A History of Matching Tile Games

"This article aims to write the history of a video game genre. The genre is that of matching tile games, video games where the object of the player is to manipulate tiles on a grid in order to create matches. For a few years, the best known and best selling matching tile games have been the Bejeweled series from PopCap games. Figure 1 shows Bejeweled 2 Deluxe (PopCap games 2005)."

Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords | Gamers With Jobs

"Like peanut butter and jelly, the Bejeweled-style puzzles and role-playing elements in Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords are a perfect match. The game smooshes these two flavors together, mingling their tastes into something unique and delicious. In a metaphor like this, the Nintendo DS is two slices of hard plastic bread, but don't focus on that."

I can't say enough things about this game. Truely a great combination of two gaming genres.

Peggle - Why is it fun?

"There’s something oddly compelling about PopCap’s latest release, Peggle. The game is basically Pachinko: You fire a ball from the top of the screen and watch it bounce around until it hits the bottom. That’s right, watch. The player is given zero influence and interactivity as soon as the ball leaves the starting cannon."

Interesting discussion on the merits of PopCap Games' new game, Peggle.