What I Have For James In My Silent Hill Collection

This is going to be conducted entirely downstairs, as it constitutes a catastrophic spoiler of the highest order for Silent Hill 2. As weird as it may be, I'm intensely grateful that I was exposed to the company that allowed it to be birthed. I cannot imagine a more fitting weapon for James, even if it didn't come from a seasonal Halloween chain.

Yes, I have been eyeing Spirit chainsaws the last few years, but something was always amiss. I imagine it has a lot to do with the space necessary, even if they've now got a flatter one available than they used to. Wait, those might be at that year-round party store. Yeah, I think that's right. Regardless, the more fully-formed efforts are expensive, to boot. When I was initially shown the pillow customization service used to make this, I designed a bunch of Sentai themed pillows. Because, that's who I was. The next time it was brought to mind, I was appalled at myself for not thinking of doing this immediately. Of course, screencaps of the finished product weren't going to be good enough in this instance.

This is known as the "Established" pillow. It used to be offered by XXXI Gifts. I imagine these are usually used to commemorate a couple's wedding date/anniversary. Here, not so much.

Sunderland — Obvious.

Established 9/24/2001 — The NA release date of the game.

312 W. Sandford St. — The room number + street name.

Centralia, PA — Given that I used to have custom t-shirts with Sentai and Rider on them, Silent Hill may have very well gotten through their copyright safeguards. However, since I've actually been to Centralia, I'm more than happy to go with one of the main physical inspirations of the town. If you are not familiar with Centralia, I implore you to do a bit of digging. There's an underground coal fire that's still burning, there. Though, that hasn't stopped people from living literally two minutes away from the place -_- There's also the infamous graffiti highway, which is an upheaved, closed-off portion of Route 61 that runs parallel to the St. Ignatius Cemetery. Those bastards have since covered it over. You can still see it using Google Street View, though~

Lakeview Hotel — Duh.

These did not come with fillers; you would only receive the cover, unless you took them up on their offer for an insert pillow. I suppose this is akin to screen printing, except that it's not the kind that can scrape off over time. It's as if they dyed the fabric in those specific spots.

Look, I don't know shit about pillows, guys. It has held up just fine, over these past...7 years?

5 Resolute Marches to the Truth out of 5