OneAndOneIs2

Instead of blaming all your woes on piracy when you bring out two hundred games a year that are all near-identical and nobody buys them, what you should really be doing is trying to come up with NEW and DIFFERENT games. You know.. be original!

Compare the Xbox & Playstation with the Wii: The 360 and PS3 differed from their predecessors solely by being more powerful. Better graphics, more internet options, nothing else. You played the same games, just slightly different versions.

The Wii, on the other hand, was a totally different gaming platform, which is why it wiped the floor with the competition. (Oh yes it did: Wiis outsell the other two, and unlike the other two they make a profit on every unit)

And when it comes ot the actual games, no matter what you try and do to make your newest FPS hype-worthy, the chances are that anybody who's been gaming for more than a few years will just dismiss it as yet another glorified Doom ripoff that just isn't worth parting with money for.

So it's nice to see some reviews of a game that sounds genuinely new and fun to play. Just for the novelty of seeing a game advertised that I might be willing to buy because I can't get the same experience out of a game that's two decades old.

(Incidentally, happy 25th birthday, Tetris!)

The game in question is called Scribblenauts, which is a game of puzzles that you solve by creating things. You do this by writing their names. And the proud boast of the manufacturers is that no matter WHAT word you enter, it'll create a relevant object.

It seems to be living up to the hype

Oddly enough, it's a game for the DS. Perhaps the creators are of the opinion that Nintendo is the only hardware manufacturer worth developing innovative games for..?