{"id":660011,"date":"2026-04-01T09:01:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T09:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/silent-hill-creator-is-tired-of-you-confusing-his-game-and-the-film"},"modified":"2026-04-01T09:01:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T09:01:16","slug":"silent-hill-creator-is-tired-of-you-confusing-his-game-and-the-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/silent-hill-creator-is-tired-of-you-confusing-his-game-and-the-film\/","title":{"rendered":"Silent Hill creator is tired of you confusing his game and the film"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/silent-hill-creator-is-tired-of-you-confusing-his-game-and-the-film.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/topics\/silent-hill\">Silent Hill<\/a>&#8216;s creator, Masahiro Ito, has never been one to shy away from handling the misconceptions of fans on Twitter. He&#8217;s done so for years, but the same misbeliefs still keep creeping onto his timeline and into his replies even in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The first Silent Hill game arrived on PlayStation back in 1999, and frankly, scared the living shit out of many who played it. Still, over two decades later, many fans are trying to chase the feeling that the original games gave them, myself included, and I played them over a decade after their release. They may be timeless, but many fans still want more.<\/p>\n<p>Back when Silent Hills was announced in 2012, set to feature the work of Hideo Kojima and Guillermo Del Toro, fans were understandably excited. Even moreso when P.T. was unveiled in 2014, and later revealed to be the demo for Silent Hills. This, obviously, fell through for multiple reasons. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/silent-hill-creator-is-tired-of-you-confusing-his-game-and-the-film\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vg247.com\/silent-hill-creator-is-tired-of-you-confusing-his-game-and-the-film\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Silent Hill&#8216;s creator, Masahiro Ito, has never been one to shy away from handling the misconceptions of fans on Twitter. He&#8217;s done so for years, but the same misbeliefs still keep creeping onto his timeline and into his replies even in 2022. The first Silent Hill game arrived on PlayStation back in 1999, and frankly, scared the living shit out of many who played it. Still, over two decades later, many fans are trying to chase the feeling that the original games gave them, myself included, and I played them over a decade after their release. They may be timeless, but many fans still want more. 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