You're not imagining things, and you're doing everything right, just seems the site has gone to crap.
When I first visited (a couple months ago when it was new) the games were playable; but I have returned now to find the same thing you report--a "loading" message followed by a non-playable screen.
Seems usa doesn't have enough cash to pay for a decent webmaster and/or programmer.
I first noticed this problem last week, when I tried character sudoku; but the same problem is still occurring.
As for me, I won't be wasting any further time on the crappy website, I just think they should stop advertising it between shows when it doesn't even work!
Too bad, the games were kinda fun...
QUOTE (daniell425 @ Jul 21 2008, 08:14 PM)

Can someone help me? I'm not able to play games for some reason. I select my game, watch the ad while it loads, and then click on continue when it's ready. It takes me to a screen with a white box which tells me to use my mouse to play. The game never starts! I keep looking for some secret button that I'm overlooking! It's not any ONE game, it's every game I've tried. I'd appreciate any ideas!
**go green**
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