I’ve been a fan of the Silent Hill series since playing the original way back in 1999. Through the years my love for the series hasn’t waned and have found something to like about every new incarnation.
The original game has always been my favorite so when I heard the announcement of the re-imagining in April 2009 I was definitely intrigued and couldn’t wait to revisit Harry’s trek through Silent Hill. The thought of seeing my own version of Silent Hill based on psychological profiling and and my own game play was terribly exciting as well.
Back in August with the the game’s original October release date fast approaching I was surprised that there wasn’t a site made dedicated to the newest installment. Sure all the websites dedicated to the entire Silent Hill series had some of the big news and screens but there was nothing like the fan run silenthillorigins.com or silenthill5.net which, in anticipation of Silent Hill Origins and Silent Hill Homecoming’s releases, were a central hub for the latest news, game information and screens. Both of these sites are gone now but the staff and forums have relocated to Helldescent.com a general survival horror website. I figured since I’m already scouring the web for any new information anyway why don’t I compile it all and take a stab at making my own fan site? So Always On My Mind was started in early September 2009 with the hopes of providing the most complete and up to date coverage on Silent Hill: Shattered Memories!
If you have any questions of comments about the site don’t hesitate to email me at
contact@shshatteredmemories.com
- Site opened September 8, 2009
- shshatteredmemories.com domain registration and hosting purchased from Godaddy.com August 30, 2009.
- The site’s name comes from the song title, Always On My Mind, of the vocal track featured in the E3 2009 trailer for the game. It’s a famous American country music song originally recorded by Brenda Lee but its cover by Elvis Presley is more widely recognized. Akira Yamaoka chose to do a cover of such a classic because he felt would tie in perfectly to the whole “re-magining” idea behind the game.
- On November 6th, 2009 Always On My Mind and Letter from Silent Heaven combined their seperate fledgling Silent Hill forums into the much cooler Silent Hill Community
- The site design and content (with exception to the forums all the praise goes to Ratiocinator) were all designed and coded by me (Whitney) and runs thanks to the totally awesome Wordpress publishing platform incorporating several plug-ins made by others more code savvy then I!
- Climax and Konami: For creating this newest installment.
- knw|ss: From the very awesome Silent Hill Lost Memories for not only providing me with high quality SH:SM ending videos but also being a great partner in uncovering all the voice mail and text message variants!
- PieceofSheet666: For alerting me to various videos, previews, reviews and interviews I missed along the way and lending a hand when I ran into problems getting some videos on my youtube page. Your support, comments and help is greatly appreciated.
- Ratiocinator: For creating the awesome Silent Hill Community and for being a great friend. Your Letter From Silent Heaven website was such a big inspiration and your continued support for my own website is greatly appreciated.
- Sarah Chavis: For answering my coding and various database questions and being an awesome sister!
- Valtiel: From the very awesome Valtiel’s Silent Hill Site for being a great partner in uncovering all the voice mail, text and phone number message variants!
- Vixx: For giving me the confidence to start my own Silent Hill game website and for being such a great friend. It was through helping you complete of several sections on the Silent Hill Heaven website that I gained confidence in my own writing and game research abilities was which allowed me to take the chance on this website.
- WolfSiberia: For your many comments and alterting me to any reviews and articles I may have missed, also for taking the time to make various scans!
You guys ROCK!