There are 22,802 words in Scribblenauts

Thanks man, you know, for killing original ideas because you aren't willing to spend a few buck to congratulate some hard working people in an industry that doesn't even pay for the hard work that gets put into it.

i'm not the most innocent person out there when it comes to piracy, but i'm not an asshole either just to save a few bucks

I'm guessing an illegally downloaded ROM, eh?

actually, i download roms as demo's. if i like it then i buy it.

My GUESS is, that he is still going to buy the game, but because the ROM was released days earlier he's playing it now.

I wish people would stop assuming that pirates don't buy games. At least 60-70% of people just want to try it before they buy it, or want to play it a couple days earlier. That doesn't mean they don't support developers, when in fact most people who pack the files specifically ask you to buy the game if you like it. Of course not everyone will follow it, but most of the comments on the torrent consist of "I liked it so much I bought it".

I actually wanna find the ROM to just get a taste of the game. I will no doubt buy it, I would never steal from a company that puts so much love into their game, like sribblenauts. that games deserves any penny :] 5th cell has done an amazing job!

"I wish people would stop assuming that pirates don't buy games." I don't think that's as much the case as is the simple fact that pirates are still pirates, ye filthy bilge rat.

Damn, you really are a weiner.

"I wish people would stop assuming that pirates don't buy games."

Most don't. Some do, but most do not.

Don't give us that try before you buy garbage, ever heard of renting games? I guess you think you're better than the rest of us. Crooks like you cost us billions a year across all industries.

Do you think companies just eat that loss? No, they pass that shit onto people who actually pay for their merch. So really your stealing from all of us. Go ahead and get indignant and try to justify it, but everyone else knows better, and you should feel bad.

I love when piracy comes up on Joystiq. When you read all the comments about it you know for a fact the average reader here is about 13-16. A clear lack of understanding is also demonstrated concerning the business AND moral side.

I often find the case of "you know, most of us actually DO buy the games"... and yet, if it's most of you (of which I doubt that) then what about the rest?
The rest DON'T buy the games.

If you can guarantee that your fellow un-buyers will be forced to buy it sooner or later, then we might forgive you, but in all honesty it either sounds like a filthy lie or an ill-planned encouragement.

It's about the same thing as leaving an open doorway that leads to the outside of a prison - most of you claim you come right on back, and are just relieving your stress by going out... but what about the rest that just run away?

Or perhaps, you think it's the same as the lesser example: Food samples in food stores - you want to sample the food before you buy it.
Except there's a problem with that comparison: IF IT REALLY IS LIKE THAT, you'd get a tiny demo of the game, not a semi-full or full version. You don't exactly take an ENTIRE HAM from a store to "try" it out before you buy it again.
And another thing: Some people just keep eating as much of the samples as they can, making sure they fill themselves up so they don't have to PAY for food.

...and most likely: MOST of those who eat the samples - NEVER buy it anyways. Or those who do buy it anyways, have always bought it - and henceforth, don't increase the sales by eating a sample.

I wish there was a way to rent games on the PC. : )

I have never played racing games before, I torrented Burnout Paradise and have enjoyed it so much, I am planning to buy it, its only $20 anyways.
I'll also buy games when I go to India in December, like when I bought GTA4 there for $10, not a pirated copy, full legit retail. They also have Sims 3 for $20 vs. $50 here. : )

There's also a good number of people who are zealously against video game piracy, but are more than willing to pirate music, movies, or other types of software; aka hypocrites.

Don't pirate this game! Toys R Us has a great deal for Tuesday only. When you buy Scribblenauts($29), you get a $15 gift card. Come on, a great deal for a great game. Why not support the devs and just buy it?

The game isn't out yet. He can't give the devs money whether not wants to. I'll buy it when it comes out on something I have, hopefully iPhone.

Oh stop it people, the only thing worse than a pirate that doesn't buy shit is the people that flaunt their 'superior morals'.

It's not so much morals as it is unhelpful to devs.

Sure, you could pirate a big name game and it would hardly hurt the glory of the dev, but once you pass that kind of treatment to "lesser-known" games, then it becomes... ...a BIG problem.

Games, ideas and companies can be considered as "failures" because of the lack of financial support it gets. It's not always about the marketing either, as many HAVE given lots of focus on their marketing campaign.

That's not morals - that's just a stupid reason as to why good companies and beginning franchises die off.

"I wish people would stop assuming that pirates don't buy games. At least 60-70% of people just want to try it before they buy it, or want to play it a couple days earlier."

i can tell by the subtle fecal odor surrounding your post where that particular percentage came from.

Or the devs can turn to Flash games, where they can actually make their money by banking on the game getting "pirated" and distributed to the non-paying masses on hundreds of websites.

@Matisyahu Serious

That percentage came from the amount of friends on Steam who torrent games but buy the ones that they like. Many of them have found "hidden gems" that get mediocre reviews or receive no hype at all but are amazing games.

I pirate games all the time, yet I'm sure my attach rate for consoles is still higher than the average gamer.

Buy the game, please.

As I see it, there are 22,802 possibilities for each level. Probably more if you combine them.

Panda on a unicycle FTW.

I would say that there are 22802! possibilities for each level. Practically infinite if you use items more than once.

But its over 9000.

You guys don't get it.
He's saying that if it had 22,803 words, he'd think it's worth the purchase.

I'm pretty sure that the game boasts over 22k words, but less than 22k objects.

The game uses a EXCELLENT use of synonyms.

If you type in "punk" you get the same sprite you would get if you typed "bully"
Type in "friend" or "dad" and you get the same sprite for "guy"

And "overninethousand" was NOT in that 22k Word list, but if you type it in the game, you get a monocle which an omage (synonym?) to DBZ's Scouter.

So I'm using that info to back my hypothesis.

They're LIARS!! Boycott them!

I kid. They did a good job. The game is fun and challenging.

You can fit a Doom 3 clone in 96kB, right?

Plum-bob and Joystiq (spelt the French way).

Well, according to the list its Zwieback and Zygote.

Zygote? Can't wait to see how that's used.

Professory Layton was 100 un rared. That was mostly due to all the videos, but file size does not determine if a game is good or bad.

I'm saying it's even better because how small it is, it's incredible what they managed to do

"I'm saying it's even better because how small it is, it's incredible what they managed to do"

that's what she said?

Oh the irony.
Some guy says "I downloaded the ROM illegally" and everyone teaches him his lesson, but here are two people talking about the cartridge size and un-rarring it....
Please, everyone! These people need moar hate!

DOWNVOTED!

@ esposch

I knew the file size (roughly) of call of duty 4 before it came out and i did not download it and that was the 360 version.

@JXC
The keyword is "un rarred"
....

According to the list you can spawn organs...

And ultrasonic dental scalers, and "all your base are belong to us". I tried that one, Couldn't tell you what it does.

"LHC" is awesome though.