This week I've become fairly addicted to an iPhone game called Words With Friends. It's basically Scrabble, played like chess-by-mail via the interweb. I can challenge friends anywhere to a game, then my phone lets me know when they've made a move. I can take as long as I want to make my move, and so on. My LDF was playing it with her sister all the time, and I finally grew curious. I had no idea how hooked I would get. I've always enjoyed Scrabble, but never been a fanatic. But this game really gets me. I have to exercise considerable willpower not to play when I need to be doing other things. As an addiction, though, it seems pretty innocuous. It was a free download, and if anything it's challenging the verbal portion of my brain, increasing my vocabularity. If you have free time, I highly encourage you to look into Words With Friends. It's available for Android as well as iPhone, and also on the computer, I believe. My user name is GingerDana, and I'm ready to play you!
