Shadee’s Blog

I think the person who did the second version was just about dead on when it comes to what the cat was thinking lol

Got this amazing game for the DS. It’s called Scribblenauts. It’s a 2D Puzzle game and when I first read the description I simply didn’t believe it. I just didn’t believe that they could’ve managed to put such a concept together. Normally in puzzle games you have to solve certain problems to get to the end of the level. You usually either find items to solve these puzzles with in the level itself or you’re given a set number of items at the start of each level.

Ok…

Now in Scribblenauts that’s not how it works.

You get to type (or write) the name of the item you want to use to solve the puzzle with. No… it’s not something pre-determined which you have to guess right or else it won’t give it to you. You literally get to type whatever you can come up with, and chances are very good that the game will give it to you.

Example:

I was faced with a soccer puzzle. I had to score a goal. The first couple of times the goalie caught the ball before it went in. And there was this other chick on the field who kept cheering. So I got annoyed. I typed “Hooligan” just for laughs and guess what? I got a soccer hooligan. And he proceeded to beat the shit out of everyone just like I wanted! Granted, he beat the crap out of me too and I still failed the level but it was SO worth it!

So as I’m sure you can imagine, lots of time in that game is wasted just summoning absurd items and watching the train wreck happen. There’s even a blank level screen where you can do just that without dying.

Chupacabra is in there. He does chase and kill goats if you summon them.
The headless horseman attacks you until you give yourself a pumpkin, then he becomes intrigued. You can send vampires running with cloves of garlic. Summon a nuclear bomb to just obliterate everything. Ride horses, pegasus, pterodactyls, you name it and it’s probably available.

So long story short, it’s an amazing little game with a huge library of items with their own interactions. Of course it doesn’t have “eeeverything”, no brand names or vulgarity, and there’s some things missing, but I really had to try very hard to find something it didn’t have.

So if this is the type of game that sounds interesting to you I would definitely recommend checking it out. I can see myself playing this game for quite a long time. Even going back to old levels to try different methods just to see how creative I can get

-Dee(Essing)