{"id":24004,"date":"2014-08-20T22:08:11","date_gmt":"2014-08-21T03:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=24004"},"modified":"2014-08-20T22:08:11","modified_gmt":"2014-08-21T03:08:11","slug":"p-t-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=24004","title":{"rendered":"P.T. Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><table class='nomargin' cellspacing='0' width='100%' cellpadding='0' align='center' border='0'><tr><td><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L3tKn2nqA4Q\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen class=\"embed\"><\/iframe><br\/><small><a href='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=L3tKn2nqA4Q'>Link (YouTube)<\/a><\/small><\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/p>\n<p>Consider this episode a test-run of our technology for covering PS4 games. I&#8217;ll have another post on that once we&#8217;re closer to starting the next season. Let the speculation begin.<\/p>\n<p>More context on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/articles\/p-t-game-revealed-on-ps4-is-actually-next-silent-h\/1100-6421683\/\">the &#8220;game&#8221; being shown off<\/a>: It&#8217;s supposedly a collaboration between Hideo Kojima (Metal Gear series) and Guillermo del Toro (director of Hellboy and Pacific Rim) as a sort of proof-of-concept \/ test pilot \/ marketing effort \/ obnoxious troll. The two are supposedly teaming up to make a Silent Hill game starring <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Norman_Reedus\">Norman Reedus<\/a>, who everyone else knows from Walking Dead, but I still think of the guy as Murphy from Boondock Saints. <\/p>\n<p>At the start of the episode I said, &#8220;I can&#8217;t imagine a worse lineup for a Silent Hill game.&#8221;  To be fair, I think del Toro could do a fine job. I question the involvement of Kojima, because the guy is notorious for games that are cutscene-heavy, intensely complex, self-indulgent, and which frequently break the forth wall. I&#8217;m sure Kojima&#8217;s many fans will defend him by saying he&#8217;s capable of capturing the Silent Hill vibe. Fine. But I have yet to see any proof of that, and I&#8217;m going to remain skeptical.  This poor series has been <a href=\"?p=2020\" title=\"Silent Hill Homecoming: Down is the new Up\">abused<\/a> many times by various <a href=\"?p=1884\" title=\"Silent Hill Origins Part 1: Trucker&#39;s Delight\">well-meaning dolts<\/a> who just don&#8217;t &#8220;get&#8221; Silent Hill, and I&#8217;m not going to get my hopes up again. So many other developers have <a href=\"?p=2227\" title=\"The Escapist Show: Silent Hill Homecoming\">talked big about how they &#8220;get&#8221; Silent Hill<\/a>, and then missed the point in a spectacular way. <\/p>\n<p>The choice of Norman Reedus is a big indicator to me that someone is still confusing &#8220;survival&#8221; with &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=2038\" title=\"Review: Silent Hill Turbo HD II\">badass empowerment fantasy<\/a>&#8220;. <\/p>\n<p><strong>On the other hand:<\/strong> This is actually pretty good. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Link (YouTube) Consider this episode a test-run of our technology for covering PS4 games. I&#8217;ll have another post on that once we&#8217;re closer to starting the next season. Let the speculation begin. More context on the &#8220;game&#8221; being shown off: It&#8217;s supposedly a collaboration between Hideo Kojima (Metal Gear series) and Guillermo del Toro (director [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[188],"tags":[53],"class_list":["post-24004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spoilerwarning","tag-silent-hill"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24004\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}