Space Giraffe developer and notorious industry whingebag Jeff Minter has been hard at work on a new game that he is hoping to pitch to Activision. Not really, but his idea for Video Game Hero could be a pretty good prospect nonetheless. Surely anything would be better than Space Giraffe.
"Someone should do Video Game Hero: You pretend to play games with no real skill in using a rubbish plastic joystick and set to cheesy music," states the James Seth Lynch lookalike.
Brilliant idea, and oh-so witty satire, Mr. Minter. Let me also pitch a Hero game of my own that I've been working on with the boys in the lab. We call it Jeff Minter Hero: You pretend to develop games by throwing psychedelic colors and Internet memes at players and then throw a temper tantrum when nobody wants to buy your weird, stupid bullsh*t.
I think Activision would love that.
[Jeff Minter's Twitter, thanks Morris]
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2:30 PM on 01.06.2010
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I'm all for bitching, doing nothing, jamming, and tripping all day.
Agreed on the point of Minter being a whining git though.
Don't fight it. I've tried. It doesn't work.
(also, have you heard about Gridrunner: Revolution and how it's also awesome? Ask metacritic or something)
Also, if you download the SG PC Demo, you'll see that there's a Chill Out mode that features less intrusive visuals, making the game easier to play. SOME PEOPLE should take a closer look at the man's work before saying rude things about him.
Methinks Jim was once a frustrated game developer...shame to be that bitter and nasty.
And some people should lay off the LSD before they try to program a game.
For a guy who likes throwing around bullshit opinions, you sure do get pissy when people who *actually* produce something decide to express one.
i want to bash minter for making a crap joke, but realistically it reflects worse on you (sterling) for having posted said crap joke here. it just comes off as kind of cruel and pointless.
I gotta give credit to Minter for staying afloat in the games industry for this long too, he really is one of those devs you either seem to love or utterly hate.
Idea for a game: Jim Sterling Hero! You get a big plastic keyboard with brightly colored buttons and type witty insults about game developers as their portraits scroll up the screen.
It still ranks as one of my all-time favourite 360 games.
And well done, Mr Sterling, you come across as a bit of a cnut.
Those who can't - review
Those who can't review just make sarcastic comments.
Since when was a pisstaking comment on twitter news? Would that be the day anyone you thought of as being important wouldn't return your calls or emails because you were deemed irrelevant?