GAME LOGO & APP ICON: For a multiplayer Windows and mobile word game I am building

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Logo Design Brief
BACKGROUND
Word Mash is a fast-paced, strategic, multiplayer word "thinking" game to be released on Windows 8, Windows 10 and Windows Phone based around nouns, adjectives, verbs, dictionary words, definitions and building sentences against the clock!
STYLE
I require an exciting, yet graphically simple logo and app tile icon design to fit this style. I want the design to be clever yet easy to read and eye catching. I want users to see the logo and want to click and download the game.
KEY POINTS:
1. My game's main colour scheme is shades of blue, and white text, Background of game is blue, so logo should contrast or compliment, depending on your design strategy.
3. Remember that the target market for this game is ages 18 - 60, with a more mature audience intention. The design should be sophisticated yet not corporate and still fun.
4. As my game fundamentally is based around words and the English language, clarity and emphasis of the text in the logo "Word Mash" is key; I want clear to look at, crisp and clever - As much context as you can give back to the game and it's concept/objectives would be great, for example how the Netflix logo gives context in it to watching movies on a big screen.
Other than that, you are the designer let your ideas run free!
OUTPUT (Must be Vector - .AI or equivalent):
1. A logo (any dimensions);
2. A reusable SQUARE Windows 8/10 / Windows Phone application icon (min legible size, 24x24 pixels) so it can be used for all the varying size requirements here: http://our.componentone.com/2012/01/06/windows-8-icon-sizes/
Industry/Entity Type
Building
Logo Text
WORD MASH
Logo styles of interest
Emblem Logo
Logo enclosed in a shape



Pictorial/Combination Logo
A real-world object (optional text)



Wordmark Logo
Word or name based logo (text only)


Font styles to use
Look and feel
Each slider illustrates characteristics of the customer's brand and the style your logo design should communicate.