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Climax Reveals The Myriad Ways ‘Shattered Memories’ Messed With Us

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Posted by Adam Dodd on April 29, 2013 @ 5:33pm
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Climax Studios, the developer behind Silent Hill Origins, Shattered Memories, and possibly another horror game has taken to Facebook to reveal the many techniques Shattered Memories employed to get inside the player’s head. Apparently, the psychological tests were only the tip of the iceberg — on top of that, it monitored every decision we made, route we chose, how long it took for us to solve a puzzle, etc. and used that data to try and mess with us. It’s actually really impressive. Learn all about it after the break.
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Every ‘Silent Hill’ Ranked Worst To Best!

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Posted by Adam Dodd on April 24, 2013 @ 6:00am
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We haven’t been receiving many post cards from our favorite foggy resort town — at least not since Book of Memories released last October — so to keep me from experiencing Silent Hill withdrawal I’ve decided to do the impossible. Okay, I suppose ranking every game in Konami’s longstanding survival horror series is far from an impossible feat, but it sure was difficult ranking games I’ve grown up with over the years. Even if all of you violently disagree with me and come at me, torches and pitchforks in hand, this was still worth it, even if it was only to grant me a brief reprieve from the shakes, sweats and fever that come from not at least talking about Silent Hill.

See how I rank each game in this awesome horror franchise after the jump, and feel free to offer your own list in the comments!
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Is Climax Working On A Horror Game Set In A Dollhouse?

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Posted by Adam Dodd on April 15, 2013 @ 7:38pm
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It’s all conjecture, but judging by the images Climax Studios — the dev behind Silent Hill: Origins and Shattered Memories — has been trickling out via their Facebook page, it looks like their next game may be of the horror persuasion… and maybe set in a dollhouse. I can see it, dollhouses are creepy.

Now, it’s “unannounced” so for all we know this could be a post-apocalyptic Barbie adventure game. It has a nebulous ’2013′ release window, so my guess is they’re waiting to announce it at E3, but I could be wrong, the reveal could be a ways off. Check out some images (not sure if they’re screenshots, promotional art, concept art, or none of the above) after the jump.
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[Ghosts Of Gaming Past] A Review Of ‘Silent Hill: Shattered Memories’

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Posted by Adam Dodd on March 09, 2013 @ 12:00pm
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Welcome to Ghosts of Gaming Past — here we’ll be reviewing older horror games, classics and non-classics we missed when they were originally released. Have a game you’d like reviewed? Send us an email.

Written by Ally Doig, @allydoig

Silent Hill and Resident Evil are synonymous with survival horror. Or at least they used to be. In recent years both have felt the backlash from longtime fans as they grow increasingly disenchanted with the contrasting direction in which the franchises are heading.
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SILENT HILL: SHATTERED MEMORIES OST Album Review

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Posted by JonathanBarkan on January 17, 2010 @ 12:28am
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Alright, let me get this out of the way right now: I am a Silent Hill fanatic. I not only own all of the major release games (except for the Gameboy play novel), I’ve gotten all of the endings on most of them. I own all of the soundtracks. I saw the movie three times in theaters IN THE SAME DAY. I’ve got a mini-poster of Pyramid Head with a strip of film reel on either side of the poster framed on my wall. You get the idea.

So, as you can see, Silent Hill is kinda my bread and butter. When it comes to the soundtracks, in regards to my favorite, I honestly can’t decide between SH1 and SH2. The first game had a soundtrack that was literally a cacophony of nightmarish sounds. Pipes banging in the distance, doors screeching open and other terrifying sounds all put together that resulted in an insanely abstract calm. Honestly, I’ve had the soundtrack playing and fallen asleep to it without a problem.

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