Puzzling

I'll tell you what I'm not doing right now, and that's playing Puzzle Quest. Let me explain.

Puzzle Quest is excellent.

Wait, you need more? Puzzle Quest is that special type of excellent that takes somebody who doesn't play a lot of video games, and makes them steal your DS. Maria likes video games fine, but she doesn't have a lot of patience and has never managed to get more than five minutes into an RPG before getting overwhelmed and losing interest.

Puzzle Quest is an RPG, and displays most of the tropes of the RPG genre, but instead of resolving combat through menu items or button mashing, you beat up on opponents by playing Bejeweled. Specifically, matching gems gets you mana that you use to cast your spells. The game has no time limits so you get to play at your own pace. It's super deep, and super fun. And since Friday, Maria and I have been fighting over the DS. If only we could resolve the fights over some Bejeweled...