I wanted to share an essay I wrote on Silent Hill 2 a couple years ago because of the new Silent Hill HD collection coming soon. It's pretty heavy stuff and not exactly blog-friendly either, but here it is. It's an essay about the relationship of memories and the characters of Silent Hill 2, particularly the protagonist, James Sunderland. I've come to believe that SH2 might be what sets video games apart from the rest of the other media in terms of storytelling as an art form. Within you'd find how games are an interactive experience, but the control is still in the developers hands. Just because you want a certain outcome doesn't mean you'd get it. Silent Hill 2 is truly a revolutionary way of telling stories in a video game environment, and it's really a shame that no other game seems to have been able to replicate it. Please comment if you want to discuss about anything in the essay.
