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Braid Priced High To Prevent "The Space Giraffe Problem"

When the pricing was announced (both times) for Xbox Live Arcade puzzle-platformer Braid, the vocally frugal gamer crowd bemoaned the higher than average cost. Too bad, really, as it's one of the best XBLA titles I've ever played. Still, there are folks who can't get past the 1200 MS Points pricing — that makes it one of the more expensive downloadable games, but still cheaper than Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness.

Jonathan Blow, creator of Braid, explains why it was priced so, commenting on the official Braid blog he had to "guard against [...] the Space Giraffe problem." He offers up the low priced, low selling (just 19,000 downloads) psychedelic shooter as an example of how pricing came back to bite the developer in the ass (specifically the wallet).

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8:40 PM on Tue Aug 5 2008
By Michael McWhertor
13,580 views, 160 comments

Latest by Fonzy: @WatershipDown: It would be nice to know what Kotaku's final thoughts are on the game now that it's released. more »

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On 'Authorial Intent,' Game Designers, and Gamers

It's been a while since the Space Giraffe kerfluffle where Yak Minter threw a hissy fit in his blog regarding poor scores given to the XBLA psychedelic shooter (and the point where it was compared to Joyce's Ulysses, but I came across an interesting piece recently that talked about Space Giraffe in reference to (wait for it) a piece of literary theory known as 'authorial intent.' The post-structuralist conception is (at least in part) that the critic's will and opinion always supercedes that of the author. What does this have to do with Space Giraffe? Well, it's one way to look at why there was such heated discussion over Space Giraffe: More »

11:30 AM on Sun Jun 29 2008
By Maggie Greene
2,058 views, 21 comments

Latest by stranger: @Stoatboy: I don't doubt that Minter made the game he wanted to make. My post was merely attempting to consider authorial more »

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Minter Working On Gridrunner++ For XBLA

Fan of all things hairy, bearded and woolen, Jeff Minter, dropped word on his LiveJournal today on the follow up to the loved/hated Space Giraffe for Xbox Live Arcade. Llamasoft's Gridrunner++ is currently in the redesign process for XBLA which will undergo a 3D transformation and will be "a much more involved game than the PC-only predecessor." More »

5:40 PM on Wed Oct 3 2007
By Michael McWhertor
939 views, 11 comments

Latest by Fistynuts: @catapult37: I'm not sure Minter really invented music visualisation. An oscilloscope is really a signal visualiser, isn't it? more »

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Space Giraffe is Rubbish, The Shirt

I'll be honest. I haven't played Space Giraffe, because my Xbox 360 is still in the intense care unit. (Have you? You like it?) Paper mag Official Xbox Magazine didn't dig the game much at all, giving it a 2/10. Over at Something Awful, Space Giraffe creator and head yak Jeff Minter called the review "the most extraordinary example of egregious fuckwittery" he's ever seen. Right or wrong, the magazine is certainly entitled to its opinion! Just as Minter is entitled to make t-shirts lampooning that review. They're available for purchase, too. Buy one if you like. Wear it, too. More »

6:40 AM on Wed Sep 5 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
6,119 views, 101 comments

Latest by PurpleMonkey: It would seem that the 2/10 review of this game is the most publicity it's gotten so far. Can't blame more »

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Minter Calls Xbox Live Approval Process "Soul Crushing"

Jeff Minter and Llamasoft's Space Giraffe is currently bugging out the brains of some ten thousand-plus Xbox Live Arcade gamers, beggaring comparisons that range from Joyce's Ulysses to Minter's own Tempest 2000. But in a LiveJournal appropriate lamentation on the need to get away from it all, Minter says his experience dealing with the XBLA re-approval process—Space Giraffe's got some bugs, you see—is akin to a "massive, spirit-crushing inertia."

Poor Jeff. Lay off him already, Giraffe haters! If you love Space Giraffe, though, show Minter some love. Maybe a nice fruit basket or hand knit yak hair sweater would cheer him up.

stage one [Jeff Minter's LiveJournal via 1UP]

7:20 PM on Tue Sep 4 2007
By Michael McWhertor
2,115 views, 41 comments

Latest by theALLseeingEYE: @Kyouryuu: A bug is a bug dude. My point is not to compare Bioshock to Space Giraffe though. I was more »

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Space Giraffe Is Like Joyce's Ulysses?

Via GameSetWatch comes an musing on Space Giraffe, Yak Minter's psychedelic shooter that people seem to either love or hate. The author is Jonathan Blow, the guy behind Braid, and he says you either get Space Giraffe (and love it), or you don't (and hate it, giving it 2/10 when you write your review). More »

10:30 AM on Sun Sep 2 2007
By Maggie Greene
5,164 views, 76 comments

Latest by Dirk Dorkelson: @RolexDPracer: I love the whole, "If you don't agree with me, you must be ignorant" attitude. It's so much fun more »

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Look into J Allard's Eyes

Ha! J, you may ignore our Xbox Live messages and call us "creepy." But there are others who are creepy, too. Take Jeff Minter, who features J Allard in the second part of the Space Giraffe level one tutorial, which is appropriately named "The Eyes of Allard." Yes, Jallard's mug is visible. Thumbs up!! More »

1:00 AM on Mon Aug 27 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
1,946 views, 21 comments

Latest by SirCletus: Hold me... *weeps silently in the corner* more »

live arcade wednesday

Space Giraffe and Street Trace: NYC

You won't find any rehashes of decades-old arcade games popping up this Wednesday on Xbox Live Arcade. This week sees two all new original games kicking your ass at 800 points a pop. Street Trace: NYC is a new entry in my what could be favorite genre of all time: the hoverboard racer. Something about traveling at high speeds on a stylized plank while leaving a glowing trail in your wake appeals to me. Street Trace features several game modes, different arena and street tracks, and online multiplayer for up to 8 players via Xbox Live. Then there's Space Giraffe, Jeff Mintner's tribute to Tempest, with 100 levels of colorful shooting goodness with special moves and power ups thrown into the mix to keep things interesting. A couple of really nice titles for sure. Me? I'm just glad I don't have to use the phrase 'enhanced graphics and sound' this week. More »

6:00 PM on Mon Aug 20 2007
By Mike Fahey
2,732 views, 32 comments

Latest by CopyPaste: I'm going to buy space giraffe. Just because someone said...lets call it space giraffe and they did. Also my new more »

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Space Giraffe Gets Launch Blog

Having listened to the howls of disappointment from my boyfriend every time some news is released about Jeff Minter's psychedelic shooter Space Giraffe (usually that the release isn't here yet. And still isn't here. And still isn't here ...), I'm glad that those will soon be coming to an end. Or we hope, at least - the Llamasoft website has a blog up about the release and assorted game details which means launch should be imminent. More »

11:00 AM on Sat Aug 18 2007
By Maggie Greene
3,333 views, 33 comments

Latest by Karyyk: What can I say, I like this game. Regardless of the negative reviews it's received, I knew I was going more »

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Space Giraffe Entering Orbit

The dishes are done, man! Jeff Minter announces on his Live Journal earlier this week that Space Giraffe has finished its testing phase which means it is going to be out soon. It also features some screenshots of how he did on his own game throughout different levels (practice makes perfect!). More »

2:40 PM on Fri Apr 20 2007
By Kim Phu
1,087 views, 8 comments

Latest by Justin42: Yep, I will buy this as soon as it appears on the Marketplace (and probably without playing the demo, either..). more »