# Scribblenauts **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 15, 2009, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scribblenauts/510195 "2009-09-15T17:40:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scribblenauts/510195/41 "2009-09-18T03:15:03Z")
I opted to get Browser’s Inside Story. I _really_ wanted this game, but I have a feeling it’s going to have a tweaked and more robust sequel, of which I would be willing to wait for. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scribblenauts/510195/42 "2009-09-18T05:55:43Z")
> [@Tengu](#): > > Oh, thank you…I’ve been trying to figure out a way to get past a shark that’s been frustrating the hell out of me - I can keep him from killing me, but not in a way that lets me advance to the Starite…I’ll have to try this one. Much more efficient: Make a machine, or some other electrical device, and drop it in the water near the shark. BAM! Instant electrocution, even with something as small as a battery! ---
**Author:** ![CyclopticXander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@CyclopticXander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CyclopticXander)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scribblenauts/510195/43 "2009-09-18T08:30:43Z")
> [@Talon\_Karrde](#): > > The only really cool solution I found so far was for a level in a park where there’s garbage and a fly and it tells you to get rid of the fly and clean the park. > > I typed in “fire” and burned the fly and the garbage (along with the tree that had some garbage in it). Forget that, my solution was to Stand in the spot where the starite appears then detonate a nuke. Everything was obliterated, but not before my lifeless body touched the starite giving me the win:) ---
**Author:** ![Carnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carnick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnick)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2009, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scribblenauts/510195/44 "2009-09-18T11:11:22Z")
> [@MentalGuy](#): > > My personal method for dealing with sharks: “Depth charge” works. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Xan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ac8455/32.png) [@Xan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xan)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2009, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scribblenauts/510195/45 "2009-09-19T01:29:52Z")
> [@Carnick](#): > > “Depth charge” works. 😃 Try using “nuke” then activating it. ---
**Author:** ![With\_Rye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@With\_Rye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/With_Rye)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2009, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scribblenauts/510195/46 "2009-09-19T04:53:09Z")
I saw this at PAX and totally ignored every other game in the showroom. The tornado stage stopped everyone in their tracks, and I still have no idea how I would solve it. I was amazed ANTI-TORNADO was a valid input. But it didn’t work; it was probably my inability to place the anti-tornado (which was a regular tornado except upside down) properly to cancel out the regular tornado. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2009, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scribblenauts/510195/47 "2009-09-19T05:19:38Z")
The tornado is actually kind of a “trick” level. It doesn’t actually hurt you at all. If you get the timing right, you can just walk into it and it will spit you out the other side, no need to even write anything. Though for ufnm you can always ride a cow through it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2009, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scribblenauts/510195/48 "2009-09-19T16:29:07Z")
Regarding the Tornado… How I did it was to drop a bomb shelter in the path of the tornado, hide in it, and wait for the tornado to pass. Although I can’t imagine how else to do it! ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2009, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scribblenauts/510195/49 "2009-09-19T19:10:28Z")
Shrink ray? ---
**Author:** ![GoodOmens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@GoodOmens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GoodOmens)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2009, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scribblenauts/510195/50 "2009-09-19T19:35:38Z")
And once again I regret having gotten rid of my DS. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2009, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scribblenauts/510195/51 "2009-09-20T01:35:25Z")
Why would you do a thing like that? I even upgraded to the DSi for the internal web browser. (Surprisingly handy.) ---
**Author:** ![Robin\_Goodfellow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Robin\_Goodfellow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robin_Goodfellow)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scribblenauts/510195/52 "2009-09-21T01:37:22Z")
> [@CyclopticXander](#): > > Forget that, my solution was to > > Stand in the spot where the starite appears then detonate a nuke. Everything was obliterated, but not before my lifeless body touched the starite giving me the win:) My solution was more roundabout. I figured dropping a cow into a tornado would do something hilarious, but it was pretty tame. So I mounted the cow and rode it _into_ the tornado, somewhat stumblingly. Eventually the weight of me+cow managed to get us flung into a catch in the ceiling, so the cow and I prevailed. ---
**Author:** ![Transistor\_Rhythm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@Transistor\_Rhythm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Transistor_Rhythm)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scribblenauts/510195/53 "2009-09-21T02:15:10Z")
Man oh man I love this game. Anyone messing around with the level editor yet? I set up an amazing one with a bunch of springs and conveyor belts that just goes bonkers the second the level starts. Also, one with Cthulu guarding the starite, which is roped to a pulley that goes to an anvil that goes into shark-infested water (for the hell of it). ---
**Author:** ![Windwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/5e9695/32.png) [@Windwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Windwalker)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scribblenauts/510195/54 "2009-09-21T05:11:48Z")
Bad news, I just found out that a knight on horseback wielding Excalibur does not, in fact, defeat a dragon. ☹ On a more positive note, there’s a fun way to kill basically anything in water. Think bathroom appliances… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scribblenauts/510195/55 "2009-09-21T05:18:18Z")
[Psst. 🙂](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=11568729&postcount=42) ---
**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scribblenauts/510195/56 "2009-09-21T14:25:29Z")
Gluing cats to huge boulders for fun and profit (and starites)! ---
**Author:** ![Windwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/5e9695/32.png) [@Windwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Windwalker)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scribblenauts/510195/57 "2009-09-21T18:57:39Z")
I must say, I’ve played for maybe 5+ hours already, and the controls still suck jesus balls. I keep missing small objects, which causes Maxwell to just sprint haphazardly in that direction, often into an immediate death, sometimes after I was just one thing away from completing the level. GRR! I wish there was at least an option for D-pad control. ---
**Author:** ![ReuvenB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc348/32.png) [@ReuvenB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReuvenB)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scribblenauts/510195/58 "2009-09-22T21:34:35Z")
Does anyone know how to reverse the direction of an object? For instance, I write fan, a fan (appliance) appears, but is facing the wrong way. Did I miss this in the tutorial? ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scribblenauts/510195/59 "2009-09-22T23:56:42Z")
> [@XWalrus2](#): > > Does anyone know how to reverse the direction of an object? For instance, I write fan, a fan (appliance) appears, but is facing the wrong way. Did I miss this in the tutorial? Shoulder buttons ---
**Author:** ![Arglefraster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3bc359/32.png) [@Arglefraster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arglefraster)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2009, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scribblenauts/510195/60 "2009-09-25T17:01:27Z")
So after reading [this Penny Arcade](http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2009/9/23/), what happens if you write “Starite”? I do not have a DS so I can’t try it myself. ☹ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scribblenauts/510195.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scribblenauts/510195.md?page=4)