Silent Hill 2 casts James as the tragic figure who -unlike the first game's heroic patriarch- has failed his traditional masculine duty. It views his psychological torment as the inevitable spiritual rot that occurs when an individual rejects absolute truth and personal accountability.
>>412745 It's a subtle reference because Mason refers to stoneworking and if you really think about it the first ever gameplay loop was early man smashing rocks together to create (read: craft) weapons so we could get the epic tier loot drop mammoth meat. Non-gamers don't get this.
