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Episode 26:

Silent But Deadly

Runtime: 54 Minutes

Dave and Rob head back to February of 1999 to look back at the North American release of Konami's Silent Hill. Conceptualized as a game that would focus on the fear of the unknown, David teaches a lesson on this concept of Xenophobia, and explains just how it gets thrown around so much, and how it relates to Silent Hill. Looking back at reception for the game, the boys talk about how it unfairly never really left Resident Evil's spotlight. Dave quizzes Rob on real and fictional horror locations to honor the sleepy town of Silent Hill, before the gaming question of the week has the boys talking about games that were so scary, they just had to put them down. Join today's frightening trip down Memory Card Lane.

Silent Hill

References:

Wikipedia Article:

  Wikipedia - Silent Hill

Game-Specific Wiki:

  Silent Hill Fandom Wiki

Additional Sources:

Indra Was Here Review:

  MobyGames - Silent Hill Reviews

Zovni Review:

  MobyGames - Silent Hill Reviews

NeoJ Review:

  MobyGames - Silent Hill Reviews

Xenophobia:

  Fear of the Unknown Phobia -- Xenophobia

Fear of the Unknown:

  Fear of the Unknown: What it is and Steps to Overcome It

GamePro Silent Hill Review:

  GamePro Magazine - Silent Hill Review

IGN Silent HillReview:

  IGN - Silent Hill Review

Audio Sources:

Cold Open Music:

Comfortable Mystery by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3531-comfortable-mystery

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Podcast Intro Music:

Open Those Bright Eyes by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4171-open-those-bright-eyes

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Schoolbell Sound:

School bell.wav by 13FPanska_Stranska_Michaela

Link: https://freesound.org/s/378394/

License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Success Sound:

success_bell.wav by MattLeschuck

Link: https://freesound.org/s/511484/

License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Failure Sound:

error sound.mp3 by thehorriblejoke

Link: https://freesound.org/s/351500/

License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/