Of Snapekids and Pyramid Heads (Though Certainly Not Together!) D=
So I'll start with the former and move to the latter, mmm?
We had a peer leader thing with the Freshman last Friday, and we met in the auditorium and did stuff and then went to the Field House and did stuff... But in the auditorium, they had all this music playing when everyone was coming in, and during that I happen to notice Snapekid sitting somewhat near me. He doesn't seem too happy with the music, and he has his headphones on and is all, "Whatever." So then they start playing Don't Stop Believin' (you know, Journey,) and out of the corner of my eye I see him sort of perk up, take off the headphones, and then start grinning at his buddy sitting next to him. By the second verse, they're both singing along and rocking out, complete with Snape-y headbanging. Yes. Headbanging.
So then we get to the Field House, and alot of the peer leaders are hanging out and dancing near the DJ, along with some of the Freshman. I guess someone got Snapekid up there too, because he and Kenny are tearing it up rocker-style. To my surprise, Snapekid is very good at this. Much more to my surprise, as I'm watching, Kenny offers to let me join them, so I end up jamming out with Kenny, this other girl, and Snapekid. It was freaking awesome. (Also, imagine Young!Snape jumping up and down to Every Time We Touch, yet still staying remarkably Snape-y. HOW DOES THIS KID DO IT?)
Also, apparently he's a huge Pink Floyd fan, since I heard him go and specifically request they play Brain Damage, from the Dark Side of the Moon album. Dad very much approves of this.
SO. With Silent Hill. (The second one, actually.) See, the thing is, I went into it thinking I would see if I could play twenty minutes of it. I could be shaking in my seat, and I would not stop until I had played twenty productive minutes. Turns out, I beat the game, with a total of about seven hours. Yeah.
If by any chance next year I have to write a Psych paper about a video game, this would be a piece of cake. Of course, fancy symbolism aside (which I really was impressed with,) it was pretty scary. Chevy_the_geek was over, actually, and we played it. It was like midnight, and some of the lights were off, and we're walking around this big circular hallway. There are footsteps, so we get our stick ready and beat the crap out of the zombie patient that walks around the corner. So, we go into this room in the middle, pick up the bullets on the table... And there's Pyramid Head's Great Knife. It's as big as James is. So we're like, "ummmm," and we stick it in the inventory... And then we go back out, desperately hoping that PH himself isn't around here anywhere. So we hear more footsteps, get the plank ready... And PH pops around the corner and goes, "GRAAAAAAAAH!" and the music goes, "DUUUUUUUN!" and Chevy and I go, "AAAAAAAAAAAH!" followed by, "RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN GOOOOO OMG HE'S GONNA EAT US RUUUUUUUN!" Something similar happened when he's chasing us down that long hallway, and Maria's trailing behind, and I swear we were screaming at the top of our lungs the whole time.
James is such an idiot, though. His dialogue was continually cringe-worthy, (leaving us to shout things like, "WHAT DID YOU ASK THAT FOR!?" and "DUR HUR HUR JAMES, YOU STOOPID.") and... I mean, he finds a fresh, brutally mutilated corpse sitting in front of a fuzzy tv, and then he goes into the bedroom and says, "HAY I THINK I'LL STUFF MY HAND INTO THIS DARK AND SCARY-LOOKING HOLE IN THE WALL." Or even, when he finds an open grave with his name on it, "I THINK I'LL JUMP INTO IT." God, he must have jumped into at least five holes of unmeasured depths. In fact, we even got into jokes like, "Oh, hey, I smell Chinese food," and "I think you need to change your last name to Wong." Because, you know, it was so deep it went to China. Also, my Dad wanted to know, "WHO BUILDS THIS STUFF!?" "Duh, Dad. James' brain built it."
*laughs* Though, the best part might have been when we were in this bathroom, and Chevy is like, "oh, go knock on the last stall there," and we do, and there's nothing there, and we're like, "hahaha..." And then we go to walk away, and the thing screams. Needless to say, we screamed too, and jumped about fifteen feet in the air.
I do desperately want to play the others now, and for that matter, I want to play this one again, but on a harder level and maybe try to get an ending that's less sucky than James just going and pulling a Willy Loman in the lake. (Though the Dog ending makes me LOL.)
Actually, I lied. I am going to put the two together. Well- not literally. I was just thinking about the whole PH is guilt-incarnate, and James is punishing himself for killing Mary, etc. etc... And am I the only one who thinks Snape would have one hell of a Silent Hill? He has James' self-hatred, and Angela's abuse issues, and Eddie's problems with being picked on, and Laura's lonliness... Ouch, guys.