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Lately, I’ve been discovering the joy of casual & puzzle PC games, like Peggle, World of Goo, and PuzzleQuest. This weekend I downloaded an awesome one that I recommend to anyone who enjoys fun, quirky games that just make you laugh and still provide hours of play. It’s called Plants Vs. Zombies. I kept seeing great reviews of the game, but the boring screen shots made me skeptical. I downloaded the free demo and within 2 minutes of playing, I bought the game. It’s just that much fun. Check it out! Note: I bought the game for $9.99 on Steam.com yesterday… but am seeing it listed at $19.95 on the official game site today. Perhaps the game’s recent popularity has sent the price soaring?

I know we don’t talk about games as much as we could here, but I came across this game, by way of the Totally Rad Show, and had to share. Lately I’ve been addicted to my iPod games - Reversie, Klondike (or solitaire, for those who haven’t played the apple version), Tetris, and Vortex have become favorite things for me to do while listening to Book Radio. So, I’m into puzzle games. And if you are too, then I’ve got a great new game to kill off whatever productivity is left in your day for you to try.

The game is Auditorium and if you’re looking to kill time without even know you’re doing it, then this is your game. And guess what? It’s free to play.

So what’s it all about? Good question. This is a puzzle game that has the player using directional “lenses” to alter the path of light particles in order to fill up volume meters. You complete each level by filling up all the meters at the same time. By doing so, you also complete the melody that is playing. As I mentioned, the lenses are directional and you can grow and shrink them to alter the way that they reflect the light.

Gradually, color coded meters and more lenses are introduced. The color coded mirrors require you to filter the light through a similarly colored ring before you fill the meter, adding a layer of complexity to the proceedings. I haven’t played through the whole puzzle game, so I don’t know how many variations there are, but I have found a lens that swirls the light, allowing you to fill color coded meters that would otherwise be next to impossible to fill.

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Smallville’s Kristin Kreuk is set to play the main character, Chun-Li, in the upcoming film Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li. It will release in theaters on February 27th, 2009. I came across this poster after reading some reviews.

You can click here to see some photos from the set. Now I’m curious about the trailer.