Variation on a Theme
January 25th, 2008 by 
Steven Gould
This is a headcrab. They give me the willies.
If you already know about headcrabs you don’t need to go here to read about them. But they do something appropriate to our little corner of the blogoverse. They jump on your head and Eat Your Brains.
[Morgan's squick warning: don't click if you have a weak stomach...]
Once there, they take over control of your motor functions producing a headcrab zombie.
They also give me the willies but, oddly enough, they’re not a scary to me as the headcrabs themselves. Unfortunately, if you don’t shoot them in the head (in the headcrab), once the body dies, the headcrab jumps off and comes for you.
Which you gotta admit is creepy.
This is a fast headcrab. They give me the heebie jeebies.
Once they’re on your head, they turn you into a fast zombie. Like this:
And when I say fast, I mean fast. They do scare me as much as fast headcrabs. Again, shoot them in the head if you don’t want to deal with the fast headcrab after.
This is a poison headcrab. Jeezusmotherhumpingrunrunrun. They scare me more than the other two. And when they get you, they turn you into this:
It doesn’t move too fast but you’ll notice its got several poison headcrabs attached to it. And when it gets anywhere near you (and I mean not that close) it starts throwing the extras at you.
Here’s a soft plushy version.
And here’s a hat.
It’s enough to give you nightmares.
I’m hoping.
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10 Comments »
January 26th, 2008 at 12:19 am
Yuck. You really ought to warn people. You’ll give us all nachtmares.
January 26th, 2008 at 9:00 am
Lemme know if you get stuck anywhere, Stevie. I kicked Half-Life 2′s butt.
January 26th, 2008 at 9:26 am
I’m not sure which is creepier: when the antlions were killing me on a regular basis or I was using the antlions to kill combine. I’m actually on the very last bit and it seems pretty straight forward, but I’ve got episode one and two to go through yet.
January 26th, 2008 at 11:19 am
Thank you for the link; now I understand that it’s just part of that part of the world that isn’t accessible to me.
But the plush toy is cute; same people who do the Cthulu (misspelt) one??
January 26th, 2008 at 11:34 am
Jesus, I get enough of this head-crab crap at home… And where can I get one of those hats?
January 26th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
Yeah, I definitely want the hat.
January 26th, 2008 at 7:29 pm
But have you ever tried Headcrab gumbo? It’s really good–as long as you prepare the headcrab properly. Improperly prepared headcrab is…well, it’s not pleasant.
January 27th, 2008 at 1:39 am
OK. That I can get behind.
Bear in mind, though, what it’s been munching on.
January 27th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
Wull, yeah. And the USDA won’t let you import headcrabs from the UK because of the lingering fear of Mad Cow disease for that very reason.
My Joy of Alien Cooking has a very useful section on the preparation of fugu, headcrab, and kidney beans, all of which can be dangerous if improperly cooked. And they say to double the okra in headcrab gumbo. I’ll bet Maureen has some good recipes.
January 31st, 2008 at 12:56 pm
There’s an insane, strider-bombing section close to the end of Episode 2 that I think is one of the best bits of video-gaming I have ever experienced.
Be sure to try for the Little Rocket Man achievement
http://www.kfj.f2s.com/index.php/2007-10-15-gnome-quest
Also look into the fine single-player mod Minerva: Metastasis.