Gamezebo: Bejeweled Blitz

Turning the traditionally solitary match-3 experience into a competitive social game was a stroke of genius that only PopCap could perfect. Little touches like achievements and tournaments provide a decent incentive to keep playing, but seeing where you sit on your friends leaderboard is the perfect carrot on a stick. It’s next to impossible to walk away before your high score knocks a friend down a ranking, and when it does you’re going to love breaking out the smack talk.

Veterans of Bejeweled 2 will feel right at home with Bejeweled Blitz, as the fundamentals of gameplay seem to be borrowed from the sequel to the original classic. Like all version of Bejeweled (with the exception of Bejeweled Twist), the object of the game is to swap gems vertically and horizontally in an attempt to match three or more. Like Bejeweled 2 though, Blitz is super-charged with the addition of power gems and hypercubes.