It's been a long time since anyone set foot in the relentlessly punishing town of Silent Hill. Before this week, our most recent preview dated back several months, nearly back into 2007, and no other outlet has seen or heard much since. What horrible shapes have been lurking in the darkness since the last time Konami offered a peek? We've got the answer, spread across three days of exclusive Silent Hill: Homecoming coverage.

Day 1: Updated impressions | Day 2: Exclusive movies | Day 3: Interview with Akira Yamaoka

Pano image courtesy of flickr user Sklathill.

Akira Yamaoka is a busy man. Konami's had him hard at work providing dozens of moody, ethereal tunes for the Silent Hill series as well as head-thumping remixes for Dance Dance Revolution. And on top of all these immense audio responsibilities, he's also turned out an original album and taken an even more hands-on approach with the latest Silent Hill, ensuring that it doesn't stray too far from what made the franchise so popular.

Despite this near-constant work stream, Yamaoka-san was still able to answer a series of email questions we fired off last week.