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Llama Alert - Space Giraffe PC gets awesome 92% review, Gridrunner+++ is coming soon (News)

Jan 20, 2009

Britain's top PC gaming magazine PC Gamer has reviewed Space Giraffe PC in its February 2009 edition and given the game an overall rating of 92% and the accolade "***** MUST BUY", making Space Giraffe one of the most highly rated games of the month. They say:

"It balances the risk, the reward and the signals so perfectly that it's either sheer luck or complete genius"… "Space Giraffe offers experiences and enemies that are actually, honestly new"…"if you give Space Giraffe a few hours and some patience you will find an immersive world unlike any other, an unforgettable one".

The February edition of PCG is in shops now, we can only recommend that you pick up a copy and read this splendid 2-page review of Space Giraffe PC for yourself.

Jeff Minter Mocks Scientology - Game Developers hate Tom Cruise too (News)

Feb 4, 2008

Gameplayer are reporting that eccentric gaming genius Jeff Minter has taken to Tom Cruise's 'religion' Scientology. He has devised some box art and a brief gameplay description on how a Scientology game would play.

"Maverick UK developer Jeff Minter has possibly invited the wrath of the Church of Scientology."

Holiday Download Guide (Feature)

Dec 21, 2007

Dec 21, 2007 December is the month of giving and, better yet, receiving. December is the month when sugarplum visions of $400 consoles and $60 games dance through your head. And, of course, December is the month when your loved ones usually just cheap out and buy you a gift card instead. So long as that gift card is an online points card from Microsoft, Sony or Nintendo, however, you'll be alright. With so much downloadable content available for so little money, you could stretch a few ...

Space Giraffe developer Jeff Minter halts dev blogging (News)

Nov 23, 2007

Space Giraffe developer Jeff Minter has said he's going to stop writing about game development on his blog after taking a bit of a shoeing for a late-night post earlier in the week where he complained bitterly that the Xbox Live Arcade version of Frogger was outselling his latest game "by more than ten to one".

"Not seeing a lot of reason to continue even trying to make games, at this point, when a remake of Frogger, one of the worst games in the history of old arcade games, can outsell Space Giraffe that we put so much love and effort into, by more than ten to one, in one week," Minter had written. "OK, we get the message. All you want on that channel is remakes of old, shite arcade games and crap you vaguely remember playing on your Amiga. ... We'll shut up trying to do anything new then."

Space Giraffe Swears Revenge on Media (News)

Nov 20, 2007

Jeff Minter can't take bad press apparently, so he has issued a media blackout on his upcoming project, according to Gameplayer.

"Nobody not known and trusted by us even gets a sniff of this till it's out after the f***ing-over we got last time."

Space Giraffe - Xbox LIVE Arcade (Review)

Aug 28, 2007

Wow. If you dont know who game design guru Jeff Minter is, run away. This is not for you. If you do know Jeff, and loved (as we have) his previous games: Tempest 2000, Attack of the Mutant Camels, Gridrunner, and pretty much any game that mentions four-legged mammals in its title, prepare for either heartbreak or wish fulfillment. Minters psychedelic blastathon Space Giraffe is here. It is both fresh and timeless, both derivative and unlike anything youve ever played. And there's a 95% chance ...

Space Giraffe - Xbox Live Arcade (Screenshots)

Aug 28, 2007

Heavenly Sword gets 6/10 from Edge, Warhawk & BioShock both get 8/10 (News)

Aug 24, 2007

Here are the latest scores from Edge magazine for games like Heavenly Sword, Warhawk, BioShock, Stuntman Ignition and Medal Of Honor Airbourne:
Heavenly Sword - 6
Bioshock - 8
Warhawk - 8

Jeff Minter goes pyscho-delic. (News)

Aug 22, 2007

Yesterday it was reported that Official Xbox Magazine UK have reviewed Space Giraffes and given it 2/10 in their October issue. Today Programmer Jeff Minter launches into verbal tirade against the reviewer and accuses him of not playing the game correctly.

Space Giraffe gets 2/10 in OXM (News)

Aug 20, 2007

Have you spent the last few months salivating over Jeff Minter's latest title Space Giraffe?

Xbox 360 Wire is reporting that OXM this month reviewed Space Giraffe and gave it a disappointing 2/10. Further investigation reveals that the reviewer couldnt actually play the game properly and perhaps gave the poor review out of frustration more than anything else.

YakYak moderator said

"OK, I found him on the Partnernet leaderboards. Come to think of it I remember having seen his entries before because they were a bit unusual..."

Read on for the full story.

Space Giraffe "is not Tempest 4000", says Minter (News)

Mar 7, 2007

Kicking off the Independent Game Summit at this year's GDC, veteran game coder and camel fanatic Jeff Minter has given a fresh showcase of his new XBLA game Space Giraffe, which he insists "is not Tempest 4000. " "Space Giraffe is not Tempest. It may look like Tempest but that's basically because I wanted to have some kind of continuity with Tempest 2000," he told the keynote audience. "Plus I don't want to have to always worry about who owns the rights to the name Tempest," he notes as one of ...

GDC: Space Giraffe "is not Tempest 4000", says Minter (News)

Mar 5, 2007

Kicking off the Independent Game Summit at this year's GDC, veteran game coder and camel fanatic Jeff Minter has given a fresh showcase of his new XBLA game Space Giraffe, which he insists "is not Tempest 4000".

"Space Girafe is not Tempest. It may look like Tempest but that's basically because I wanted to have some kind of continuity with Tempest 2000," he told the keynote audience. "Plus I don't want to have to always worry about who owns the rights to the name Tempest," he notes as one of the reasons for ditching the shooter IP.

Space Giraffe Heads to Microsoft (News)

Feb 7, 2007

Those who have been following the progress of truly bizarre shoot-'em-up Space Giraffe will be pleased to hear the game's hit its alpha stage and is today heading to Microsoft for approval.

Speaking on his blog veteran and slightly bonkers developer Jeff Minter thought that progress was going extremely well on the Tempest-style shooter.

"We're going for an alpha release to Microsoft on Wednesday, then as soon as possible after, to our alpha team," he said, "At which point I'll get a lot more feedback which I am looking forward to. The release to Microsoft is a little bit scary because we effectively get the go/no go for the whole thing on this submission.

"But damn me if it doesn't look gorgeous and I think it plays really nicely so I would be very surprised if we have any problems there. Sure we probably aren't going to hit every TCR with alpha but we're not going for full cert yet, this is just show and tell so I think we should be ok."

Space Giraffe Achievement Guide (FAQ)

Jan 11, 2008

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Achievements (Unlockable)

Aug 23, 2007

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