with Chelsea Russell (Host), Jeremy Andriano, and Alex Hurezeanu

Broadcast date: 31 October 2025

Writer: Chelsea Russell

Producer: Jeremy Andriano

Silent Hill f, a psychologically dense entry in the Silent Hill series that relocates the franchise’s signature anxieties from late-20th-century New England to mid-20th-century Japan, exploring Showa-era expectations around purity, obedience, marriageability, and reputation though the life of its main character, High school student Shimizu Hinako. The game literalizes those pressures as floral, fibrous horror growing through a town and a teenage girl’s life, using social horror—bullying, communal shame, adult euphemisms—to make the supernatural feel like an extension of everyday control. This makes the game a fascinating but challenging fit for the classroom.

All audio clips are quoted from Silent Hill f.

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