Scribblenauts for the Nintendo DS is a rare breed of game that can accurately be labeled "innovative." Most games set in stone the way you play and solve them, but Scribblenauts allows players to employ a tool that kids of all ages know how to use: imagination.

Scribblenauts is a puzzle game with more than 200 challenges based on the goal of capturing a trophy called a "starite." Some puzzles test logic -- such as helping a farmer pick animals for his barn -- while others are action-based, such as finding a way over a shark-filled lake. Type in words to create the items with which you want to solve the puzzle. The game's slogan is concise: "Write anything, solve everything."

Event

Food for Thought: Cooking Up a Mystery

Rock Island Main Library

Thursday, October 8, 5 p.m.

Some newspapers co-sponsor walk-a-thons and fun runs; some help raise money for disease research and scholarships. Leave it to your friends at the River Cities' Reader to co-sponsor an event in which attendees are encouraged to drink ... at the library.