Super Scribblenauts is that rare DS game where you can type "purple winged velociraptor with a top hat" and watch it pop into existence. Most puzzles give you a simple goal—like helping a kid reach a balloon—but how you solve it is completely up to you. At first I kept defaulting to boring solutions (ladders, duh), but after seeing a YouTube clip of someone spawning a jetpack-wearing giraffe, I got way more reckless with the dictionary.

The magic’s in how the objects interact—drop a "shy vampire" near sunlight and he’ll hiss and run for shade, while a "grumpy cactus" will literally poke anything that gets too close. Sometimes your creations backfire spectacularly (note: never summon "angry bees" near a "clown with allergies"), but half the fun is seeing what sticks. It’s like having a sandbox where the only limit is your spelling skills—and even then, the game’s weirdly good at guessing what you meant when you fat-finger "chameleon" as "chameloen."

If you’ve ever wanted to weaponize a dictionary, this is your chance.