Update for the one or two interested:
Just finished up on skin support: its in, its nice, its easy...(drop and play skin support)
the menu is great...i like it...
everything is smooth...theres 1 or 2 block place bugs i need to work out (NOTHING major)...eating still works 100%

the AI is better, im still going to work on it a bit, but at least it *tries* to play this time (match blocks etc)...
ive added support for up to 8 players... 8 players makes the boards quite small, but its very playable, and quite fun too
you can select who controls the board (ie player 1 controls board 1, ai for the rest... hell you can make player 1 control 7 boards and cpu for 8 (dont know why you would, but you can)...
two game modes: free for all and team (red vs blue)...can be you (team red) vs 7 (team blue) cpu if you want... altho you vs 2 ai is a challenge...
still debating on what the backgrounds should be (static textures, or a 'pretty' particle engine...)
network code and sound are all thats left to implement...
hopefully it runs smooth online

__it is fun__