Comments on: All you want is remakes of old, shite arcade games and crap you vaguely remember playing on your Amiga

By: Jare

Jare — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 06:19:31 +0000

I love abstract shooters, and I thought Space Giraffe was incredibly poor. I’m not saying nobody should like it, but I’m not surprised that almost nobody does. Horrible tutorial, rehashed gameplay and way too much self-serving flash for so little substance.

By: Rusklander

Rusklander — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 03:11:11 +0000

I rate Space Giraffe just above Portal as game of the year. It’s something I’m still playing on a regular basis and I fully expect to be playing it in 20 years time. Simple/lazy gamers assume it’s just Tempest and don’t bother to learn how to play it properly – then dismiss it as unplayable when they get their butts kicked to stop them having to think.

For Minter to quit games would be a terrible loss to the games industry, and I for one would sorely miss his unique brilliance.

By: Jesper

Jesper — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:40:19 +0000

For the record, I bought Space Giraffe and I appreciate and enjoy it.

By: asdf

asdf — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 05:24:50 +0000

If we’ve learned anything from this, it’s that it’s never the designer’s fault if the game isn’t a success or regarded as unplayable but rather that people are stupid and it wasn’t made for them anyway.

Has his Wikipedia entry already been updated to “does not respond well to criticism?”

By: John V

John V — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 04:44:54 +0000

Okay. Really. If he remade a flashy version of an old arcade game and yet some crappy ass remake of an old arcade game outsold his.

Perhaps the crappy ass one was actually more fun? Or perhaps instead of love and effort, and focus on results.

When you’re playing a game, love and effort don’t matter. It’s whether or not you enjoy what you’re playing.