This week's PixlTalk, we tried a little something different. Chessa's good friend, and new Contributing Writer, Sam Wakefield, has joined both Chessa and Nick for a Silent Hill inspired episode.
The first segment proceeds as usual with discussion on what everyone has been playing. Sam is on a last gen kick, Chessa's kick flipping on the Tony Hawk Ride board, and Nick is still obsessing over Assassin's Creed 2, but manages to mention Madden NFL Arcade.
In the second segment we discuss Silent Hill at large. Each member of the podcast talks about their history, likes, and dislikes of the series. Sam being the resident expert explains the story, characters, as well as some of what to expect in the upcoming title. Shattered Memories.
Of course, the end of the podcast somewhat devolves into ridiculousness, but it's all in good fun.
Edited by Nick DiMola
Music by Andy McKee
I'd like to correct myself slightly about some of the character redesigns: I just saw some newly released footage today, and apparently Cybil Bennett's design will also vary through the game between apparently either the one we know and love or the more practical updated version.
Also, I neglected to mention that Harry Mason is a resident of Silent Hill in Shattered Memories. A minor point, if you are unfamiliar with the series but in the original, he's there on vacation (this was naturally back before we knew this was a horrible idea) and therefore completely has no idea what's going on to the town at the game's beginning. It'll be interesting to see how this is justified in the upcoming game.