Thursday,
July 02, 2009
The fans of Scribblenauts keep blowing me away. Yet another twitter follower, Scribblenauts Fans, came to my attention today. Apparently, they’re working on getting a community together to build a site for our game by fans for fans.
Monday,
June 29, 2009
This morning I opened my email to discover a new twitter follower @scribblenaut. Apparently this guy, whoever he/she is, is spending a lot of time looking for stories and discussions about our game, and posting links to them on twitter. Awesome! Gotta love fan-driven buzz for the game.
He managed to post a few links to discussions about Scribblenauts that I hadn’t seen yet. One is an audio podcast from livemint.com (who says the game has been in beta since last year, not sure where they got that idea), and a webcast from one of the co-hosts of X-Play on G4.
Also, a number of fans have embraced our quirky art style and have begun recreating all their favorite characters in Scribble-form. Follow this link to check out (among others) Scribbley versions of Chuck Norris, Conan O’Brien, and Optimus Prime.
Friday,
June 26, 2009
A little over a week behind, but I wanted to congratulate Sean and Casey on the birth of Lucy Annabelle. She’s a beautiful baby which you can see for yourself by checking out her website, or you can even follow her on twitter. Yes, she has both. It appears she’ll be computing circles around her daddy in no time.
Sunday,
June 21, 2009
In a society with such a dismal view of fatherhood, I’m so very grateful for my Dad. The first word that comes to mind when I think of him is impartation. For 27 years, my Dad has been constantly imparting to me from his life. It’s evident to anyone who knows us that I am his son.
He has always encouraged me, and I know my life is blessed because I’ve honored him. And the one thing I’m most thankful for, he has helped me to understand how to have a strong relationship with my Heavenly Father.
I hope all you Dad’s have a great fathers day. You’re my hero.
Monday,
June 15, 2009
With the newfound buzz surrounding Scribblenauts I’ve garnered a number of internet stalkers. They are welcome to follow my online presence, and I’ve never really tried to keep myself a secret.
This was just posted earlier today on tinycartridge.com. They scrounged up a video and some photos from around the office. They mistook my friend Jeff for me, but in their defense, Jeff is wearing what I like to call the Darth Vader bonnet, so you can’t see his face.
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Saturday,
June 13, 2009
Scribblenauts just won E3 Game of the Show from GameSpot too! To win from both IGN and GameSpot is ridiculous. They almost never agree on anything. This seriously has to be making the record books or something. Absolutely out-of-control! We also won best puzzle game, and best DS game, as if that isn’t obvious having taken Game of the Show.
Scribblenauts is simply one of the most original games we’ve ever seen. Whereas most games offer a limited number of options at any given time, the only restriction in Scribblenauts seems to be the limits of your imagination.
Friday,
June 12, 2009
The final winners are in for the overall category on IGN. We won the following awards in this category:
It’s hard to imagine that Scribblenauts has caught so much attention. This little idea that we started working on last year, that even I was pretty skeptical about, is now a highly anticipated game. IGN’s Overall Game of Show award is probably the single best award a game can win before it’s even out on the market. Clearly we have a gem on our hands.
To tally it up, we won 9 total E3 awards from IGN, every award we were nominated for. On top of that, Scribblenauts has won Overall Game of the Show from GameSpy, and multiple awards for best DS or handheld game of the show. Many publications are yet to announce winners. We won IGN Overall Game of Show against blockbuster, multi-million dollar budget titles for XBox 360 and Playstation 3. This is huge recognition for our humble, yet ambitious, little game. But I don’t have time to celebrate yet, I need to get back to work.
Wednesday,
June 10, 2009
IGN announced the winners of their E3 awards for the Nintendo DS today. Scribblenauts won 5 awards, including one that didn’t even exist! The awards were:
Needless to say, it is a pretty high honor to receive all this attention from IGN. They also just posted a new video with our creative director Jeremiah.
The fun isn’t over yet though. IGN has yet to announce the awards for the overall category which includes all game systems. Among those awards Scribblenauts has been nominated for Best Puzzle Game, Special Achievement for Innovation, Best Handheld Game, and Overall Game of the Show. It’s odd too see Scribblenauts stand alone on the list for Overall Game of the Show amongst next generation highly polished 3D titles. We should be seeing all the final results later on this week.
