If that is your wish, I have no problems to follow it.

Great. You want to symbolize what?
Change? Energy? Evolution? Chaos? Revolution? Extremes?

Once you know what you want to symbolize, try to name some things that are like that. Just play a word association game.

Enter these words in google. In google's image search.

And don't forget - most people will judge you by the game, not the logo

EVOLUTION:
{"name":"B00004W21Q.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg","src":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/1\/a\/1a056c0612de051e28467f7914f12b5e.jpg","w":334,"h":475,"tn":"\/\/djungxnpq2nug.cloudfront.net\/image\/cache\/1\/a\/1a056c0612de051e28467f7914f12b5e"}

Not a logo, but maybe a first direction?

http://www.jray.de/battery.jpg

Now that Inphernic does not like me anymore, is it provocating that I like his music ?

Me personally I am someone who likes to snap. In RL I can compensate this with my sympathy, but here in the forum you cannot see my friendly smiles while attacking you. Don't take it too personally, Inphernic.

dude, http://www.allegro.cc/forums/view_thread.php?_id=463692#target that one kicks ass!

I think you should think of your logo as modular and flexible. A unique font and a particular spacing of the characters that make it look solid and coherent should be a foundation.

http://www.allegro.cc/forums/view_thread.php?_id=463757#target this is a good font! Have a variant that uses a filled version of the font if you need to have it smaller on a letterhead or at the bottom fotter of a webpage. You can also make a larger image that includes "revolution gameplay" if you'd like.

As far a colors. You might want to take them out alltogether until you have a font/spacing/balance that you like. This way you can match a particular color scheme of a game you're working on, to focus more on the game (which is really what is important). A good logo is 'transparent' to the company image it's trying to convey.

[ot: MacGuyver! not McGuiver no wonder it was so hard to find a picture! ]

I think the latest one is far too big. I think it shouldn't be bigger than the version I attached. Yeah, the last sentence is missing, but you get the idea.

Very good. Now think about that. I can't say I really see what the picture is supposed to be, but let's imagine it being batteries. Now, you chose batteries for a reason; they convey a connotation you want Jack Games to be associated with. Now iconify. Work with the idea of a battery and create something iconic that can represent Jack Games in the logo.

My point is, work with what you got. Work with the theme you chose, and try to figure out why you chose it, and how you can make something iconic from it.

Mmm, okay.

Micah, in case you haven't noticed, we're not trying to tell you to be a conformist, put on your cap and march along in step with the rest of us because we need to be good little robots. We're talking about visual common sense here. You want to make a logo that will stand out among the rest, but you're not seeing the forest for the trees; Sometimes, less is indeed more. This isn't about skipping details. This is about creating a simple piece of artwork that can be read and understood very quickly. Basically, a symbol for your company. Laser beams and gradient glows get in the way of that. When I see those, I think, "Drop your mouse and step away from that warezed copy of Photoshop!"

You want to understand symbology and how graphical media relates to it? Read something like Scott McCloud's "Understanding Comics".

Also, you seem to be hung up on the fact that a logo means text. While text can be a part of a logo, realize that we do not read individual letters, we read the shapes of words. So, a logo has to be a shape. It can indeed incorporate words, but as a part of the visual whole. A logo can be simply your company's name in a particular, style of font. It doesn't even need to be fancy.

Drop the "Revolution" stuff too. If you absolutely feel the need to add it, make it a small footnote somewhere. Here's a good example.

Of course, if you just want to ignore the advice of a bunch of helpful people (some who I am sure make a living at this kind of stuff), then go right ahead.

Don't be afraid to ask for help. The Gaping Wolf Logo wasn't designed by me, it was designed by a friend, who is studying graphical design and animation in college. Want to see my old GWS logo?

http://www.gapingwolf.com/artwork/gws_logo_old.jpg

Back in '98, I thought it was cool. Today, I see it for the horrific abortion of a logo that it is.

And here's My excuse for a logo - actually, it should probably be simplified a bit more

-A good logo is not an Image, it is a Symbol

mine:
http://www.markmusicproduction.com/images/titles/small_ad_blue.gif

[edit:
dangit!
http://www.markmusicproduction.com/images/titles/small_ad_blue.gif
]

I like Paul's and Torbjörn's

If you explained to us why you chose "Jack Games" as a name maybe we could give you some ideas for a theme.

Ok, that may not be my last try. Is this simple enough?

http://www.jray.de/jgtry3.jpg