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Just original enough to make it stand out from the crowd, and so finely tuned as to demand a begrudging nod of respect from even non-casual gamers, Peggle Deluxe has kept us late after work, and even put back the development of The Orange Box, perhaps to include the last-minute Half-Life-themed extension, Peggle Extreme. Despite their popularity and strong sales, we never really took PopCap games too seriously - that is, until Peggle. Their PC offerings are slick, intuitive, generally not very original, but queerly compelling.

Their flagship game, Bejeweled, has been bought by over five million people, and played for free online by untold millions more, making it more popular than life itself (or at least, about as popular as Half-Life 2).