toblix Posted June 6, 2009 So, check this shit out (http://www.joystiq.com/2009/06/05/hands-on-scribblenauts/). It's a puzzle/action game where you just write something and the game spawns it from its huge dictionary. Replay value is added by preventing the same word from being used more than once, so you'll have to solve the same puzzle in different ways. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
James Posted June 6, 2009 I've been hearing about it for a while. I'm looking forward to testing just how extensive its lexicon is. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zomboid Posted June 6, 2009 Looking forward to trying: guano, hermaphrodite, Allah, Zubaz, yiff, goatse, Krampus, Ronald Reagan, photon, stripper, ouija board, Rat Fink, abortion, Salvador Dali, ectoplasm, beatnik, and iron lung. And with Paul Robertson involved, some of those might actually happen! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
James Posted June 6, 2009 Apparently keyboard cat is in there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Azazello Posted June 6, 2009 I know that longcat is, and he is loooong. And a mini-Gordan Freeman. This game has so much potential for awesome. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ondore Posted June 6, 2009 One of the developers posts on GAF and basically summed it up that they're going for an E or E10+ rating. So no Goatse, penis, et al. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toblix Posted June 6, 2009 Damn it, there goes my plan to knock down the tree using a shit piss cunt. Looks like I'll have to use the boxing gloves instead. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nappi Posted June 7, 2009 That's completely awesome idea! The library really seems quite large as well. I wish this thing was released on Wii as well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zomboid Posted June 7, 2009 One of the developers posts on GAF and basically summed it up that they're going for an E or E10+ rating. So no Goatse, penis, et al. Thanks for clearing that up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shakesbeard Posted June 8, 2009 Looks like now is the time for me to finally get a DS. I'd imagine there's some pretty decently priced Lites out there, given all this DSi hubbub, right? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
soupface Posted June 9, 2009 Looks like now is the time for me to finally get a DS. I'd imagine there's some pretty decently priced Lites out there, given all this DSi hubbub, right? Yeah, a bunch for about 90 CDN. That's a little less than half the price of a DSi. Looking forward to Scribblenauts. I wonder if localization will alter the lexicon some ("toque" in Canada, "fag" in Britain). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shakesbeard Posted June 9, 2009 Yeah, a bunch for about 90 CDN. That's a little less than half the price of a DSi.Looking forward to Scribblenauts. I wonder if localization will alter the lexicon some ("toque" in Canada, "fag" in Britain). "Announced today: Scribblenauts Canada! With 30% more chesterfields and poutine!" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zomboid Posted June 12, 2009 Neat Robert Ashley (A Life Well Wasted) thing about Scribblenauts & it's word-of-mouth wildfire: http://www.crispygamer.com/features/2009-06-11/scribblenauts-how-a-nobody-game-became-the-talk-of-this-years-e3.aspx Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
miffy495 Posted June 13, 2009 Cool, despite the fact that Ashley's voice irritates me for reasons I can't pin down, I really like ALWW. I'll give it a read. Also, I second the poutine sentiment. For whatever reason, I haven't had any since moving to Calgary in 2000. I know so many people who've never had it. My friend's girlfriend is from Ottawa and we'll often wax nostalgic about great Eastern Canadian traditions such as these that have not made it this far west. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zomboid Posted June 13, 2009 He definitely has a deliberate manner of speaking that was off-putting to me at first, but I've grown used to. It's like he's forcing himself to have a radio voice, but it doesn't come across as natural to me. Nonetheless, he's a smart dude, and his show is the only video game podcast outside of Idle Thumbs that I give a shit about. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
James Posted June 13, 2009 Really? I find his voice amusing an pleasant. Perhaps it's a novelty to me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
miffy495 Posted June 13, 2009 He just has a very similar voice to many of the burnt-out hipsters I hate dealing with at work, I think. Doesn't mean he's not a very smart man, as his cast definitely shows, but his voice itself still bothers me. Speaks to the quality of the show that I'll still listen to it for over an hour at a time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toblix Posted June 15, 2009 Of all the games I never expected to see translated into anything. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Horticulture Tycoon Posted June 15, 2009 Well really when you think about it, nouns are the easiest thing to translate in any language. It's not as if they needed to learn how to speak fluently or conjugate a verb, you just feed your list of nouns into Babelfish and you're 95% finished right there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
toblix Posted June 15, 2009 But what of those remaining 5%??? Who will translate the five per cent? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shakesbeard Posted June 15, 2009 But what of those remaining 5%??? Who will translate the five per cent? A ghost did it Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
James Posted June 16, 2009 A ghost did it Then Cthulhu came along and they fought and weirdly the ghost won. Then somebody tried to conjure ghost-repellent, but that's not a thing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gdf Posted June 16, 2009 He definitely has a deliberate manner of speaking that was off-putting to me at first, but I've grown used to. It's like he's forcing himself to have a radio voice, but it doesn't come across as natural to me. Nonetheless, he's a smart dude, and his show is the only video game podcast outside of Idle Thumbs that I give a shit about. I adore ALWW, it's totally unique and I love Ashley's voice, the perfect stoner lilt. It's soooo... coooool. And Scribblenauts better be a good game as well as object generator, but I suppose it's pretty hard to fuck up level design that can be surmounted in pretty much any way imaginable. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites