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#1 compl3x

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Posted 31 January 2012 - 12:21

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Hi everyone. I’m here to talk to you about our latest PlayStation minis game, Hungry Giraffe, which will be released tomorrow, exclusively and FREE for PlayStation Plus users. Hungry Giraffe will then go on general release on the 15th of February for just £2.49/€3.49.

Hungry Giraffe is our first foray into the endless climbing genre and is based on the experiences* of one particular giraffe who – bored of the foliage of the acacia tree – decided to stretch out his neck to reach the burgers floating in the sky. Using the calories from the burgers to make his neck even longer, he moved from burger to french fries, taco to sandwich, on a desperate quest to stuff his face.

Of course our giraffe friend had to be wary of several hazards floating in the sky. After all, an anvil to the head seldom does anyone any good and as for poison, well, would you want clean up when a 1200 kg giraffe loses its lunch? Unprescribed drugs are also best avoided, as human medicine tends to have strange hallucinogenic properties when taken by giraffes.

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Of course this is a game and not a documentary, so we’ve added a few special touches to this real life story**. Hungry Giraffe features some touches of our own, such as stat tracking and achievements. Even more amazingly, the technical wizards (hello Paul!) here at Laughing Jackal have come up with a clever system allowing the PS3 version of the game to run at a higher resolution than the PSP allows, so those of you who like to play your games on a nice big shiny screen are in for a visual treat!

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*These experiences may not have occurred.
** This really, really didn’t happen.

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Looks kind of cool. Never turn down a freebie.


#2 DirtyLarry

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Posted 31 January 2012 - 13:58

Looks like a quick fix time killer, which should go perfect on the Vita. Now that I have the Vita on the way, I have to start keeping track of these Minis and games for the PSP. Gonna grab it for sure (as long as it is also for the US).

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Posted 31 January 2012 - 14:30

Looks pretty decent, will grab this without a doubt.

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Posted 31 January 2012 - 15:00

heh, yeah, why not - i'll give it a shot. 'free' for PSN+ users. never had much fun w/ Minis in the past though.

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Posted 31 January 2012 - 15:01

Up until the "PSN" in the title, I was actually interested in this news peice :(
Thought it's going to be interesting, reading about some crazy girrafe.

#6 compl3x

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Posted 31 January 2012 - 17:21

View PostPupik, on 31 January 2012 - 15:01, said:

Up until the "PSN" in the title, I was actually interested in this news peice :(
Thought it's going to be interesting, reading about some crazy girrafe.

This is all I can do on such short notice:

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Posted 31 January 2012 - 17:23

View PostJdawg683, on 31 January 2012 - 15:00, said:

heh, yeah, why not - i'll give it a shot. 'free' for PSN+ users. never had much fun w/ Minis in the past though.
This

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Posted 02 February 2012 - 10:10

It says "for PSP only" on the PSN Store - at least it did for me yesterday. Has anyone downloaded this for PS3 and got it working?

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Posted 02 February 2012 - 14:33

View PostplayXray, on 02 February 2012 - 10:10, said:

It says "for PSP only" on the PSN Store - at least it did for me yesterday. Has anyone downloaded this for PS3 and got it working?

Should do as they claim that it should be a higher resolution on the PS3 than the PSP

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Hungry Giraffe features some touches of our own, such as stat tracking and achievements. Even more amazingly, the technical wizards (hello Paul!) here at Laughing Jackal have come up with a clever system allowing the PS3 version of the game to run at a higher resolution than the PSP allows, so those of you who like to play your games on a nice big shiny screen are in for a visual treat!


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Posted 03 February 2012 - 01:41

View PostplayXray, on 02 February 2012 - 10:10, said:

It says "for PSP only" on the PSN Store - at least it did for me yesterday. Has anyone downloaded this for PS3 and got it working?
Yup, not bad fun actually :p

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Posted 03 February 2012 - 02:13

awesome!

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Posted 03 February 2012 - 09:58

View Post-Alex-, on 03 February 2012 - 01:41, said:

Yup, not bad fun actually :p

Great! I'll download it this evening. Thanks.

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Posted 03 February 2012 - 13:28

Tried to download it last night but the PSN Store was down for maintenance. Have to remember to grab it tonight. My wife's favorite animal is a giraffe, so she will almost definitely love it no matter what. :laugh:

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Posted 03 February 2012 - 14:33

View PostDirtyLarry, on 03 February 2012 - 13:28, said:

My wife's favorite animal is a giraffe, so she will almost definitely love it no matter what. :laugh:

Same here!

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Posted 04 February 2012 - 04:54

Hmm, this must have been a UK/Europe thing, as I finally just checked, and it is literally nowhere to be found on the US Playstation Store. Nowhere. Oh well, was looking forward to it. That sucks.

View PostplayXray, on 03 February 2012 - 14:33, said:

Same here!
Haha nice. (Y) It must be a women thing, as I never shared this fact with my wife, but my girlfriend of 2 years in college, yep, also loved Giraffes. :laugh:
Do not get me wrong, I think they are awesome animals as well, but women seem to take it somewhere else entirely.