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astralpancakes · . Joined: 12 Sep 2007 Posts: 12

That looks a lot more like Gridrunner++ than Space Giraffe really. Hopefully it'll sell a bit better too. :/

Dracko · . Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 2613

dessgeega · Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 4:36 pm Post subject:

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dessgeega · Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2008 4:37 pm Post subject:

james if you think all that looks the same, then you know less about this stuff than i thought you did.
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KinokoFry · . Joined: 26 Jun 2008 Posts: 84

My god, can't you people have different opinions about things without insulting each other?

One of you thinks these games look the same in some way, one of you doesn't. There's no 'right' or 'wrong' there.

There. Fixed. Now get back to discussing things like grown ups.

Scratchmonkey · . Joined: 02 Mar 2005 Posts: 1439

I can see both sides of it, in that they look like they all play pretty differently and some are pretty obviously in completely different genres, yet they've all got the sort of mid-90s cyber-raver aesthetic to them, similar colors, similar designs, etc. I imagine the aesthetics are so noticeable to Harvey because he's a visual artist.

I'm pretty stoked for Gridrunner++, even if I stink at Space Giraffe.

Ah, I know what his games remind me of now, the demo scene.

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sediment · Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 12:30 am Post subject:

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Winged Assassins (1984) · Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 12:47 am Post subject:

That's the kind of pals I had back in high school.
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sediment · Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 12:51 am Post subject:

that kind of explains why you're so metal!
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dessgeega · Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 1:08 am Post subject:

i interpret dracko and harvey's tiffs as a kind of flirtation.

visually, there are common trends in minter's work, yes. one of the reasons i admire him so much as a developer is the way all his work, no matter how disparate, exudes his character. it's mostly the farm animals, which are his signature, and his voice, which always manages to come unmistakably through in the text of his games.

gridrunner++ is probably my favorite of his recent works, and i think one of the most important examples of how to use mouse input in a game. the other really admirable thing about it is that every visual element on the screen, no matter how it much it might look like simple noise, conveys some piece of information about the state of the game.

anyway, i'm really curious where he's going to take the game next. the gridrunner series has followed his entire career, beginning as a simple centipede clone and transforming into something entirely itself. voidrunner marks a pretty great midpoint, and is an excellent example of the "every level has slightly different rules" design he's fond of.

(also fyi the little goat guy is known as the "ancipital" and is probably the most distinct character minter's created in his career.)

sediment are we fighting? can it be with knives?
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sediment · Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 1:47 am Post subject:

i'm a lover, not a fighter, but i can love with knives
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daphaknee · Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 4:59 am Post subject:

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Cycle · Mac daddy Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767

it's ok harveyjames although really i think you generally post to irk me specifically

anyway i'm also really curious as to what direction minter will take this new version of gridrunner. to be honest, i love ++ but only for minutes at a time... and i'd hope for more than that from this version.
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Dracko · . Joined: 10 Oct 2005 Posts: 2613

Harveyjames · the meteor kid Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 3636

Nah, she has

I was feeling pretty down this morning, but I came into school and all the smiling happy faces of the children lifted my spirits right up! Like in the movies!

KinokoFry · . Joined: 26 Jun 2008 Posts: 84

Yes, I have.

I just don't like people being arses to each other when they could argue/discuss things minus the arsery.

You're probably both decent guys, and you probably both have decent points. I -know- James is and I will always give people I don't know the benefit of the doubt, at least to a point.

Anyway, back to the game!

Cycle · Mac daddy Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767

oh, fucking christ.
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extrabastardformula · . Joined: 08 Feb 2007 Posts: 295

I just don't know if I could play more Minter games. I've not really enjoyed what little I've played of them. Also I'm despondent because my favorite knife got stolen and I really can't spare the couple hundred dollars it would take to replace it.
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Harveyjames · the meteor kid Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 3636

daphaknee · Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 1:53 am Post subject:

i think this thread needs some cleaning up

Harveyjames · the meteor kid Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 3636

Yeah, I forgot this thread is meant to be about the important business of REPORTING THE NEWS

dark steve · . Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 1110

It's surprising, how many people that read select button who feel that it consists of themselves plus a single, mostly-homogenous mob.

I mean, if anything, this is the predominant schtick on the forum right now.
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Harveyjames · the meteor kid Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 3636

I gave myself a deliberately obnoxious avatar and sig on that forum to stop me posting there much. It's a bit like when kids spray horrible-tasting gunk on their fingers to stop them from biting their nails.

dessgeega · Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 12:30 am Post subject:

the developers of soul bubbles talk about their game.
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Harveyjames · the meteor kid Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 3636

I just read like 20 pages of this thread looking for an old post I made. It's pretty entertaining! We have some good banter on here guys

Cycle · Mac daddy Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767

no we don't, shut up harvey
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daphaknee · Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 9:44 pm Post subject:

i like how people on selectbutton say this site has less infighting that is NOT TRUE AT ALL

Cycle · Mac daddy Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767

the difference is we secretly love each other!
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dessgeega · Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 3:11 am Post subject:

auntie pixelante just announced a new game. apparently she was worried about some messhof guy stealing her thunder.

insiders say the game has just entered a round of closed playtesting and should be released within the month.
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daphaknee · Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 4:32 am Post subject:

when you go to that messhoff thing you guys should have a quickdraw match and whoever wins gets to release their wild west game and the loser must cancel the project

Cycle · Mac daddy Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2767

POSTAL III to star The Village People's Original Cowboy Randy Jones!
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dessgeega · Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 1:30 am Post subject:

one of the most important games of the current generation has been picked up for us release. i hear the show's coming over too, so maybe this isn't too surprising.
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Harveyjames · the meteor kid Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 3636

XSeed seem like a pretty cool company! WILLING TO TAKE RISKS

aderack · . Joined: 15 Jun 2005 Posts: 1105 Location: San Francisco

I keep reading that as "Postal Ill". Or, in all-caps, "POSTAL ILL".
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Winged Assassins (1984) · Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 4:04 am Post subject:

Postal 2 got refused classification in Australia because it was a shit game. I look forward to seeing if the sequel follows suit.
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KinokoFry · . Joined: 26 Jun 2008 Posts: 84

Hey, how fantastic is that! I'm actually happy for you, Patrick, because I know that this is, in a tiny little way, your "Giftpia" (in that I understand via my obsession with Giftpia the frustration you felt about this game being in Japanese).

Harveyjames · the meteor kid Joined: 06 Jul 2006 Posts: 3636

I wonder what my Giftpia is. It's probably the Parappa the Rapper series. And Tetra's Trackers. Jet Set Radio. Powerstone. I want to absorb these games into my soul! I want to kill them and take their powers, like people did in the stone age.

(I just finished pencilling on Willy Wonka, I am reading TGQ on a break)

KinokoFry · . Joined: 26 Jun 2008 Posts: 84

I actually have lots of "Giftpias", and I think Jet Set Radio is among them. Gyakuten Saiban is another one because I know that Pheonix Wright can't possibly do the originals justice. Terranigma, also. Breath of Fire 2. Oh, so many.

dessgeega · Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 4:22 am Post subject:

some upstart hombre is trying to steal my thunder.

i may be meeting him at his studio show tomorrow.

i may challenge him to a duel.
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kirkjerk · . Joined: 12 Apr 2006 Posts: 1227

Giftpias are games stranded in untranslated or not translated right limbo?

My favorite is really mundane and makes Daphne yell at me... Puzzle Collection for GC. The only 4 player Dr Mario newer than an N64, and they keep breaking the OS to stop me using the Freeloader disc on Wii's GC mode.
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Lasa · . Joined: 26 Nov 2006 Posts: 128

New Galaga is already the best news out of this E3.