Originally Posted by eastx Benjamouth, do you actually come from the UK? I might have to start imagining your comments with a British accent! I don't see why you couldn't buy games over Wi-Fi using your credit card though, unless you just prefer not to do that.

I do indeed (been in the states about 7 years now), and I do sport a British accent

Yeah I could do that, but I'm nervous about associating my credit card with my phone because I don't want to end up with a credit card associated with my Live account, especially after that FIFA 12 debacle.

Probably sounds a bit paranoid but there it is.

Originally Posted by benjamouth I do indeed (been in the states about 7 years now), and I do sport a British accent Yeah I could do that, but I'm nervous about associating my credit card with my phone because I don't want to end up with a credit card associated with my Live account, especially after that FIFA 12 debacle. Probably sounds a bit paranoid but there it is.

As someone who's had their Live account broken into twice due to the FIFA debacle, I can assure you that you're not being paranoid. Twice I had a sum of 4000+ MS points sucked away and spent on FIFA Ultimate Teams. And despite me never even playing the game, MS refused to refund me back and denied that there was any suspicious activity. They're lucky they make the only phone OS I actually like, or I'd cut ties with them altogether.

Any word why we never got Alphajax?

They better not just make that the game for next Wednesday and then give us nothing else.

I can't get over hoe awesome the Lumia 920 is. Coming from the POS LG Quantum, this thing is amazing. Highly recommended for anyone in the market for a new Windows Phone.

Originally Posted by seanr1221 Any word why we never got Alphajax? They better not just make that the game for next Wednesday and then give us nothing else.

I asked the devs to email me but they never did. :(

Originally Posted by captaintek3304 As someone who's had their Live account broken into twice due to the FIFA debacle, I can assure you that you're not being paranoid. Twice I had a sum of 4000+ MS points sucked away and spent on FIFA Ultimate Teams. And despite me never even playing the game, MS refused to refund me back and denied that there was any suspicious activity. They're lucky they make the only phone OS I actually like, or I'd cut ties with them altogether.

MS refunded my money?

Most people I know who have had their accounts cracked were met with success when dealing with Microsoft, but it doesn't always work out for everyone.

Originally Posted by eastx I asked the devs to email me but they never did. :(

Dang :(

If you have time, you should reach out to Halfbrick. I'm curious when Jetpack Joyride is coming, especially since its already on Windows 8.

Also ask them what ever happened to Age of Zombies.

Originally Posted by seanr1221 Dang :( If you have time, you should reach out to Halfbrick. I'm curious when Jetpack Joyride is coming, especially since its already on Windows 8. Also ask them what ever happened to Age of Zombies.

Jetpack Joyride is one of my favorite all time mobile games. Shame it's never made it to WP, and kind of weird since Halfbrick seems to have a pretty good relationship with MS.

Its announced for WP8.

I agree on it being good. I've put around 35 hours into the IOS version.

AlphaJax is out, 6 days late/1 day early

Have 2 games going at the moment, neither of the other guys have actually played a word yet. Looks like a lot of the achievements can be earned locally in the "Pass & Play" mode so that is good.

Also, as far as I can tell, the game doesn't penalize for bad words, it just lets you play another word. Just like Wordfeud, I won't be playing too much of this because of that. All my friends I played Wordfeud with seem to think it's okay to spam words until something works, instead of, ya know, playing words they actually know.

At WPCentral we're starting a push to make article headlines more interesting in order to catch more readers... They even want this to extend to reviews. So instead of "Wordament Review" or "Wordament: Xbox Windows Phone Review", I'd have to use headlines like "Wordament will put your word finding skills to the test."

Do you guys think this is a good idea? If not, could you give me some good reasons why? I'd like to make a case that it's bad and will make reviews harder to discern from other content, but I'm having trouble putting it into words.

Also, send me AlphaJax invites!

If anyone wants to add me in AlphaJax add my GT:MetalMegaGio.

My wife and I are having a lot of fun with AlphaJax so far. I didn't realize that it's a "by post" kind of game, which I really like. It's just nice not having to worry about time constraints and focusing all of my attention on a word game when I'm trying to do other things. I'm playing, like, five different games at once completely at my leisure. Good stuff.

Originally Posted by eastx At WPCentral we're starting a push to make article headlines more interesting in order to catch more readers... They even want this to extend to reviews. So instead of "Wordament Review" or "Wordament: Xbox Windows Phone Review", I'd have to use headlines like "Wordament will put your word finding skills to the test." Do you guys think this is a good idea? If not, could you give me some good reasons why? I'd like to make a case that it's bad and will make reviews harder to discern from other content, but I'm having trouble putting it into words. Also, send me AlphaJax invites!

I can't really say I necessarily have any good reasons, but I don't like "catchy" titles simply because I think they sound dumb. A lot of Nintendolife readers praise their reviews for the pun-filled taglines they use, but it makes me groan. It feels so forced and uninspired. And do that with actual titles is even worse, especially for reviews. I totally agree that it keeps the titles from sounding out. In your example, it sounds like you're merely showcasing Wordament to bring it to people's attention; it doesn't imply a review at all.

I'm sure some kind of compromise can be made. Maybe label the article as a review, but include a subtitle. You know, something like "Wordament Review: Put your word finding skills to the test." I dunno, I guess I'm not much help, but at least you can say you have one vote for simple, to-the-point titles.

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Does anyone know if AlphaJax uses cloud saving like Wordament?

While were at it, does anyone have a complete list of Xbox LIVE WP games that use cloud saving? I know there can't be many. I'm just trying to prioritize my backlog before upgrading to WP8.

Originally Posted by ZombieToast I'm sure some kind of compromise can be made. Maybe label the article as a review, but include a subtitle. You know, something like "Wordament Review: Put your word finding skills to the test."

ZombieToast took the words right out of my mouth. Subtitles are the way to go. Basically every video game review website I read uses subtitles, either in the actual title or in the subheader.

I definitely think the word "review" needs to be in the title. For example, I like Gamespot's reviews but I hate pretty much everything else that site does, with their constant streams and videos and lack of actual "news" coverage. So I just look for the articles with the words "review" in them. Not saying I do that at WP Central, but there definitely could be readers that do.

Thanks guys! Looks like the subtitle think worked out. Today's review:

Jet Set Go Review: Leaving on a jet plane...

Tyler, the people you're complaining about use solver websites, which is a form of cheating. Guessing isn't bad in and of itself IMO because you can only guess short words that have relatively low impact on the game. But using a solver, you can build crazy long words that nobody could ever think of on their own. I've had 2 'friends' do this to me already since the game went live, and I want to strike them.

Originally Posted by tylerh1701 AlphaJax is out, 6 days late/1 day early Have 2 games going at the moment, neither of the other guys have actually played a word yet. Looks like a lot of the achievements can be earned locally in the "Pass & Play" mode so that is good. Also, as far as I can tell, the game doesn't penalize for bad words, it just lets you play another word. Just like Wordfeud, I won't be playing too much of this because of that. All my friends I played Wordfeud with seem to think it's okay to spam words until something works, instead of, ya know, playing words they actually know.

Hey now, I play and utilize words I know with wordfeud. I love wordfeud personally. Play that game with my family. My wife loss all her enthusiasm playing with me because I win every time. I should have probably allowed her to chalk up a few wins....

I have to admit I cheated once playing wordament in spanish in my attempt towards an achievement, but decided against doing it again. I did not like cheating others and my attempt failed anyway.

I have yet to play alpha Jax. Reading comments about the game made me lose all my enthusiasm to play. Plus my phone is starting to behave like a teenager and won't do what I want it to do. It would have been perfect if I could transfer my game data so I can try a hard reset.

Originally Posted by eastx Thanks guys! Looks like the subtitle think worked out. Today's review: Jet Set Go Review: Leaving on a jet plane... Tyler, the people you're complaining about use solver websites, which is a form of cheating. Guessing isn't bad in and of itself IMO because you can only guess short words that have relatively low impact on the game. But using a solver, you can build crazy long words that nobody could ever think of on their own. I've had 2 'friends' do this to me already since the game went live, and I want to strike them.

I hate people who cheat too. But I'm talking something like the word LOOK, where the K is two spaces away from a triple word score. Some people I've played with will play things like ZAK, ZEK, ZIK, ZOK, ZUK, JAK, JEK, JIK, JOK, JUK until the game accepts one of those stupid ass words and gives the person like 60 points. That's what frustrates me.

Originally Posted by MastrMeatWad Hey now, I play and utilize words I know with wordfeud. I have to admit I cheated once playing wordament while playing spanish in my attempt towards an achievement. I have yet to play alpha Jax. Reading comments about the game made me lose all my enthusiasm to play. Plus my phone is starting to behave like a teenager and won't do what I want it to do. It would have been perfect if I could transfer my game data so I can try a hard reset.

Haha yeah, I don't recall having any problems playing against you. Except that I lost a lot, that sucked.

Originally Posted by tylerh1701 I hate people who cheat too. But I'm talking something like the word LOOK, where the K is two spaces away from a triple word score. Some people I've played with will play things like ZAK, ZEK, ZIK, ZOK, ZUK, JAK, JEK, JIK, JOK, JUK until the game accepts one of those stupid ass words and gives the person like 60 points. That's what frustrates me. Haha yeah, I don't recall having any problems playing against you. Except that I lost a lot, that sucked.

I was always getting slaughtered until I began to always look for the TW, TL, DL, etc. What sucks is the ability to get stuck with all vowels or consonants. The other thing I do not like is there are several words wordfeud does not recognize that it should, imo.


i just started playing let's Golf 2 and so far I have enjoyed it. I love hot shots golf and that title is the reason I take out the psp sporadicaly. I just wish it was possible to 100% the achievements.