Silent Hill: Shattered Memories Review

By Chris Hudak

Run like Hell.



There’s a bit in David Lynch’s wonk-fest Lost Highway where Bill Pullman’s character Fred sidesteps his deep-seated—and only half-conscious—fear and loathing of memories committed to camcorders: “I like to remember things my own way,” he mutters to a pair of dubious police detectives. “The way I remember them—not necessarily the way they happened.”

  • Well-executed Wii functionality
  • No weapons = nightmarish sense of helplessness
  • Unique 'reimaginative' approach to franchise
  • Superb story that reacts to you
  • Nightmare Escape segments can get repetitive
  • On the short side
  • Your Wii may never seem completely clean again

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Chris Hudak
Chris Hudak

Chris Hudak is a writer, former San Francisco Zoo penguin recorder, frequent-flyer junkie, self-proclaimed lucid dream expert, poolshark-in-minnow’s-clothing, “student” of all things Japanese, borderline alcoholic (see “writer”), video-gamer-with-a-life, and moonlighting, kinda-sorta actor in his copious spare time.  He writes weird fiction, and contributes articles to Playboy, Wired, The Toronto Star, and whoever else has money.  Chris is the protagonist of the Harlan Ellison short story “Keyboard”—no, really—and someday wants a house in Walt Disney World.

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