Back in late October, we reported on Konatsu Kato's pending plan to stream her very own Silent Hill f playthrough. Kato, who plays protagonist Hinako Shimizu, isn't exactly the most seasoned gamer around. Nervousness understandably became her. As it happens, she had nothing to worry about. Kato's playthrough has quickly become legendary.
As of this writing, her first video has racked up over five million views. The number is still rising. To be clear, Kato was hardly an unknown before her Silent Hill f performance; that's her first brush with the video game industry, but she's a talented actress and model, having appeared in seven films and nine television series since her 2016 silver screen debut. But trepidation surrounded this brave endeavour... and wholesome things have come of it.
Ugly Sonic is back!
Interviewed by Japanese publication Game*Spark (and thanks for the heads-up on this, Automaton!), Kato dropped the bombshell that she initially anticipated such a rough reception that she would need to go on, in her own words, "an apology press conference." That's, well... that says a lot.
Kato's experience with gaming is, to be blunt, virtually nonexistent. She rented the PlayStation 5 that she's been using to...
