As a follow-up to the previous post, I have entered Gem Blaster into a game development contest held by the Microsoft RIA Development Center Portal web site. I am happy to say that it has made it into the Finalists group of 6 games that are being showcased for the next few weeks on the RIA web site:

http://www.devx.com/RIA/Door/37728

The final judging is done based on popularity among visitors there. They basically track number of visits to each game, as well as how long people stay there, whether they come back and revisit, etc. So if you like it, please pass the link around to your friends and ask them to check it out too.