Space Giraffe - The Best Worst Game Ever
There has been a lot of debate as to whether this game is good or bad, but it’s the type of game that is impossible to label as such. This is not your standard 80’s arcade rehash with flashy graphics; Space Giraffe is its own genre. Instead of dwelling on the reviews the game has gotten, I’m going to write a little about the game for those who instantly hated it, played it wrong, or read the bad reviews.
First off, there are two correct ways to play the game. One way is to play offensively and score high, the other is to play defensively and live to see another stage. Unless you are an expert (only three people on the leader boards seem to be at this point) you need to play a little of both. The incorrect way to play is to play as if you were playing Tempest. In short, this game is about setting up enemies to “bull” for a scoring multiplier, scoring high, and surviving.
What makes this game so hard for most people to understand is that you need to use your sense of sight as well as your sense of sound. Many are complaining that it is hard to see bullets and certain enemies when the visuals get hectic, but that’s what the sound is for. There is a specific sound that plays for certain events and this is what you need to listen for.
At this point, I have made it level 46 in one sitting and am ranked 97 on the leader boards with 108,915,762. Right now, the top three on the leader boards have 1.5-.5 million so I know could be doing a lot better at this point. Figuring out the trick to each level is the key to scoring high. That is what I like the most about this game. Surviving to level 100 doesn’t mean a whole lot unless you have a decent score to go with it, and that’s what this game is all about. See http://llamasoft.co.uk/blog/ for more information about the game and much better pictures.
Developer blogs: http://stinkygoat.livejournal.com/85730.html
http://psychedelia.googlepages.com/aboutspacegiraffe
Since I will continue to beat my old score, just look for LimitZer0 in the top 100. 
