Psychonauts Wiki Invades Internet, Gamers Minds

[Logan Frederick]

Psychonauts Wiki Invades Internet, Gamers Minds

Developer Double Fine hasn't promised a Psychonauts 2, but fans of the brainy platformer may continue to live in the minds of its developers through an official wiki.

The Psycho-pedia [http://www.doublefine.com/news.php/Psycho-pedia/] is a Double Fine-led effort to support the active Psychonauts online. Its goal is "to have the most knowledgeable fans help in the process of filling up the Psycho-pedia with excellent Psychonauts information and facts before releasing the Psycho-pedia to the rest of the world."

Registrants at the site will be helping the team compile as complete a Psychonauts resource as the internet can build by contributing articles and information from the game and its lore that even the development team may have forgotten. Double Fine is asking for any fan art, music, costumes or any game-related pictures users might have to add to the Psycho-pedia database.

First released in April, 2005, Psychonauts has managed to maintain a cult following through its re-releases in bargain bins and as one of the few games Yahtzee didn't completely hate [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/2-Psychonauts].

Media submissions for the Psycho-pedia can be emailed to [email protected].

Source: Joystiq [http://www.joystiq.com/2008/12/31/psychonauts-encyclopedia-wants-your-brain/]

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[L.B. Jeffries]

They really ought to post a footnote that the game has a lot more to do with Carl Jung and dream psychology than tripping on peyote in the desert. Playing through the game was a combination of disappointment at the lack of drug humor and happy surprise that it aimed for something much more interesting and psychological.

 

[Lvl 64 Klutz]

As uninformative as the post above me is, I kind of have to agree. I was promised the world with that game, and all I got was a slightly above average, albeit extremely short, platformer with interesting levels and a mildly entertaining sense of humor. And, might I add, nearly no replay value.

 

[man-man]

Fun game... like the other guy said it's not immensely long (I wouldn't call it "extremely short" though), but it was definitely fun. Could just be that the levels were varied and interesting enough to make me want to look over every inch of them, making the game longer, but either way, it was good.

If they decide to bring out a sequel, I'd buy it...

 

[SomeBritishDude]

Psychonauts is much under appriated game. The gameplay itself is nothing to get petically excited about, but the story is bizzar, clever and most of all hilarious. Few games have dared to be so different.

 

[James Raynor]

Psychonauts is much under appriated game. The gameplay itself is nothing to get petically excited about, but the story is bizzar, clever and most of all hilarious. Few games have dared to be so different.

It's evidence of something good.