10:06 PM on 10.03.2007
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Jeff Minter -- creator of as-often-lauded-as-decried XBLA synaethesia-shooter Space Giraffe -- has announced his next project: Gridrunner++, a remake of a remake of a Vic 20 title he created on stone tablets using chisels and kindly, wise-cracking birds. Of course, as per Minter's usual style, the game will almost certainly feature psychadelic animals, prismatic color schemes and visuals rivalled only by closing one's eyes and pressing hard on the soft parts of the retina with one's own thumbs.
Say what you will about Mr. Minter's previous efforts, but I think he provides the most damning evidence for the 'games as art' argument. After all, what is art besides a medium that the average person finds confusing and often distasteful, while the erudite, elitist bourgeoisie fawn over it to no end regardless of actual content or value?
Like I said above, you aren't supposed to get it, it's art.
[Via AngryGamer]
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I can't school you all in Space Giraffe, so hopefully he'll let me do it here. Please?
for example: the number 7 is a bright yellow, and has a vain, female personality.
the word joker is yellow, but the j is yellow, the o black, the k magenta,the e green, and the r red.
Man, I love it!
oh..giraffe..
You damn RIGHT it's art.
The biggest argument against it is that it is unplayable due to the colors and whatnot, but that is the point of it. It throws you into a world you sometimes always can't see, but if you use the techniques you picked up previously and listen for cues, every level is very beatable. It just takes practice and a little bit of determination.
All in all, it seems to be a love or hate type of game. If you put the time in (which isn't that much really) everything will start to make sense and you can't help but enjoy the experience. To me, it was a breath of retro fresh air in an era of big budgets but uninspired gameplay.
Either way, I'm happy to see more stuff for people to complain about and not understand.
But I don't think anybody here is claiming it is a philosophical allegory or anything.
I bought the PocketPC version of Gridrunner++ Minter released a few years ago, but I run it on my PC. A brilliant time waster if there ever was one. :)