Scribblenauts

It seems to me that some of the most creative games come with a -nauts suffix. Tenseiga advertised this game throughout the office today. And man, I am really thankful to him for that.

The objective of this game is to collect all the starites (basically, just stars) in each level. And you get these by solving some puzzles. But these are no ordinary puzzles. As a scribblenaut you have a notepad capable of bringing to life anything you write in its pages. Need a mischievous goon out of you way, try summoning police. Or a gun, if you dont mind blood on your hands. And if you want to get really nasty, type dinosaur or serial killer.

We ended up doing some crazy experiments today. Just for kicks, tenseiga summoned a time machine. And we could actually use it to go back in time? and we got a different level each time. I wonder how many such 'back in time' levels does the game have. And I wonder where a space ship will take me. (note to self: try this out tomorrow).

Next, we had a series of bouts between Jesus and Satan, Zeus and a Titan and a Ninja and a Samurai. Then we summoned a serial killer who bumped off everyone on that level. And being the nutcase that he is, tenseiga brought together a nuclear bomb and a terrorist in the same room and the expected happened. Next up was a black hole which sucked everything in.

By the end of it my jaw had dropped to the floor. How many things had the developers thought of. Their hard work and dedication is clearly visible. This little game, available on Nintendo DS can clearly put most, of not almost all of the mainstream titles to shame. A must play, even if you are not a gamer.