I haven't heard of this glitch before... Maybe someone else has. Nothing does happen when you click play other than the time running, so are you typing and no numbers are appearing on the screen? Make sure that your "Num Lock" is not turned on either, or that won't allow you to type anything from your keypad (I've done that before!).
The universal answer to glitches is "clear your cache," although I don't know if that would work in this situation. Otherwise, I don't know any other way to fix broken games.