To demonstrate the versatile gameplay found in the procedural adventure game (that's our awesome term for it), 5th Cell included things like helping improve an old man's vision by giving him another eye. That doesn't work? How about a sniper rifle? And while we're talking about that, we'd like to express our delight that there is a game in which improving an old man's vision is an objective. Even beyond all the item-summoning stuff, there's a ton of creativity at work here.
Scribblenauts trailer attacks our weak point for massive damage
by JC Fletcher 
on Jul 24th 2009 2:15PM
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To demonstrate the versatile gameplay found in the procedural adventure game (that's our awesome term for it), 5th Cell included things like helping improve an old man's vision by giving him another eye. That doesn't work? How about a sniper rifle? And while we're talking about that, we'd like to express our delight that there is a game in which improving an old man's vision is an objective. Even beyond all the item-summoning stuff, there's a ton of creativity at work here.
Reader Comments (44)
Posted: Jul 24th 2009 2:19PM (Unverified) said
Oh.. No video?
... I could have sworn that.. Ah never mind.. No video then.
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... I could have sworn that.. Ah never mind.. No video then.
Posted: Jul 24th 2009 4:03PM Metal Gear said
I'm really getting tired of "MASSIVE DAMAGE" now. It was kind of cool and funny the first few times games had that reference, but now it just needs to die. It is in a lot of things now.
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Posted: Jul 24th 2009 4:43PM MowDownJoe said
Welcome to the Internet, where memes are beaten to death like a bad horse, then beaten some more.
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Posted: Jul 24th 2009 5:44PM kenofthedead said
I had a pencil that wrote letters and words before it actually got to them.
Turned out it was Satan himself. Unfortunately instead of anything demonic, he just wrote bad poetry about a girl named Lilith dumping him and marrying Beelzebub instead.
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Turned out it was Satan himself. Unfortunately instead of anything demonic, he just wrote bad poetry about a girl named Lilith dumping him and marrying Beelzebub instead.
Posted: Jul 24th 2009 2:30PM waynski1457 said
Lol, it's on the right if you want to watch it I guess...
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Posted: Jul 24th 2009 2:39PM xThePunisherx said
Title of the article made me spit out water.
Damn that joke never gets old.
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Damn that joke never gets old.
Posted: Jul 24th 2009 2:46PM cbarrentos said
oh my fucking god i want it so bad.
my life feels increasingly invalid every second that i do not have this game.
can i write "GLUE" to heal the hole that Scribblenauts current non-existence is leaving in my heart?
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my life feels increasingly invalid every second that i do not have this game.
can i write "GLUE" to heal the hole that Scribblenauts current non-existence is leaving in my heart?
Posted: Jul 25th 2009 9:20PM DerickDBrown said
Why would Glue be the solution to that problem? Surely suture, or flesh would be a better substitute?
I think you are going to fail at this game.
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I think you are going to fail at this game.
Posted: Jul 24th 2009 2:47PM (Unverified) said
I am far more excited for this little gem than for hyped blockbuster games.
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Posted: Jul 24th 2009 2:48PM (Unverified) said
this game runs on magic dust. that's the only way to explain how it's possible.
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Posted: Jul 24th 2009 3:12PM TRTX said
I'm surprised more people aren't commenting on this apparenty BioShock homage...
http://www.joystiq.com/photos/scribblenauts-7-24-09/2163802/
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http://www.joystiq.com/photos/scribblenauts-7-24-09/2163802/
Posted: Jul 24th 2009 9:26PM Curttehmurt said
are you sure that;s not just a guy in an old time-y diving suit
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Posted: Jul 24th 2009 3:43PM (Unverified) said
People are complaining about the amount of Scribblenauts news, but I think trailers are always good.
It is a good thing I pre-ordered it, because it's going to sell out really fast.
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It is a good thing I pre-ordered it, because it's going to sell out really fast.
Posted: Jul 24th 2009 8:57PM (Unverified) said
It's predetermined words that have been scripted in the game. It's limited to what they've included in their data base. It doesn't generate what you write.. you write something in order to spawn it.
It would be better off with a drop menu of everything you can spawn.
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It would be better off with a drop menu of everything you can spawn.
Posted: Jul 24th 2009 10:20PM MittenFace said
A drop down menu is hardly your imagination.
Seeing a list of possilibities isn't thought.
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Seeing a list of possilibities isn't thought.
Posted: Jul 24th 2009 10:39PM (Unverified) said
It's not imagination if it has to be certain words in order to work. lol
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Posted: Jul 24th 2009 11:36PM WhatIsThatThing said
You're just jealous that none of the words YOU want to show up are there.
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Posted: Jul 25th 2009 9:22AM (Unverified) said
Actually, you have NO idea how many things are in this game. If there was a drop down menu, it would take forever to find an item at the bottom of the list. It would need to have a search feature, which would be exactly the same as it is now.
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Posted: Jul 25th 2009 11:22PM The Nth Doctor said
And at E3, the list wasn't complete yet. They were still going through textbooks and adding things like obscure species of dinosaurs.
If it's a concrete noun, and not a person, and not crude, you can spawn it. Yes, you're imagination is limited to that, but I think everyone can agree that that's quite the minor limitation.
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If it's a concrete noun, and not a person, and not crude, you can spawn it. Yes, you're imagination is limited to that, but I think everyone can agree that that's quite the minor limitation.
Posted: Jul 24th 2009 10:07PM Shadowbender said
At first I thought this game was a little over-hyped, but now that I've seen more, this really looks fantastic.
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Posted: Jul 25th 2009 9:23AM (Unverified) said
I know what you mean. everyone is like that when they first see it.
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Posted: Jul 26th 2009 9:37AM MinimumWageNinja said
Agreed. Helibackpack? I guess the possibilities are insane.
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