Hideo Kojima’s ‘P.T.’ Demo is Helping Japanese Kids Learn English

It’s been over a decade Kojima Productions release PT, An interactive PlayStation 4 demo meant to set up the studio’s next project, silent hill. The demo is pulled after the game cancellationBut it has found new life in Japan as a tool for speaking English.

per AutomatonFifth-year classes—almost high school sophomores for Westerners—at Sunan Secondary School in Niigata Prefecture recently began playing through the game. PT Completely in English, from dialogue to menu text. After certain sections, the teacher stops the demo and asks the students which direction to go and they have to answer in English with phrases like “walk around the house” or “answer the phone”. From there, they will dictate the player’s next action.

A translation School blogThe teacher revealed that the demo scared the students a few times with its jumps, but ultimately called the class “a mixture of excitement and excitement” as the students learned the new language.

Use of Niigata Prefecture PT The demo adds an interesting wrinkle to the ongoing legacy. Several games like after release and delisting level of fear And Resident Evil 7 (And Kojima’s own director’s cut Death Stranding) mentions or takes clear inspiration from it. Also several things happened A fan made remake Released for free on PC and VR by up-and-coming director/writer Christoph Gans Return to Silent Hill Movies, used as a demo reference point Production time. Even Kojima didn’t leave completely PT Behind: His next title, The Horror Game off, It has been compared to previous playable teasers. It’s too bad that both the demo and the game have been lost to time, but they’ve been preserved in more ways than one.

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