Jordan Independent - Online word games - Comments

I actually haven't played

Ruth Anne Maddox — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:11:55 -0500

I actually haven't played any online games at work but I love Zuma -- and I haven't played it at home lately because we got a new computer (almost a year ago) and I'm afraid to download the program it needs for fear of bogging things down.

I do play Mahjong, though, which has some versions that you can play without downloading anything, and a stupid, mindless game called Poppit that I caused my daughter to become addicted to, as well as Word Whomp and a few others.

I don’t know what the dot

Brandon — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 09:21:54 -0500

I don’t know what the dot game is, so you’ll have to explain it. Depending on who I play Scrabble with, my partners’ turns can take as long as a week or only a few minutes. I’m usually the one who takes too long to complete my turn because of work, so I don’t think it’s cutting into my productivity.

When I was playing Scrabble,

Mathias Baden — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:31:04 -0500

When I was playing Scrabble, it was distracting from work. Too much thinking. So I switched to the Dot Game.

(Mathias Baden is the editor of the Jordan Independent. He can be reached at editor@jordannews.com.)

Online word games

Brandon — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:10:00 -0500

For a couple of months now, I’ve been somewhat addicted to online versions of “Scrabble.” I also recently rediscovered my love of the online “Jumble” game.

What games do you play online? Do they cut into your office productivity?