Is this the world's most addictive game?

Remember the name Michael Fromwiller, because he just ruined your life.

An amateur game maker and World of Warcraft junkie, the San Jose State undergrad decided to break more than a few laws by creating an unauthorized clone of the great puzzle game Bejeweled (called, laughingly, Besharded) that could be played in the middle of a Warcraft session. While such insolence normally leads to a barrage of cease and desist letters, Bejeweled publisher PopCap Games opted for a much different strategy.

They hired him.

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Soon, the fruit of his labor will create what might possibly be the most addictive game of all-time, as Bejeweled is set to appear as a free downloadable add-on for World of Warcraft on Thursday.

According to a preview at WoW Insider, the classic match-three timewaster is intended to be played during long flights across Azeroth and includes nifty features like persistent high score lists and in-game achievements. And if you happen to stumble into combat while swapping gems, the Bejeweled game screen will kindly disappear -- sort of like our social lives after this beast arrives.

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