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Konami has teamed up with Online Ceramics, a flamboyant fashion company, to launch a line of Silent Hill 2-themed merchandise. The apparel includes t-shirts, hoodies, pants, and more, all of which look like they were put together by someone with access to Google Images, a copy of Microsoft Paint, and some seriously bad aesthetics.
Of course, this is just my opinion, and the world doesn’t seem to agree, but the “I made this the day someone left me alone in the computer lab at school” style of the Online Ceramics logo is what I think it fits perfectly with the ’90s ghostly vibe of Silent Hill 2. I don’t have the courage to wear something as radically fashionable as this sweatshirt with a hazy photo of Mariah and the nonsensical quote, “I don’t look like a ghost, do I?” they told me to make.
But alas, Silent Hill 2 fans aren’t as excited as I am. The responses to Konami’s announcement tweets all expressed a certain “brotherly” sentiment, with most viewing the collaboration as yet another indictment of Konami’s handling of the Silent Hill series. “It’s shocking how many bad decisions your company has made,” roy_oddities responded on Twitter. “Silent Hill should be left in good hands.”
Another user, allenr85, suggested “sticking some crap on a t-shirt and selling it for $300″ on the Online Ceramics website, even showing off samples of what they could make.
Damn Konami, if you want someone to throw some shit on a t-shirt and sell it for $300, hire me. Here I’ll show you a sample of what I can do pic.twitter.com/AmwQyjX6DZ April 13, 2023
On the Silent Hill subreddit, the top-voted response to the co-post came from SirPhobos1, who wrote, “These are garbage. Especially with the name Online Ceramics on them. Like someone made this on an inkjet printer in 2006. Same as the shirt.”
”As if that would mean serious denial,” they concluded. Hey, that’s probably a fair assessment.
I suppose it’s true that the price ($60 for a T-shirt!) is a lot more than I personally spend on clothes, but that’s a general trend in the fashion world, not something that Konami or Online Ceramics are specifically criticizing. If you’re like me and brave enough to admit that these things are good, you can find the entire collection on the Online Ceramics website. If you just want to check out some of the weird outfits, here are a few of my favorites:
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