I’m not big on horror movies, and I’m fine with survival/horror games in smaller chunks. Still, I can see why people enjoy the genre, and that’s exactly Silent Hill: Shattered Memories producer Tomm Hulett’s reasoning in developing the game for the Wii’s large but casual fanbase.

“For the casual gamer, we say this like it’s strange, but casual gamers go to horror movies. There’s a reason that we all started playing survival horror — it was new and different and, ‘Oh, it’s like scary movie that I play.’”

Makes sense so far.

“I’ve had my mom try it out and she only plays Animal Crossing, but she can walk around as Harry Mason and run from creatures. It’s really easy to pick up and play. If there’s a casual gamer who enjoys going to the movies and seeing The Ring, they can go to the store afterward and buy Silent Hill and have a horror experience at home.”

There we go. We need more casual gamers and more moms like Mr. Hulett’s mom.

Joystiq