I think it's a combination of:
- being the sort of thing that Kojima would do. PT was intended to look like an indie game Pretending to be an indie developer
- some funny coincidences like the timeline, the name, similar genre
- terrible timing: silent hill being heavily rumored for a while, and the Konami shop literally has been teasing new Silent Hill merchandise over the past few days.
- there also seems to be a few people that are egging it on ( a couple of weird YouTube channels that seem to be hinting towards the game).
The end result is either you have the most convoluted ARG ever, or you have what feels like an unexplainable number of coincidences.
The one issue is a lot of the coincidences are pretty easy to explain, particularly by the developer being inspired by Kojima.
The other issue is that for an ARG to be so convoluted and taking 6 years of planning, it feels almost idiotic. It would simultaneously feel incredibly well planned and horribly planned.
- being the sort of thing that Kojima would do. PT was intended to look like an indie game Pretending to be an indie developer
- some funny coincidences like the timeline, the name, similar genre
- terrible timing: silent hill being heavily rumored for a while, and the Konami shop literally has been teasing new Silent Hill merchandise over the past few days.
- there also seems to be a few people that are egging it on ( a couple of weird YouTube channels that seem to be hinting towards the game).
The end result is either you have the most convoluted ARG ever, or you have what feels like an unexplainable number of coincidences.
The one issue is a lot of the coincidences are pretty easy to explain, particularly by the developer being inspired by Kojima.
The other issue is that for an ARG to be so convoluted and taking 6 years of planning, it feels almost idiotic. It would simultaneously feel incredibly well planned and horribly planned.