Yeah, I don't know either. It would seem Space Giraffe mastermind Jeff Minter was unsatisfied with the reception his Tempest ripoff with llama sounds other XBLA title received, so he's put on his tie-dyed apron and popped another suckcake into the oven for us.
It's called Gridrunner +++, and it's headed for Xbox Live Arcade at some point. There's no word on a release date yet, but I'd venture to guess it will fall somewhere between "Too Soon's eve" and "Oh God, why? Day." Also, yes, it's really called Gridrunner +++.
The screenshot above shows a ship with a ... flaming goat-man thing in the background, and that's all I care to know about it. Interested parties can check out some more screens here, but I should warn you that the link is going to take you to Jeff Minter's Livejournal.
His screen name is Stinkygoat.
[Via GamerBytes - Thanks but no thanks, Buster]
Contest:
8:20 PM on 07.23.2008
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I love Jeff Minter, hopefully this means he'll start writing his Edge column again.
::dodges hail of bullets::
Even by stoner standards his games are weak.
Jeff Minter couldn't make a good game if his life depended on it.
I think I'll have a say over in the forums/c-blogs if anyone cares.
I support Indie games all day, every day. And, the consumer/non-gamer mainstream be damned. Jeff has been programming both existing IP's and stuff never been done before for 2 decades. Cut him some slack, or I say, do better. Yeah. Get in there and program and make some new content so that one can appreciate the process for all it is worth.
If you'll further refer to anything I've ever written in my 19 months or so on this site, you'll find that I happen to love indie games.
Cut him some slack? No. Two decades is long enough to figure out how to make a fun game. As for doing it myself? No. That's not my job. It's his. And he sucks at it.
I'm still writing the cblog, but the research will take some effort here. To each their own, and I need not defend him, but I think cutting slack/forgiveness would be a welcome thing to see from many of his most harsh critics of the past/present.
At least Space Giraffe pretended to be a unique game.
I love you.