Not quite free-as-in-beer, more free-as-in-you-have-to-download-Amazon's-Android-Market-app, but you can acquire the indisputably fun PopCap game pitting cute plants against cuter zombies without laying down a penny if you get on it before midnight tonight. No one will know if you delete the Amazon app afterward, but they are promising a paid app for free every day, so there's that.

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  • This could be you.

The fine print says it doesn't work on the Droid and isn't optimized for tablets, plus you need to set up 1-click purchasing and have a wi-fi connection. They could make this easier. Still: free.

The Stranger Testing Department is Rob Lightner and Paul Hughes.