d20.digitaldreaming.org
Playing online when you are used to table top takes a little getting used to, so I'll give you my explanation of it.
The game is happening all the time, it is sort of like a LARP that way. So that is free form roleplaying. The characters meet and talk and interact with each other without an ST/DM there. Normally they are talking about the various ST/DM led events (the political storyline and things) or they are working on the government or character development (this would also include relationships between characters and things).
Now spaced in that free form roleplay are adventures and storylines. Storylines are sometimes "Story Arcs" meaning they take months to resolve and have various components. Storylines can also be broken down into adventures. Adventures are when players organize OOC to meet at a specific time on the chat and for a few hours (anywhere from 2 to 5 generally) the adventure is run just like you would expect with a table top adventure.
I ST on the WoD side, but since I am engaged to the DM on the FR side I think I can get you in
Email if you have questions, we've taught lots of people to play online