I recently tried to play a flash game, but I.E refuses to do so. The weird stuff if that a few weeks ago I could perfectly watch the zhu_zhq movies without a problem. Is there a way around this ...

Did you try searching for a copy of it stored in your cache? Do a search for all *.swf files and there might be a copy stored in your local temp.internet files folder. If it's there, just copy and ...