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Garth Chouteau
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International:
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Player Profiles


Player Profiles are provided as Word Documents. 'Right-click and Save-as' the player name, to download full text.

 

 

Suzanne Nielsen, 40's
Australia: Special Games For Students With Special Needs. (30 KB)

 

Sonya & Taylor Johnson, 32 and 10
Southern New Hampshire: Aunt and niece battle disabilities with inspirational gameplay (31 KB)

 

Vivian Paige, 45
Norfolk, Virginia: Busy CPA takes Zuma on the road for stress relief. (31 KB)

 

Sharon Karp, 55
Chicago, IL: Documentary film-maker discovered Bejeweled in Buenos Aires. (30 KB)

 

Brian Ambrozy, 31
Warren, MI: Video Game Journalist is Critically Addicted to Zuma (31 KB)

 

Rick Fortin, 47
Quebec, Canada: Retired Trucker is Czar of Zuma (96 KB)

 

Gwen Connell, 81
Fort Myers, FL: Busy Octogenarian Plays Peggle and Bookworm for Fun and Mental Exercise (20 KB)

 

Kavitha Shah, 23
Odessa, TX: Playing Bejeweled for Fun and ($1 million in) Profits (31 KB)

 

Mark Wiedemann, 57
Arcata, CA: Emergency Room Doctor Unwinds with Bookworm (28 KB)

 

Toni Hague, 68
Havasu Lake, CA: Disabled Senior Chooses Chuzzle for its Calming Qualities (30 KB)

 

Jim Grayson, 57
Lexington, KY: Disabled Minister Keeps Mind Active w/Hidden Object Games While Waiting on a Miracle (31 KB)

 

Head Injury Association
Commack, NY: Head Trauma Survivors Find Fun and Friendship Via Hidden Object Games (30 KB)

 

Jackie Strickland, 67
Montevallo, AL: Great-Grandmother May Be World’s Top Zuma Player (30 KB)

 

Donna Hensley, 49
Alma, MI: Parkinson’s Sufferer and Near-Death Survivor Plays Chuzzle, Bookworm to Stay Sharp (31 KB)

 

Steve Day, 38
Portsmouth, England: 18-Million Point Shot Puts British Peggle Player At the Top (34 KB)

 

Bernie Peng & Tammy Li, 26/27
Jersey City, NJ: Hacking Bejeweled to Win Marriage Proposal "Yes" (29 KB)

 

TerryAnn Holzgrafe, 45
Rio Rico, AZ: Disabled Teacher Uses Bookworm Adventures To Motivate Disabled Students (30 KB)

 

Elsie Porter, 53
Fife, WA: Muscular Dystrophy Sufferer Turns to Bejeweled, Peggle and Bookworm for Relief (29 KB)

 

Elizabeth Bear, 36
Hartford, CT: Sci-Fi Author Chooses Chuzzle to Chill Out (30 KB)

 

Sylvia Lewis, 58
Castro Valley, CA: Fighting MS With Bejeweled and Bookworm (29 KB)

 

Cherie Priest, 32
Seattle, WA: Horror Novelist Fantasizes About Peggle (34 KB)

 

Sharon Gowan, 55
Port Albermi, B.C.: Grammar School Teacher is Bookworm Believer (31 KB)

 

Crystal Riley, 26
Metropolis, IL: Four-Year Old Shows Mom and Dad How to Peggle Like a Pro (32 KB)

 

Cindy Robertson, 55
Chanute, KS: World's #1 Fan Writes the Book on Bejeweled (33 KB)

 

Melton Family
Huntersville, NC: Parents and Daughters Bond Over Bookworm Adventures (31 KB)

 

Jack Henderson, 48
Wheaton, IL: Thriller Writer Overcomes Blocks with Pegs and Marbles (37 KB)

 

Gary Robinson, 58
Swannanoa, NC: Disabled Senior Stays Strong with Peggle and Bookworm (28 KB)

 

Port Alberni Alternative School
Port Alberni, BC: Challenged Students Flock to Bookworm Adventures (32 KB)

 

Beth & Gunnar Schramek, 35 and 8
Clearwater, FL: Addressing Autism Through Casual Games. (22 KB)

 

Heather Wilson, 14
Alaska: Teen With Disabilities Takes to Typer Shark (37 KB)

 

Victorie Telford, 59
Adelanto, California: Chronic Arthritis Sufferer Uses Bejeweled for Relief. (28 KB)

 

Cynthia Whitehead, 57
Oakland, California: 50-something Lawyer's Deep, Dark Secret. (28 KB)

 

Diannah Morgan, 50
Los Angeles, California: Honing Mental and Visual Acuity with Casual Games. (28 KB)

 

Amie Peoples, 50
Ashland, Kentucky: Doctor's Orders: Brain Calisthenics. (29 KB)

 

Renee Riley, 41
Shasta Lake, California: Computer guru derives "me time" from casual games. (29 KB)

 

Stacey Kurtz, 35
Wisconsin: Fighting Addiction Through Casual Games (30 KB)

 

Elizabeth Zima, 52
Calistoga, California: Dreaming about Bejeweled. (31 KB)

 

Sandy Butts, 63
Sturgis, Kentucky: Stress relief and mental workouts for Kentucky retiree. (30 KB)

 

Cheryl Yetter, 64
Paskenta, California: Battling Cancer With Bookworm. (31 KB)

 

Gail Nichols, 45
St. Mary's, Kansas: Bejeweled 2 helped save her life. (30 KB)

 

Jean Sumption, 50's
To keep her memory and cognition at its best, she plays PopCap titles. (30 KB)

 

John Meade, 45
Foley, Alabama: Emergency room doctor in Alabama plays PopCap games for "mental downtime". (32 KB)

 

Mary Sue Twohy, 36
Washington, D.C.: Takes Bejeweled with her everywhere she goes - on her cellphone. (29 KB)

 

Michele Lewis, 44
Harlem, Georgia: Michele Lewis knows how to motivate her children. (28 KB)

 

Mike Maraldo, 27
Santa Cruz, California: Mike Maraldo plays PopCap games at work as a ambulance driver, sometimes until the sun rises. (29 KB)

 

Pat Dolan, 43
St. Cloud, Florida: Pat Dolan blames her husband Jeff for her Bookworm "addiction". (29 KB)

 

Pat Francis
Virginia: Pat Francis plays Bookworm for fun - and exercise. (29 KB)

 

Rose Minior, 49
Framingham, MA: Overall, I feel sharper in terms of my reading and writing abilities since I started playing Bookworm regularly. (28 KB)

 

Ruth Crawford, 50's
Grovetown, GA: Lost her memory two years ago, her husband Marc came up with the idea of playing Bookworm. (29 KB)

 

Bob Spafford, 62
Olympia, Washington: Bob Spafford is a dyed-in-the-wool geek - with a twist. (32 KB)

 

Michelle Zebell, 35
Niles, Michigan: doesn't think of herself as a "computer gamer" – yet she plays PopCap's hit casual games on her PC for 30 to 40 hours a week (29 KB)

 

Tom & Victoria Kim, 35
Chicago, Illinois: Tom and Victoria Kim have both played PopCap's puzzle, word and arcade-style games for years (31 KB)

 

Kathryn Church, 35
Broken Arrow, OK: Pro home builder plays Bejeweled competitively and for stress relief (30 KB)

 

Susan Mercado & Vickie Neutzler, 50 somethings
Syracuse, NY & Carmine, TX: Friends Stay in Touch, Compete For High Scores AND Smaller Dress Sizes Via Bookworm and Chuzzle (32 KB)

 

Brandon Fialkow, 8
Vocabulary Whiz Kid Enjoys Adventuring with Lex the Bookworm (32 KB)

 

Jessica Smith, 32
Hardcore Gamer Likes to Lose Herself in Zuma (30 KB)

 

Kristin & Tyler Brown, 33 & 8
Battling Autism with PopCap Games (28 KB)

 

Jeanette McDonald, 53
Social worker who spends nights unwinding with hidden-object games (30 KB)

 

Jeff Pastor, 62
Indiana Man Turns Depression Around with On-the-Go Bejeweled (29 KB)