This would be exciting if BioShock weren’t two years old and the sequel coming out in a few months. But, take it for what it is: BioShock was groundbreaking, and that it still deserves analysis is a testament to its place among the greats. One especially good quote in there from Ken Levine, “BioShock’s lead designer and head writer”:
“When they had silent films, they had these very artificial elements of title cards. You’d have storytelling in a world that’s very organic and then here’s this title card that tells you what’s going on. It’s clearly not part of the action, it’s on top of it. Cut scenes are our title cards.”
