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Jeff Minter's Space Giraffe (XBLA) by Jerry Whorebach 08/30/2007, 9:24am PDT After my first session, I'm now officially the 1103rd best Space Giraffe player in the world. What I guess that means is only 1102 other people actually bought Space Giraffe, which is too bad, because it's really good. Space Giraffe is to Tempest as Geometry Wars is to Robotron. In other words, Space Giraffe is the game I wanted when I paid full price for Rez. The Good: The $5 price tag and the disgruntled llama noises your Giraffe makes when "bulling" a stack of enemies off the playfield. The Bad: You have to be buried deep in the zone to have any chance at reliably detecting incoming projectiles, let alone dodging them. If you're prone to flipping out over unfair deaths, Space may break you. The Ugly: Microsoft's J. Allard's bald head appears from time to time, for encouragement maybe?

Jeff Minter's Space Giraffe (XBLA) by Jerry Whorebach 08/30/2007, 9:24am PDT     686th best after my 2nd session by Jerry Whorebach 08/31/2007, 9:32am PDT         Re: 686th best after my 2nd session by Ice Cream Jonsey 08/31/2007, 10:28am PDT             Perhaps Tempest 2001 will ease some of your distress... for free. by Mischief Maker 08/31/2007, 11:33am PDT         I recently got 818k in Geowars. by Worm 08/31/2007, 12:37pm PDT             after I slang enough dope to get DSL again, natch. NT by Worm 08/31/2007, 12:46pm PDT             That's a very high score. Too bad it doesn't EVEN count. NT by STILL NUMBAH ONE, BABY 08/31/2007, 10:08pm PDT                 Re: That's a very high score. Too bad it doesn't EVEN count. by Ice Cream Jonsey 09/01/2007, 3:49pm PDT     As an aside, buy GR++... assuming your computer can run it. NT by mark 08/31/2007, 11:02am PDT         My computer can run most things now. NT by Jerry Whorebach 09/01/2007, 4:21am PDT     Re: Jeff Minter's Space Giraffe (XBLA) by Ray of Light 01/19/2008, 7:13am PST