Silent Hill

About this episode

The episode explores the horror video game Silent Hill and discusses the horror genre and personal experiences with nightmares.

Spooky Season has officially begun! We're celebrating by diving into one of Holly's personal favourite horror video games: Silent Hill. Today's topics include: what defines the horror genre, how horror video game narratives work, and a brief interlude about Vivian and Holly's nightterrors. Some Extra Materials Vivian's video games and myth article Games Mentioned: Silent Hill Fatal Frame PT Resident Evil Our Socials Vivian's Instagram Holly's Instagram The Pod's Instagram Buy Our Books! Buy Holly's Book! Buy Vivian's Book! Fan Of That is now on Patreon! Go support us over there! Music for this episode was Nowhere Land by Kevin MacLead Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Logo by Moira Daykin, @mecha_moira on instagram This episode was produced by Vivian Asimos and Holly Swinyard Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Vivian Asimos, Holly Swinyard

Topics covered

• horror video games
• narratives in horror
• nightmares
• game analysis
• spooky season

Keywords

• Silent Hill
• horror games
• video game narratives
• nightmares
• spooky season

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Patreon

Books & works: Silent Hill, Fatal Frame, PT, Resident Evil

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