Silent Hill butter cake

I love Gourmet Gaming. Its one of those brilliant little ideas that someone not only had, but then went ahead and created something with. Gourmet Gaming's aim is to actually make the food we see in the games that we play.

A few month back my kids and I made Poffins from on of their recipes--we had a little trouble along the way, like not understanding how yeast needs heat to rise, and we sort of started a little late in the evening, and we didn't finish them until 1:00 a.m., and they turned out a little mushy (our fault), but we watched a great movie while we waited for them to rise and bake. So, I have been sort of hooked to the site ever since (but haven't had the nerve to make anything else).

They finally got around to making a Silent Hill treat, Butter Cake. Found on the store shelves in Silent Hill 2, this treat seems pretty popular in town. The recipe is pretty easy, but be aware that Gourmet Gaming likes to make things from scratch--no store bought mixes here!

The voices are back

The always reliable Rely on Horror has reported that Guy Cihi, along with the rest of the original voice cast of Silent Hill 2 have come to a settlement for licensing their voices for future use. This ends a long running near-feud with Guy and Konami over the use of his voice for James Sunderland.

Initial fan response to the new voice work was a little cold at this years Gamescon 2011, so this is viewed by many as a good thing. I think it is more fascinating to watch how Konami continues to recognize the importance of audio work, especially voice work in its games, and is making effort to preserve the original work of its artists. I hope the new actors who intended to replace the old ones get a decent kill-fee for their work.

Click on over for more details, and to view a photo of the signing that "used to be" on Facebook (I'm sure there is a whole story to that too).