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Once Upon a Pixel: Silent Hill 2 photo

It's the first Monday of December! Hopefully, you know what that means. If not, I guess I'll tell you: it's time for another episode of Once Upon a Pixel, the webseries that explores an alternate universe where videogames do not exist.

But that doesn't mean their stories, characters and situations are never created and used. So far, we've seen what Metal Gear Solid and Bioshock would be like if they were children's stories, and what Katamari Damacy would be like as a graphic novel. Now it's time to see what Silent Hill 2 would be like if its story was used for a typical late 80s/early 90s sitcom, with bad jokes, canned laughter and all.

No still pictures here; this episode actually has animation! This is the first "cartoon" I've ever completed, in fact. Even though the minimalistic motions may not speak for it, this episode was a lot of hard work and I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. And even better, it makes both myself and Mr. Burch crack up laughing. I hope you all find it worth a laugh as well.

You can catch Silent Hill over at Gametrailers. If you like it, Digg it, and as always, be on the lookout for some behind-the-scenes stuff here on Destructoid soon!








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Necro BABS's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/08/2009 13:04
Necro BABS
This is how Silent Hill should of been. That is awesome beyond belief.
CaptainApocalypse's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/08/2009 13:07
CaptainApocalypse
Loved it! Well done, team!
skullskullskull's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/08/2009 13:09
skullskullskull
Yeah great episode, betta then the previous :D
Messer's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/08/2009 13:10
Messer
GGGGGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRREAT JOB!
phantomile's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/08/2009 13:18
phantomile
Great show Ashley, see you next week.
Gyrael's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/08/2009 13:20
Gyrael
SHIRTS PLZ
accidentprone88's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/08/2009 13:22
accidentprone88
The "Directed by the Dog" was a nice touch.

Quite awesome.
Havoc Fang's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/08/2009 13:23
Havoc Fang
Awesome. Not the best, but still damn good. I was wondering since the HAWPcast how you would make the concept work. Well done!
wedgejaeger's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/08/2009 13:24
wedgejaeger
I love the direction you are going with the Once Upon a Pixel series, using the different methods of storytelling. Can't wait to see what you make next!
Dale North's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/08/2009 13:25
Dale North
Brilliant. Also, love the dog ending
DrRockso's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/08/2009 13:35
DrRockso
Brilliant, as usual.
matty125's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/08/2009 13:36
matty125
I told Anthony this already, but I'll say it here: he makes a badass James!

The minimalistic animation is pretty solid, good job.
Joanna Mueller's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/08/2009 13:40
Joanna Mueller
Those GT people don't know good comedy. The delivery reminded me of Charlie Brown Christmas for some reason, but the background music was great and I liked the animations.

Katamari is still my favorite, but not bad for your first fully animated OUP.
emptythecache's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/08/2009 13:44
emptythecache
today is tuesday in fact.
grasslunatic's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/08/2009 13:49
grasslunatic
That was good.
rcabc's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/08/2009 13:51
rcabc
Wasn't expecting this one to be fully animated, nice work, so far each one has been different than the last one, something I really enjoy.
D-503's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/08/2009 13:55
D-503
full animation really surprised me when I saw it on gt. It's also weird hearing two voices instead of a narrator. But once I was over the initial shock, it's really funny!
stevenxonward's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/08/2009 14:03
stevenxonward
BRILLIANT!
Vanilla Gorilla's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/08/2009 14:06
Vanilla Gorilla
Great job, Ashley!
Handy's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/08/2009 14:07
Handy
Loved it........loved it, loved it, loved it!
BurnPianoBurn's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/08/2009 14:26
BurnPianoBurn
I made sure to set jerks straight on game trailers who were like, this is dumb/lame/I dont get it. Great work on this, I found the humor. I loved the Growing Pains intro.
killerpickles's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/08/2009 14:28
killerpickles
Simply brilliant.
VGFreak1225's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/08/2009 14:34
VGFreak1225
RAPE RAPE RAPE! Awesome indeed.
ran24's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/08/2009 14:53
ran24
What in the fuck was with that advertisement before the video?!?
Risonhighmer's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/08/2009 14:59
Risonhighmer
Sorry Ashley, but Anthony isn't a very good voice actor.
Lucca's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/08/2009 15:20
Lucca
The animation is great. The content... I dunno, could have been better. :/
Monodi's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/08/2009 15:36
Monodi
Needs more Bob Saget.
falinter's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/08/2009 15:53
falinter
What have you wraught?! This is hilarious. Nice animations.
Uber Mashu's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/08/2009 15:53
Uber Mashu
I can dig it. By the way, the pause that followed Pyramid Head's entrance was absolutely priceless. You are a comic genius. A god amongst men. A hero. A lover, a writer and a fighter. I'd ask you to marry me but I fear spoiling your bloodline with my weak genes.
mollygos's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/08/2009 15:54
mollygos
RAPERAPERAPE!
Ahhh that was great. I want a cute little Pyramid Head shirt.
RAB's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/08/2009 16:08
RAB
holy fuck, why didn't anybody tell me this series was so fucking good?

I loved OUAP MGS but.. man the bioshock one and the katamari ones are crazy awesome. this one was pretty good, it was just a little too.. different.
pinstonlee's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/08/2009 16:19
pinstonlee
YESSS i cant believe i didnt find this sooner, i saw the MGS one on HAWYP but i didnt know you guys made it into a whole new series on its own. keeep up the episodes ash
Shadowiii's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/08/2009 16:24
Shadowiii
I don't want to be a douche, but I thought it was better when it was a "storybook" instead of animated. I think the animation is solid, for sure, but the whole "reading a picture book about M rated games" thing stuck better with me.
Still love the art, though.
Omegadon Skyson's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/08/2009 16:51
Omegadon Skyson
These have all been awesome so far, and I love the variety (storybook, graphic novel, sitcom). Great job, you two!
Dr Robo's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/08/2009 17:09
Dr Robo
AHH! This is brilliant. I love your style of drawing and both of your senses of humor. Keep these up, they make me happy.
Kaggen's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/08/2009 17:12
Kaggen
It was good, not great but good work nevertheless :D Laughed at the beginning with the music but the jokes where kinda dull :/ The animation was good but I wish you guys would add a spoiler warning. Now my brother who I wanted to show one of my favorite games of all time ( SH2 ) knows the one of the endings and isn't as compelled to play the game as he was before. SADFACE ^^
lewness's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/08/2009 17:13
lewness
This is the first time I've sad "DAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW" in front of Silent Hill characters.

And here's the second time.

DAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
Jack Maverick's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/08/2009 18:00
Jack Maverick
Pelvic thrusting Pyramid Head and dog ending? Brilliant.
Lunacy's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/08/2009 18:02
Lunacy
Damnit, now when I get around to playing Silent Hill 2 it will be like when I was a kid and read the last chapter of books before starting them.

Except I don't enjoy it anymore!
ace of knaves's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/08/2009 18:09
ace of knaves
Magnificent.
Overcrowd's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/08/2009 18:45
Overcrowd
Fucking brilliant. I haven't LOLed like that in a long time.
Volkarin's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/08/2009 19:04
Volkarin
It was amazing love the angle you took with such scary and weird game.
Super Mega Hyper's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/08/2009 20:09
Super Mega Hyper
Great Great Great!
RIMoonlight's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/08/2009 21:11
RIMoonlight
I love OUAP so much. It's incredibly fun seeing all these twists on games that I never even really connected together. I wouldn't say this is one of your best, though I suppose it's hard to follow up the awesomeness of Death Ball. But regardless, incredibly awesome.
Happy Chainsaw Man's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/08/2009 21:47
Happy Chainsaw Man
Awesome. Now I need to go play Silent Hill 2 so I can fully "get" this.
Also I hear it's a pretty good game.
kalidanthepalidan's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/08/2009 22:01
kalidanthepalidan
Great job Ashley! The animations were well done. Plus Silent Hill as a sitcom is amazing. Keep it up!
Sean Logan's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/08/2009 22:45
Sean Logan
You had me at the growing pains theme song.
Electro Lemon's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/09/2009 00:40
Electro Lemon
I think the people on GT that "don't get it" are too young to get it.
Gordon Shumway's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/09/2009 01:52
Gordon Shumway
Ashley Davis may in fact, be a genius.
Rigby's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/09/2009 03:48
Rigby
Ok, that.....

That was fucking amazing.
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