Comments on: There Was a Young Lady Who Swallowed a Fly

By: Twitted by lejoueurseleve

Twitted by lejoueurseleve — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:55:18 +0000

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By: Silarn

Silarn — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:30:05 +0000

I would argue that Scribblenauts reaches its peak when you combine an adult vocabulary with child-like experimentation.

I, for one, never went for the ‘obvious’ solution to the puzzles because that’s exactly what would make the game incredibly dull.

The fun comes in doing the extraordinary, and the game recognizes and rewards you for it in the scoring system. (Usually…)

Personally, I think you should get bonus points for making a Rube Goldberg machine. Sadly, you do not.

By: Flo

Flo — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 12:13:15 +0000

“This post is exactly what every disappointed Scribblenauts player needs to read and also shows the flaws in leaving game reviews to adults”

The only thing I retain from this post besides a short-lived smile is that frogs haven’t been coded to interact with flies. I can giggle up until the point I put the trampoline in there, but if I end up having to delete everything to summon yet another swat/spray/heavy object to crush the insect, that would have been 10 seconds of giggles for two minutes of bore.

By: The Sunday Papers | Rock, Paper, Shotgun

The Sunday Papers | Rock, Paper, Shotgun — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 12:06:33 +0000

[...] Simon Parkin writes about why the genius-yet-disappointing DS game Scribblenauts really is a game for kids. As in, in a good way. As in, it’ll improve the game enormously if you play it with one. [...]

By: Kay

Kay — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:01:10 +0000

This is exactly what makes the game fun and also very demanding for me. It pushes the limit of your imagination – if you let it do.

It can be very easy if you stick to a handful of objects that will always do the job. But the real fun comes when you constantly try to think outside of the box and outdo yourself.

So getting all the levels done with three different solutions is tricky!

Playing it with children sounds priceless – maybe they should add the “Touch! Generations” logo to it?

By: Gerard

Gerard — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:29:20 +0000

This post is exactly what every disappointed Scribblenauts player needs to read and also shows the flaws in leaving game reviews to adults

By: owen-b

owen-b — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:56:42 +0000

Brilliant! And so very true. I lost interest in scribblenauts very quickly for the reasons you describe, and would love to have a child around to play the game with. In fact I think it should be part of the curriculum at nursery schools and kindergarten!