I got Rhythm Heaven for free with my wife's Pink DSi via Amazon (but we already had RH), so I traded it at Wal*Mart straight across for Scribblenauts.

Now I've got the following in my queue:

1. BSG Season 3
2. BSG Season 4
3. "The Lost Symbol"
4. PLatDB (94/95 puzzles)
5. Henry Hatsworth
6. Rhythm Heaven

Oh well, I've got enough to keep busy.

The control issues don't become a huge problem until later in the game, when you need to be extra precise with your actions. It can be incredibly frustrating at times, and I can see why some people just wouldn't be able to put up with it. If you aren't totally taken in by the concept, you're likely not going to stick around for all the game has to offer.

I'm still playing it, and I do enjoy it.

In 3-1 (puzzle) it tells you to

This is something great to play for a few minutes at a time.

The only reason I've sounded way negative on it is because people need to expect control issues, that's all.

I've definitely run into control issues, but that hasn't lessened the fun for me in any significant way. I could spend hours just on the title screen generating objects to see how they interact with each other.

My opinion is that, as usual, you can throw out the highest raves and the harshest complaints, and what you're left with is a fairly accurate portrait of the game: great, unique, but not Game of the Year. That's my two cents so far, anyway.

The never ending debate DVD talk can finally resolve; Pirates vs Ninjas.

I think you hit the nail on the head.

Fantastic game with a lot of potential and great fun in short bursts, but NOT something to play for longer marathon sessions - even longer than 10 minutes at a time might wear out it's welcome.

But playing just a few levels hear and there will keep it fresh.

Just straight up, one on one, the

It's also starting to come out that certain combinations of items freezes the DS and you have to turn it off then turn it back on.

Picked this up today at Fry's for $24.99 (Toys R Us was out when I got there around noon... all the TRUs in Austin according to the electronics guy).

I played for around 3 hours through level 1... gold starring each level by completing them 4 different times with different sets of objects.

Definitely a lot of fun. There's control issues, but I don't think they take away from the experience.

The ultimate weapon: God riding a panda with a chainsaw. heh.

Looks like the British terminology is built-in as well (lorre, lift, etc...) in case you want to go that route. heh.

For those who have the game - can God escape a black hole?

Not sure but even blindfolded he still kicks Satan's ass.

I would say the same. Only through the first levels but using the stylus to move the character sucks. Nothing like moving Link in Zelda. It isn't very responsive and at times it is difficult to get the character or items to go where exactly where you want them (esp. the main character). Can't understand why they didn't use the crosspad as an option to move the character and use the face buttons to move the camera as needed.

Anyone else notice that the Scribblenaut theme sounds an awful lot like a happy, jaunty version of "Imagine"? C'mon Yoko, sue their ass. Why should Courtney Love be the only crazy bitch widow suing the gaming industry?

I'm really surprised this won IGN Game of E3 award. Not that it isn't clever -- it is. Just the flaws are so instantly noticable that I'm stunned they could spend even five minutes on the game and not see them. Over Uncharted 2, God of War 3, Halo ODST, Modern Warfare 2 and Beatles Rock Band, they picked this? It's fun to mess around with, but it can be so frustrating. I wanted to knock a tree down with a bulldozer, but once I got into the thing, I couldn't get it to move. We're not talking about a super-complicated interaction there, but it just wouldn't work.

That said, it is fun to play with. I wanted to see if Chupacabra was there. Sure enough, it was. Then I couldn't remember what it did. I put in a bat, he ignored it. Then I put in a goat. Dead meat.

When I couldn't use a backhoe to dig under the tornado, I knew it wasn't as open as it wanted to be.

sequel, sequel, sequel, sequel, sequel. Sometimes originality is worth more than the best sequel, even with a few flaws.

That's certainly a point, but but when it comes to video games, Playability trumps Originality any day of the week and this game isn't really that playable. I think it's worth the $14 + tax it ended up costing me simply as a diversion, but I can't imagine anyone not becoming very frustrated with this game really quickly.

Oh my God:

Mine froze on like 1-8. Also, put yourself in a tank or a stealth bomber and god is pretty easy to take out. I like putting people around and then bringing a vampire or zombie to turn em. lots of fun.

I would happily trade ALL the internet memes for a more direct control system. This game has real functionality problems, though it's still pretty cool to mess around with and I'm sure to bring it with me to the courthouse in a couple of weeks when I have to report for jury duty.

I was thinking : Giving this game the E3 Game of the Year award is like going to the Detroit Auto show and giving the top award to a flying car that doesn't work -- It's cool in concept, but really not the achievement it pretends to be.

I think the Start screens are better than the game. I wanted to see what would happen if I got into a steam roller and ran over an egg, cockroach and whoopie cushion -- just what you think would happen.

Oh trust me, so would I...so would I.

I started playing the challenge levels. I like to complete the challenges in the most morbid ways possible



and

What sort of an effed-up world is it where you can feed brains to zombies in a game, but can't give a thirsty guy a beer?

Exactly.