Contest: Win an Adorable Scribblenauts Vinyl Doll (Extended)
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By Jason Schreier
- December 6, 2010 |
- 7:30 pm |
- Categories: Events
Update: Some readers experienced problems while trying to post comments to enter this Scribblenauts contest, so we’re extending the deadline. You’ll now be able to submit entries until 12:01 a.m. Pacific on Dec. 13, 2010.
See that adorable little vinyl doll? It’s a minuscule version of Maxwell, protagonist of the charming Scribblenauts puzzle-action videogame series, and we’ve got three of them to give away to fine Wired.com readers.
So how do you win one? Simple. Just post a comment below describing the funniest way you’ve beaten a level in either Scribblenauts or Super Scribblenauts. Be as descriptive and engaging as possible. Also, feel free to link screenshots or videos of your solutions — they’re not absolutely necessary, but they sure can’t hurt.
We’ll go through and pick the best three entries based on how much they entertain us. All entries must be received by 12:01 a.m. Pacific on Dec. 6, 2010. Winners will be contacted by e-mail, so make sure your Wired.com account is linked to your current e-mail address!
Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com. Contest was originally posted Dec. 1, 2010, at 2:02 p.m.
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Hmm funniest I remember was that I was screwing around in the main menu area where it’s essentially a “free roam” area where you can make whatever you want. So after a few Jesus battles with Medusa. I was experimenting with a few things and since my name is FriedZombie I decided to make a Zombie carrying a frying pan Vs. a Hydra (2 headed dragon) My zombie became scared s***less so I added a nuke to help out, but I added it right where the Hydra was attacking so it detonated on the spot making the screen flash. Low and behold the game must have glitched because My zombie is still sitting there on top of where the Hydra was.
Hmm funniest I remember was that I was screwing around in the main menu area where it’s essentially a “free roam” area where you can make whatever you want. So after a few Jesus battles with Medusa. I was experimenting with a few things and since my name is FriedZombie I decided to make a Zombie carrying a frying pan Vs. a Hydra (2 headed dragon) My zombie became scared s***less so I added a nuke to help out, but I added it right where the Hydra was attacking so it detonated on the spot making the screen flash. Low and behold the game must have glitched because My zombie is still sitting there on top of where the Hydra was. friedzombie@yahoo.com
One of the first levels of Scribblenauts is as simple as you can get: there’s a man who is hungry, and your job is to give him food.
I wrote “cow”, and brought a cow into existence. Then, I wrote “gun”, and gave it to my character.
Then I shot the cow. It turned into steak, which I picked up, and handed to the hungry man, winning the level.
“Why didn’t you just write ’steak’ to begin with?” My wife asked.
“It never even occurred to me.”
“There’s something wrong with you.”
“Just don’t tell PETA about this.”
Hey IQpierce, don’t forget to post your e-mail address!
In Super Scribblenauts, there is a level in which you have to assist a knight in crossing a lake. The two problems here are the hungry bullhead shark and the knight’s heavy platemail (which makes him a rather poor swimmer). I had already solved the level with ‘Francium’ to kill the shark and ‘Jetpack’ to get the knight across, then with ‘Massive Waterproof Fire’ and ‘Scuba Gear’, so I was running low on new ideas.
I decided to beat both problems with one phrase: ‘Huge Friendly Lightweight Amphibious Poisonous Porcupine.’ I made one for myself and one for the knight; we hopped on our prickly steeds and waded into the lake. Unfortunately my pet porcupine became shark food but managed to poison the shark, rendering it unconscious.
I swam across and climbed out at the other side of the lake; however, the knight’s porcupine didn’t quite have the oomph to clear the ledge, so I had to pull them up with a ‘Grappling Hook.’ It seems I needed to make the porcupine ‘Winged’ as well… but that would have made the whole thing too easy!
I was at the start up screen with Maxwell where you can write anything you want. This was the very first time I booted up the game and I was especially excited, since I was unable to play it at PAX 2009. My goal was to write as many crazy things as possible and have them attack each other, without them killing Maxwell. I started off by having a Vampire face-off against a Werewolf, with a Dragon and Knight thrown in for good measure. The Knight was promptly triple teamed and instead of the monsters going after each other, they came after Maxwell! In a panic, I gave him a Gun to try to defend himself, which in turn he killed the Werewolf but ran out of ammo. I then decided that a Submarine for some strange reason would provide him some protection, which it did. I then summoned God to defeat the Dragon and Vampire. I then summoned a bunch of other monsters which God promptly killed. Getting fed up with not being able to find something to defeat God, I summoned 3 Cthulhus, which quickly made quick work of God. I then wrote in another 3 Gods to take on the Cthulhus and then a Pegasus for Maxwell to ride on, and a Lightning Bolt for him to hold, which between the fighting of the Gods and Cthulhus and trying to aim the Lightning Bolt, froze the game! I sat there laughing for like 5 minutes at the absolute ridiculousness of the situation and knew I’d be having a fun time with this game.
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After my 8-year-old cousin had beaten the original Scribblenauts game, he asked for my help with the “challenge” modes (apparently he had beaten the game by reusing the same handful of words). Being a recent engineering grad, I felt confidant that I could craft unique solutions without resorting to help. On the very first level I tried, I was tasked with protecting a sandwich from some ants (with the added challenge of not hurting the ants…WTF #1). I tried distracting the ants with other foods, but they seemed hellbent on the sandwich. I tried conjuring up “flypaper,” which–after screwing around with it for a long time–I realized was the same as plain paper (WTF #2). I’ll spare you the hours of useless words and failed attempts that followed. Towards the end I REALLY wanted to kill those stupid ants (and, frankly, I did a few times on purpose). I finally realized that I could just PICK UP THE FREAKING SANDWICH and the ants would follow me impotently (WTF #3). Since this solution required zero words, I was able repeat this until the challenge was complete. Feeling pretty clever, I asked my cousin how he had originally beaten the level. He said he used anteaters….WTF #4! Needless to say I had to calm down down a bit before I could continue playing.
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