Principal photography is finished

Director Michael Bassett posted May 14th that principal photography for Silent Hill Revelations 3D has finished.

At this point its a wait and see game for fans. Let's keep our fingers crossed that Mr. Bassett pulls this one through and gives us the film we want.

Shattered Memories character designs

For the past four years, character designer Jeen Lih Lun has worked on wide range of games for Climax, including Overlord: Dark Legend, Gormiti: The Lords of Nature!, and Silent Hill : Shattered Memories.

HellDescent.com found these character renderings in the wild (they always find all the good stuff) and posted a nice feature on Jeen's work--or you can cruise by Jeen's own site to view them and see what else she has been working on. There are SPOILERS to be found for those of you who have yet to play this interesting take on Silent Hill, so reader beware.

I am far more interested to peek into the artist's process of generating creative solutions within the constraints of the Wii and last gen consoles, then I am looking at the back-end of games on HD-consoles.

I remember the days...

Lakeside Amusement Park photographed by ~EvidencE~

I remember when filming started on the first Silent Hill movie, and the fan forums were awash in set photos and tales of fan pilgrimage. At that time, I daydreamed of a car trip to Canada to dig around the set after filming--ridiculous, I know.

With production of the new movie Silent Hill: Revelations 3D well underway, its that time again--more and more pics keep turning up--of particular note are the photos from Flickr user ~EvidencE~ who has managed to take some really wonderful pics during filming. These are fully lit, night photos of the set and props in the middle of production. Amazing stuff, especially the ones that reveal secrets.

Thanks to ~EvidencE~ for letting me use one of his photos, Copyright 2011.

The fear of yarn tends to create fear for the stitch

As a Silent Hill fan, one thing you won't find in abundance is licensed merchandise. Sure, there are some super expensive and rare DVDs, some incredibly rare statues (and incredibly pricey), and an occasional book or two of interest, priced just out of your reach.

As a result, the fan community has to make do, or better yet, just make. Fortunately there are people like Christen of Needle Noodles stepping in to help out. I met Christen on the crafting circuit a few years back when we picked up a Cthulhu amigurumi from her. As you start to look at the rest of her products you see a definite pattern--very cool, a little scary, a lot of cute. Christen is another one of those amazing people that leave you wondering how she was able to connect the dots between crochet and Cthulhu and still stay sane. She even has a book (actually two books so far), Creepy Cute Crochet: Zombies, Ninjas, Robots, and More! of some of her most popular projects you can build yourself. The book is an incredible production--fun projects presented in a wonderfully designed hardback.

So, what is the connection to Silent Hill? Pyramid Head and Robbie the Rabbit, that's what. Click over to Needle Noodles and you'll find free patterns to build your own Silent Hill nightmares--complete with large photos to help you all along the way.

Isn't he cute?

Soundless Mountain 2 takes us back, way, way back

For those who have yet to discover still deny the joys of vintage gaming, there are secret delights to be uncovered in homebrews and demakes. From Halo 2600, to a 16-bit Team Fortress, there are many fascinating things to find and play.

Which of course brings us back to Silent Hill. Soundless Mountain 2 has been out for a while, but still fascinates me to no end. While the game is not complete, some interesting things have been worked out and it's fun to poke around in if you a fan. I just wish it would run on my emulator of choice for NES games.

Silent tea bagging on the Hill (not coming)

Hell Descent (these guys get all the scoops) have an interesting bit of news. Seems Konami has been trying to figure out how to bring multiplayer to the Silent Hill series. According to the post, Vatra and Konami have already dismissed online multiplayer for Silent Hill: Downpour, but Konami is still trying to figure this one out.

With the multiplayer model working in Dead Space 2, and a history of what I can only think to call "asymetrical multiplayer" in past games like Aliens vs. Predator, Splinter Cell, and others, I think there is a chance for interesting things to happen. Capcom tried twice with Resident Evil: Outbreak, and is rumored to be trying again.

EDIT: 03/21/2011 According to Devin Shatsky, producer of Downpour, the answer to "are we getting multiplayer?" is a big NO.

Radha

Been meaning to post this since it hit the usual news sites. Radha, Sean, and Deborah are "in." I'm still hoping they will straighten out the cult thing this go round, considering how they changed things in the last movie. And, I really hope Pyramid Head is not in this one either--as much as I like his character, he belongs in Silent Hill 2 as a part of James' story.