Scribblenauts is going to be the best writing-based game ever

Not to mention the only one I'll probably ever play. This game just seems so ripe for epic video game stories. In fact, I've already heard a great story about someone who used a time machine to go back in time, ride a dinosaur into the future, and commanded it to kill ROBOT ZOMBIES. In my book that sounds pretty epic. I've heard rumors that the objects available in-game may be in upwards of 10,000, which is just thoroughly insane by any standards. Look forward to scribbling your way into history Fall 09.

Of Cedar Point and Roller Coasters

I'm going to Cedar Point next Tuesday, and it's going to be awesome. For those that don't know, Cedar Point is the best amusement/roller coaster park ever. If memory serves me right, it has more roller coasters than any other place on Earth. It has the fastest roller coaster, The Dragster, and a few years ago had the tallest roller coaster, the Millenium Force. I think the MF was surpassed a few years ago at some other park. I was lucky enough to grow up with roller coasters, having multiple amusement parks in close proximity. God I love roller coasters - the best feeling is right at the top, as soon as the majority of the weight is on the downward part of the hill, and you feel gravity pulling you down, MAN that's good stuff.

Greetings and Opening Links

Hey there, and thanks for coming to visit my blog, All I Need to Know I Learned from Games! Or, in acronym form AINTKILFG. I'm working on that. The name itself I got from those kindergarten posters that posit "Everything I ever need to know I learned in kindergarten" - which, as I'm learning in my summer classes right now, is apparently not true. But enough about me for now, onto the good stuff.

For those of you who haven't heard of BlazBlue yet, it's a fighting game created as a spiritual successor to the Guilty Gear series. The game has some amazing and crazy character designs - in the following video you'll see Noel, who uses guns to attack almost exclusively in close range, and Ragna (who I think has the worst character design - He's viciously generic).



If you managed to preorder it before it was released on June 30th, you would've snagged a very nice soundtrack and DVD with tips to get started. In addition, Gamestop was giving out a nice art book if ordered online. All of theses for the regular retail price of $60. I should be getting my copy in a few days, and I'll keep ya updated. Available on both XBOX 360 and PS3.

(scores from wikipedia)

Playstation: The Official Magazine awarded the console version a 4.5/5 stars[5]

Game Informer awarded the console version a 7.75/10.[6]

OXM (Official Xbox Magazine) awarded the console version an 8.0/10.

Hardcore Gamer Magazine awarded the console version a 5/5. [7]

IGN awarded the console version a 9.4/10.