Archive for December, 2006

IN GAME FOOTAGE!

Saturday, December 16th, 2006

DoDonPachi - pales in comparisonIt’s long been a dream of Fat Conan to be able to contribute to the gaming world by producing his very own independent gem. More specifically, he’s always wanted to write a vertical-scrolling shooter in the vein of DoDonPachi with multiple characters to choose from and a whole bunch of “new” and “innovative” features. However, Fat Conan’s apathy combined with the fact he’s not a real programmer has made pursuit of this dream a somewhat long-winded process. So long-winded in fact that he finished his degree and changed job twice in the time between deciding to write one and actually starting to code it. (more…)

Now Accepting Contestants

Wednesday, December 6th, 2006

Is that Cameron from House? We <3 CameronFat Conan has clearly been out of touch for a while as he managed to miss both UK:R and Consolevania’s mention of this little contest. Somewhat amazingly, despite a contest seeking the best “girl” amongst “female” gamers superficially sounding as enticing as one seeking the best foetus deformity amongst IVF mishaps, the gallery manages to be reasonably easy on the eye.

However, that alone is not enough to prevent FC getting very angry over the event; partially because Fat Conan is a new barbarian and as such thinks that such competitions are demeaning and have no place in a modern, post-feminist society; partially because of the presence of cosplayers in the line-up; but mainly because half of them couldn’t possibly be classified as gamers. (more…)

Born in the revolution

Wednesday, December 6th, 2006

This comes back from a search for 'Jet Set Radio', see I'm entirely innocentWarning: Not safe for work, unless you want people to think you have a poorly drawn cartoon woman fetish

Okay, I’ve been meaning to write a little something about this website since I bumped into its “offerings” while looking for images for that Jet Set Radio aticle I wrote a while ago. I can’t tell if it’s highly refined comedy gold or the bizarre gallery of a pure-bred lunatic, so I’ll leave it to you to decide.

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