The more I hear about Scribblenauts, the more I want to find some sort of time machine to fast-forward to a time when the game's on-shelf (just a few more months now...!). It's a creation from the guys behind Drawn To Life, which sees you only limited by your imagination. You write a word with the DS stylus and that object will appear in-game to potentially help you win a level. We hear that the guys at 5th Cell literally sat down with a dictionary and started drawing every object in the book - so there are thousands and thousands of objects for you to play with.

This evening, we have two Scribblenauts-related treats for you: firstly, it's the topic of our latest E3 video coverage, so you can catch Bennett chatting to Matt Cox, Lead Designer at 5th Cell. The game is also the recipient of perhaps the funniest ever ESRB (the American Classifications Board) rating, and we've got a copy of that to share with you, too.

Download the Games On Net - E3 2009 Coverage: Scribblenauts
(Incidentally, the word he was looking for is aglet, if you were curious.)

Scribblenauts ESRB Rating Information
This is a puzzle game in which players navigate a series of traps, puzzles, and enemies to collect stars scattered throughout the colorful levels. Players have the ability to summon different objects by writing/typing in the word (e.g., bike, spaceship, lion) and watching it come to life. If multiple words are entered in a sequence, different whimsical scenarios can be triggered: a bicycle can be used to jump over a baby; a bulldozer can clear away a shark; and cabbage can be fed to dinosaurs. Players can elect to summon "cartoony" versions of bats, bombs, guns, and flamethrowers. These types of items can be used to destroy objects or even other summoned items (e.g., a club can be used to hit an animal; steak can be attached to a baby to attract lions; rockets can be lobbed at a man). These triggered animations are minimally depicted and are usually accompanied by popping, musical sound effects; bright, star-shaped flashes; or small puffs of smoke. If players wish to, they may type in the word vomit, which causes a beige-colored lump to appear on the screen.

...if only the Australian Classifications Board was so enlightening. *sigh*


Anyway. While all our E3 videos are free traffic for Internode customers, we do offer a smaller version, for the quota-conscious, shrinking this interview down to a tidy 20MB file, in case 165MB is too big for you.