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45-437: The Scribblenauts series primarily sees the player as Maxwell, a boy who has a magical notebook that summons anything he writes in it. Players are tasked with solving puzzles by summoning different items and creatures using the notebook, leading to emergent gameplay elements. The sixth and latest installment in the series, Scribblenauts Showdown , has significantly different gameplay than other entries, with it being more of

90-413: A party game , rather than an action puzzle game. Critical reception of the series has been generally positive, with critics praising how the series encourages creative thinking and the number of objects that can be summoned within the games. Some criticism has, however, been directed towards the lack of properties of objects, which some critics have felt restricted the player's creativity. By October 2015,

135-540: A police notebook . Land surveyors commonly record field notes in durable, hard-bound notebooks called "field books." Coloring enthusiasts use coloring notebooks for stress relief. The pages in coloring notebooks contain different adult coloring pages . Students take notes in notebooks, and studies suggest that the act of writing (as opposed to typing) improves learning. Notebook pages can be recycled via standard paper recycling . Recycled notebooks are available, differing in recycled percentage and paper quality. Since

180-413: A spiral of wire is looped through large perforations at the top or side of the page. Other bound notebooks are available that use glue to hold the pages together; this process is "padding." Today, it is common for pages in such notebooks to include a thin line of perforations that make it easier to tear out the page. Spiral-bound pages can be torn out, but frequently leave thin scraggly strips from

225-539: A touch-sensitive layer to input graphics and written text. Later on, this role was taken over by smartphones and tablets . Digital paper combines the simplicity of a traditional pen and notebook with digital storage and interactivity. By printing an invisible dot pattern on the notebook paper and using a pen with a built in infrared camera the written text can be transferred to a laptop, mobile phone or back office for storage and processing. Jeremiah Slaczka Jeremiah D Slaczka , also known by his nickname Miah ,

270-523: A comic adaptation of Scribblenauts . Following the pitch for the one-shot, Antone asked Elder to pitch him an idea for a limited comic book series also based on Scribblenauts , which ended up becoming the 9-issues long Scribblenauts Unmasked: A Crisis of Imagination . To promote the release of the original one-shot, multiple of DC Comic's other comics received alternate covers featuring the art style of Scribblenauts . American publishing company Prima Games has released two official strategy guides for

315-420: A notebook can lie flat when open and whether the pages are likely to remain attached. The cover material is usually distinct from the writing surface material, more durable, more decorative, and more firmly attached. It also is stiffer than the pages, even taken together. Cover materials should not contribute to damage or discomfort. It is frequently cheaper to purchase notebooks that are spiral-bound, meaning that

360-407: A real-life replica of Maxwell's "rooster hat", which came with GameStop and EB Games pre-orders of the original Scribblenauts game, and a figurine of the character released to promote the release of Super Scribblenauts . In 2011, in collaboration with Funko , 5th Cell released a vinyl figure and plush of Maxwell. In conjunction with the release of Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure ,

405-432: A review for Scribblenauts Unlimited , Game Informer 's Kyle Hilliard complimented the music, writing that it "rests pleasently in the background". Destructoid 's Dale North criticized the music of Super Scribblenauts , writing that it felt repetitive. Scribblenauts Showdown is generally considered the worst game in the series by critics, who felt that the game restricted the player's creativity by limiting

450-528: A series of Scribblenauts vinyl figurines was released by DC Collectibles . Bundled with the Wii U release of Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure was a one-shot comic set in the Scribblenauts universe featuring DC Comics characters written by American writer Josh Elder , titled Scribblenauts Unmasked: A Battle Most Bizarre . The one-shot was first conceived when editor Alex Antone asked Elder to pitch

495-626: A stationery shop based in Launceston, Tasmania , Australia, decided that the cumbersome method of selling writing paper in folded stacks of "quires" (four sheets of paper or parchment folded to form eight leaves) was inefficient. As a solution, he glued together a stack of halved sheets of paper, supported by a sheet of cardboard, creating what he called the "Silver City Writing Tablet". Principal types of binding are padding, perfect , spiral , comb , sewn, clasp, disc , and pressure, some of which can be combined. Binding methods can affect whether

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540-880: A table-book could be written upon with a stylus , which added to their convenience, as it meant that impromptu notes could be taken without the need for an inkwell (graphite pencils were not in common use until the late 17th century). Table-books were owned by all classes of people, from merchants to nobles, and were employed for a variety of purposes: Surviving copies suggest that at least some owners (and/or their children) used table-books as suitable places in which to learn how to write. Tables were also used for collecting pieces of poetry, noteworthy epigrams, and new words; recording sermons, legal proceedings, or parliamentary debates; jotting down conversations, recipes, cures, and jokes; keeping financial records; recalling addresses and meetings; and collecting notes on foreign customs while travelling. The use of table-books for trivial purposes

585-505: A variety of mediums in their work. Although large, artists' notebooks also are usually considerably light, because they usually take their notebooks with them everywhere to draw scenery. Similarly, composers utilize notebooks for writing their lyrics. Lawyers use rather large notebooks known as legal pads that contain lined paper (often yellow) and are appropriate for use on tables and desks. These horizontal lines or "rules" are sometimes classified according to their space apart with "wide rule"

630-706: Is an American video game designer / creative director and co-founder of 5th Cell , a video game developer in Bellevue , Washington. He is best known for being the concept creator and Director of Scribblenauts as well as the million-seller hit video game Drawn to Life and 5th Cell's critically acclaimed Lock's Quest , all for the Nintendo DS . Slaczka is credited as the Director, Lead Designer, Story Writer, Original Concept Creator and Art Director for both Drawn to Life and Lock's Quest . Scribblenauts

675-432: The Scribblenauts series: one of the first game and one of the second game, released in 2009 and 2010, respectively. Notebook A notebook (also known as a notepad , writing pad , drawing pad , or legal pad ) is a book or stack of paper pages that are often ruled and used for purposes such as note-taking , journaling or other writing, drawing , or scrapbooking and more. The earliest form of notebook

720-472: The 1570s. At this time, however, it appears that the concept of an erasable notebook was still something of a novelty to the British public, as the printed instructions included with some books were headed: "To make clean your Tables when they be written on, which to some as yet is unknown." The leaves of some table-books were made of donkey skin; others had leaves of ivory or simple pasteboard . The coating

765-645: The Nintendo DS. Five other games in the Scribblenauts series have been released for multiple different platforms. Additionally, two compilation games have also been released: Scribblenauts Collection (2013) for the Nintendo DS, consisting of the first and second game, and Scribblenauts Mega Pack (2018) for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, consisting of the 4th and 5th games. The series also has 2 canceled games, first being Scribblenauts: Fighting Words , which began development in 2014 and

810-439: The Wii U release of Scribblenauts Unlimited . Scribblenauts Showdown features drastically different gameplay than other installments in the series, with it being a party game where players play different minigames . Before starting a minigame players must choose an object to use, the first letter of which is predetermined by a carnival wheel. The first Scribblenauts game was first conceived by 5th Cell in spring 2007, around

855-569: The apparent ubiquity of such table-books in Shakespeare's time, very few examples have survived, and little is known about their exact nature, use, or history of production. .The earliest extant edition, bound together with a printed almanac, was made in Antwerp , Belgium, in 1527. By the end of this decade, table-books were being imported into England, and they were being printed in London from

900-467: The development of cheaper methods for manufacturing paper. Ordinary paper notebooks became the norm. During the Enlightenment , British schoolchildren were commonly taught how to make their own notebooks out of loose sheets of paper, a process that involved folding, piercing, gathering, sewing and/or binding the sheets. According to a legend, Thomas W. Holley of Holyoke, Massachusetts , invented

945-946: The farthest, "college rule" closer, "legal rule" slightly closer and "narrow rule" closest, allowing more lines of text per page. When sewn into a pasteboard backing, these may be called composition books , or in smaller signatures may be called "blue books" or exam books and used for essay exams. Various notebooks are popular among students for taking notes. The types of notebooks used for school work are single line, double line, four line, square grid line etc. These notebooks are also used by students for school assignments (homeworks) and writing projects. In contrast, journalists prefer small, hand-held notebooks for portability (reporters' notebooks), and sometimes use shorthand when taking notes. Scientists and other researchers use lab notebooks to document their experiments. The pages in lab notebooks are sometimes graph paper to plot data. Police officers are required to write notes on what they observe, using

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990-427: The late 20th century, many attempts have been made to integrate the simplicity of a notebook with the editing, searching, and communication capacities of computers through the development of note taking software . Laptop computers began to be called notebooks when they reached a small size in the mid-1990s. Most notably Personal digital assistants (PDAs) came next, integrating small liquid crystal displays with

1035-406: The legal pad around the year 1888 when he innovated the idea to collect all the sortings, various sorts of sub-standard paper scraps from various factories, and stitch them together in order to sell them as pads at an affordable and fair price. In about 1900, the latter then evolved into the modern, traditionally yellow legal pad when a local judge requested for a margin to be drawn on the left side of

1080-399: The midst of the sermon pulls out his tables in haste, as if he feared to lose that note". The practice of making notes during sermons was a common subject of ridicule, and led to table-books becoming increasingly associated with Puritanism during the 17th century. By the early 19th century, there was far less demand for erasable notebooks, due to the mass-production of fountain pens and

1125-417: The notebook, which rewards the player with "Starites", a type of star. Puzzles in Scribblenauts typically have multiple different solutions, with players being encouraged to use out-of-the-box ideas. The original three games were divided into linear levels , whereas Scribblenauts Unlimited and Unmasked took a more open world -like approach, with individual levels featuring multiple different puzzles for

1170-480: The objects usable in a minigame . Nintendo World Report 's Daan Koopman wrote that Showdown was highly underwhelming, and criticized how the different objects barely differ in gameplay. Steven Petite of Digital Trends was more positive to Showdown , writing that the game's is a "fresh and fun spin on the party game genre" due to the game's object creation feature. Multiple pieces of merchandise featuring series protagonist Maxwell have been released, such as

1215-446: The original Scribblenauts game, felt that most objects are pointless, noting one scenario where a plumber with a wrench wouldn't fix a leaking pipe. Critics have enjoyed the series' art style, which has been described as charming and cute. Casey Malone of Paste wrote that Scribblenauts has an adorable art style, describing it as being akin to paper dolls . IGN 's Chuck Osborn, reviewing Scribblenauts Unmasked , felt that

1260-424: The pages are modified with perforations that facilitate the specific binding mechanism's ability to secure them. Ring-bound and rod-bound notebooks secure their contents by threading perforated pages around straight or curved prongs. In the open position, the pages can be removed and rearranged. In the closed position, the pages are kept in order. Disc-bound notebooks remove the open or closed operation by modifying

1305-801: The pages themselves. A page perforated for a disc-bound binding system contains a row of teeth along the side edge of the page that grip onto the outside raised perimeter of individual discs. Notebooks used for drawing and scrapbooking are usually blank. Notebooks for writing usually have some kind of printing on the writing material, if only lines to align writing or facilitate certain kinds of drawing. Inventor's notebooks have page numbers preprinted to support priority claims. They may be considered as grey literature . Many notebooks have graphic decorations. Personal organizers can have various kinds of preprinted pages. Artists often use large notebooks, which include wide spaces of blank paper appropriate for drawing. They may also use thicker paper if painting or using

1350-442: The paper. This was the first legal pad. The only technical requirement for this type of stationery to be considered a true "legal pad" is that it must have margins of 1.25 inches (3.17 centimeters) from the left edge. Here, the margin, also known as down lines, is room used to write notes or comments. Legal pads usually have a gum binding at the top instead of a spiral or stitched binding. In 1902, J.A. Birchall of Birchalls ,

1395-575: The player to solve. Summoning objects is done via a keyboard interface or a rotary wheel, where players type the object they wish to summon. Starting in Super Scribblenauts , players could also add adjectives to words to alter their appearance and properties. The games recognizes thousands of words, although it omits most profane words, gore, and copyrighted material. The games have, however, included some copyrighted characters, such as Nintendo 's Mario and Link , among other characters, in

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1440-425: The same time as they had come up with their other title, Lock's Quest . The first idea for Scribblenauts named "Once Upon a Time" was inspired by Mad Libs ; in it, a player could draw sentences on the bottom screen and the action would appear on the top screen. Jeremiah Slackza said that it was a good idea but it wasn't a game. Later on Jeremiah had a dream where he was solving puzzles in an Aztec Temple. He merged

1485-588: The series had sold over 13 million copies across its different installments. The first Scribblenauts game, also titled Scribblenauts , was unveiled in December 2008, when its gameplay was first shown. Scribblenauts was later available as a playable demo at E3 2009 , where its presence received numerous awards and honors. Scribblenauts was released in September 2009 in North America, exclusively for

1530-400: The series has been described as encouraging creativity from the player. Some reviewers have, however, felt that the player's creativity is limited by the lack of unique properties of objects. Ian Bonds of Destructoid , reviewing Scribblenauts Unmasked , wrote that the game promotes creativity, but only creativity that the game designers intended. The A.V. Club 's John Teti, reviewing

1575-476: The series was shifted over to Shiver Entertainment, who would proceed to develop the series' sixth entry, Scribblenauts Showdown . Reception of the Scribblenauts across its different installments has been mixed. According to review aggregator Metacritic , the first three installments of the series all received "generally favorable reviews" from critics, whereas the next three games received either "mixed" or "generally unfavorable" reviews. The general concept of

1620-413: The series' "cutesy art style and presentation" made it clear that the games can be enjoyed by different age demographics, opining that even DC Comics characters such as Doomsday and Mr. Zsasz , who are normally "bloodthirsty killers", become adorable when in the series' art style. The series' soundtrack has been a source of generally positive reception and has been described as upbeat and "whimsical". In

1665-429: The small amount of paper that is within the spiral, as well as an uneven rip along the top of the torn-out page. Hard-bound notebooks include a sewn spine, and the pages are not easily removed. Some styles of sewn bindings allow pages to open flat, while others cause the pages to drape. Variations of notebooks that allow pages to be added, removed, and replaced are bound by rings, rods , or discs. In each of these systems,

1710-574: The two ideas together and made "Scribblenauts" (a portmanteau of Scribble Astronauts). The first story for the game was about an astronaut that went to different planets to help them out. The general concept of Scribblenauts was that "anything you write, you can use", with 5th Cell spending three months just listing different objects to be added to the game. The game was developed using an engine named "Objectnaut", which allowed 5th Cell to quickly add properties to objects and creatures. According to 5th Cell creative director Jeremiah Slaczka , Scribblenauts

1755-492: Was canceled in March 2016 after the lay off of forty-five 5th Cell employees. In late 2019, a cancelled 3D action game trailer was leaked on Instagram by former developers. Scribblenauts is a series of emergent puzzle games , where players primarily take control of a young boy named Maxwell, who has a magical notebook that summons anything he writes in it. Players are tasked with solving puzzles by summoning different objects with

1800-537: Was cheaper than wax, its cost was sufficiently high to ensure the popularity of erasable notebooks, made of specially-treated paper that could be wiped clean and used again. These were commonly known as table-books, and are frequently referenced in Renaissance literature, most famously in Shakespeare 's Hamlet : "My tables,—meet it is I set it down, That one may smile, and smile, and be a villain." Despite

1845-555: Was developed to be more of a casual game , akin to that of Brain Age and Nintendogs . Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment was chosen to publish the series in English territories, due to them showing gradual interest in the first Scribblenauts game as it was developed. Konami published the first two games in Japan. After the layoff of 45 5th Cell employees in 2016, development of

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1890-461: Was made from a mixture of glue and gesso , and modern-day experiments have shown that ink, graphite and silverpoint writing can be easily erased from the treated pages with the application of a wet sponge or fingertip. Other types of notebook may also have been in circulation during this time; 17th-century writer Samuel Hartlib describes a table-book made of slate , which did "not need such tedious wiping out by spunges or cloutes". The leaves of

1935-446: Was often satirized on the English stage. For example, Antonio's Revenge by John Marston (c. 1600) contains the following exchange: Matzagente: I scorn to retort the obtuse jest of a fool. [Balurdo draws out his writing tables, and writes.] Balurdo: Retort and obtuse, good words, very good words. Their use in some contexts was seen as pretentious; Joseph Hall , writing in 1608, describes "the hypocrite" as one who, "in

1980-597: Was the wax tablet , which was used as a reusable and portable writing surface in classical antiquity and throughout the Middle Ages . As paper became more readily available in European countries from the 11th century onwards, wax tablets gradually fell out of use, although they remained relatively common in England, which did not possess a commercially successful paper mill until the late 16th century. While paper

2025-523: Was the first handheld game ever to win a "Best of Show Overall" award (across all platforms) at E3 from IGN , GameSpot and GameSpy . Drawn to Life has since gone on to spawn a franchise involving two sequels, accompanied by a Wii console version, all three titles published by THQ . His previous works for 5th Cell were in mobile games , using both original and licensed work. In 2000, Slaczka, along with Joseph M. Tringali (co-founder and General Manager of 5th Cell), co-founded Epix Interactive Studios,

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