HeadWillCollapse

Fat Conan, while sitting at home contemplating the endless possibilities for the hair-restructuring he’s undergoing tomorrow and flicking through an old copy of “Games TM” came across a list of twenty must-have X-Box games, of which he currently owns eight. Besides wondering why he hadn’t refered to the list before going out and buying “Capcom Fighting Jam”, his attention was grabbed by one particular entrant. Alongside Jet Set Radio Future’s listing (which he was glad to see in the list) was a sentence giving a reason for the game’s appearance that read:

“Cel-shading at its very best and a soundtrack to die for”. (more…)

I’m a bit of an “Alias” fan. I’m currently working my way through the last series, waiting patiently for them to bring out the final boxed set so that I might be allowed sweet, sweet closure. The mention of Jennifer Garner in yesterday’s post got me thinking about the doll of Jennifer (as Syndey Bristow) I have in my room. As creepy as that sounds it’s not what you’re all thinking. The figurine is about six inches tall, was a Christmas present from a friend and is special in that it bears no resemblance to Ms. Garner whatsoever. (more…)

Fat Conan, being the skinflint barbarian he is, went on a shopping spree for sub £10 X-Box games at Virgin to see what “bargains” he could get his mighty, calloused mits around. Rather pleased with himself, he managed to pick up “Metal Gear Solid 2″, “Project Gotham Racing 2″, “The Sonic Mega Collectionâ„¢ Plus” and an offering from Capcom entitled “Capcom Fighting Jam” which promised to combine all the best bits from its catalogue of 2-d beat ‘em ups into a single phantasmagorical package.

As soon as he arrived back at his “pad” he hurriedly connected an arcade stick, stuck in the CFJ disc, started the VCR-sized cosole up and reclined on his stone throne to enjoy the proceedings. (more…)

The “info” inbox of headwillcollapse has become somewhat of a sacrificial lamb battered endlessly by the arrival of spam through the magic interweb pipe. The majority of it these days consists of messages from Wordpress informing that someone wants to leave a comment like “Now I dont have to feel so intimated by science! “ while insisting I should “check outâ€? their awesome viagra/dodgy investment/porn site. (more…)