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Today on the bus, I noticed a kid with a DSi in front of me, and because my seat was higher decided to watch him play seeing what he would do.
Interestingly, from failure after failure he kept attempting more random objects until he was finally able to complete his objective, but some of the things he used surprised me.
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It sucks for me, because the game is not puzzling at all. hahaha. Just get a helicopter and a rope, and the possibilities are endless. :D
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The fun is in CREATIVELY figuring out a situation.
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A "hard mode" where you had to play through the entire game without using any words more then once. As in once you summon something and clear the stage then the game locks it out for the rest of the playthrough.
Come on, tell me I'm wrong! XD
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If deliberate, brilliant.
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Clearly wasn't deliberate, as it has now been changed, leaving this comment entirely meaningless. Ho hum. Good deed for the day done.
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Example: While playing the level where our hero needs to clean up the park, my girlfriend joked that I should call for a prisoner to help. Having not yet stumped it, I gave it a shot. A prisoner popped into the game, picked up a can, threw it out, and then beat me to death.
I could not say how many times I have come up with a ridiculously far-reaching scenario and not only had it come up in the dictionary, but actually allowed me to succesfully complete the level.
Its nice to see games such as these, those that truly celebrate imagination and creativity for all ages, getting some positive buzz. Its nice to see the game industry getting positive buzz at all.
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You just reminded me that he never updates anymore :(
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(Note to self... fire up Scribblenauts tonight and enter "Slaczka")
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Internet friends. Please, just hear me out, even if I'm coming off as some stuck up and pretentious grammar Nazi. The following sentence does not exist: "I should/would OF done (insert whatever)." No! You cannot use of in that way, the correct word you're looking for is "have" as in "I should/would HAVE done (insert whatever)." I understand why people use "of," because when using the informal conversational contraction it comes out as "should've," which when spoken sounds like "should of." But please. It's wrong, and it makes you look like a pretty big fool. As mentioned, I know it's the internet and I shouldn't care about an anonymous person's misuse of their own language, but for awhile when I was in college I was substitute teaching in a local high school and was seeing this error constantly in papers. Please. For the sake of our children, stop!
End rant.
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One of my favourites is "mid-drift". It makes me think of a medical condition wherein your abdomen shifts laterally over time.
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While we're here, I'd like to rant briefly about the improper use of the apostrophe. I don't care if you're pluralizing an acronym or a decade (the 1980s) or a stack of apples... use upper and lower case to de-accentuate your pluralizing consonant if you have to, but for heaven's sake, keep away from apostrophes if you aren't indicating possession or contracting for style. At the very least it looks better, and less sloppy.
If you desperately need an apostrophe in your decade, abbreviate to _'80s_. The apostrophe should not go between the zero and the "s".
It warms my heart that Scribblenauts is teaching children how to spell. It's certainly less successful at teaching them to solve problems with a wide variety of authentically interactive objects. (I say this as a fan of both the game and the studio.)
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"Of" is an annoying one. One that I always notice is referring to a person "that" does something. If they're not inanimate, it's someone "who" does it. I figure getting people to use that one correctly would be as hard as arguing that a single person of unknown gender is "he" not "they," haha... (I'd use "he" on a formal paper, but "they" on sites like this one... on posts like this one!)
(Just because I'm basically laying out bait for other sticklers for correct speech, I'll address the myth that it's "sex" not "gender" - while the nuances are different, "gender" has been used to refer simply to a person's sex since at least the 1300s, and has centuries of common use as such...)
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[en.wiktionary.org]
Must have been pulled to the side from too much "towing the line" eh? ;)
Also, Scribblenauts has no idea what a Slaczka is - but if you summon Jeremiah, you get a guy with short dark spiky hair who will spontaneously breakdance if you leave him alone for a few seconds...
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sony pretty much does it, and msft could easily have added buttons on the zune hd and had an excellent portable.
i think it would be cool to have something like dq IX stored on your wii (esp if it had an hdd), and when you played it on the ds.. the save would transfer. so those of us who would like to play it on the tv when at home could do so.
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since i got my ps3 last fall.. ive neglected my portables.. but starting now and continuing to next year.. its pretty crazy for my pocket. i gotta buy all these great games for wii, ps3, ds, and then 360 and psp. and i support ipod touch gaming.. so ill have things to get there as well. dang i need 2 new jobs lol.
im interested in golden sun ds (nintendos shining force), im curious about heracles, and dq IX, sands of destruction, infinite space, and okamiden all look good! and shantae?! ive been following this game forever.. i cant wait. alls thats missing is a new 2d sonic, mega man zx, castlevania, and a 2d metroid.
i think im going to show my ds lots of love in 2010.
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