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Konami I had some expectations for the Silent Hill series going into PlayStation’s first State of Play of 2024. Chief among those, I assumed we’d finally get a release date for Bloober Team’s Silent Hill 2. That didn’t happen, as a newly revealed combat trailer didn’t even drop a hint about when we might see it on PS5. I didn’t leave the showcase empty-handed, though: Konami would surprise-release a whole unannounced Silent Hill game to make up for it. Silent Hill: The Short Message, available for free on PS5 right…

You’re going to encounter signs everywhere you go in this world. Driving down the highway, looking for the bathroom in a restaurant you’ve never dined at before, searching for a monument in a city you’re visiting for the first time and when visiting a shop just to find out they closed early for the day.But just because we have to use signs everywhere we go doesn’t mean they have to be boring! And no one knows that better than the members of the Funny Signs subreddit. This community is dedicated to finding and sharing…

For the first time since his release from prison, Nintendo pirate Gary Bowser has gone into detail about his experience and his ongoing struggles to pay fines to the company.In an interview with The Guardian, Bowser spoke to his life before, during, and after prison. Bowser first got involved with piracy in the late 2000s, when he began to work with Team Xecuter on bypassing anti-piracy measures. He was something of a "middleman" between the programmers breaking code and the testers who would troubleshoot…

As part of its January State of Play, PlayStation both announced and shadow-dropped a new Silent Hill game. Silent Hill: The Short Message represents a change in perspective, taking place in first-person with a new female protagonist. It's out now for free on the PlayStation Store.The creepy trailer showed you, as the protagonist, wandering through dark locales, following clues left by a mysterious entity called Maya. The being seems to have some connection with your cell phone since the hero was seen…

Silent Hill is back, and sooner than you might have expected. Sony and Konami teamed up to create a brand new title in the series as a PlayStation 5 exclusive. Best of all, Silent Hill: The Short Message is free and you can play it today.The game brings the series bang up to date. For one thing, we see protagonist Anita using a smartphone. She ventures inside a crumbling apartment block after receiving messages from her friend. But this is no ordinary building. There have been rumors of suicides there, and it won't be…

Konami announced as part of the Playstation State of Play Stream that a new entry of the Silent Hill series, Silent Hill: The Short Message, not only exists but also is available now for free. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmEamyHS3c4 Silent Hill: The Short Message has you play as Anita, a woman who finds herself in a desolate apartment block after following messages from her friend, Maya. The trailer appears to demonstrate themes of bullying and suicide, which sounds pretty Silent Hill to me. The trailer shows…

Trigger warning: explicit description of human euthanasia and death“I’ll think of you every step of the way, and I will always love you,” Dolly Parton and Whitney Houston famously sang, resonating with millions of people dealing with loss.A woman has humorously shared her last moments on Earth by showing her love for memes and cats before undergoing human euthanasia.On January 27, Lauren Hoeve took to her X account (formerly known as Twitter) to share the sad news (or the relieving news, according to her experience)…

Tech giant Meta has just announced it will be imposing stricter message settings for minors on Instagram and Facebook. In a recent news post on its site, Meta talked about teen safety on its social media platforms. The new changes will promise to not only protect teens but also allow guardians more control. Unsolicited contact with minors on social media has been a societal plague for years. These new restrictions aim to combat this social contagion, as well as giving parents greater peace of mind. Meta’s proposed…

In response to ongoing concerns about the safety of teenagers on social media, Meta Platforms Inc. is implementing stricter default direct message settings for teens on Instagram and Facebook.…

 Meta Platforms Inc. is tightening default direct message settings for teens on Instagram and Facebook, building on efforts to enhance safety as lawmakers and parents concerned about harmful content continue to pressure social media platforms.The ability for teens to get direct messages from anyone they don't follow or aren't connected to will be turned off on Instagram, including other teens, according to a blog post. Users under age 16 in the US, or under 18 in the UK and Europe, will only be able to receive messages…