Tuesday, July 24, 2012
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'BioShock: Ultimate Rapture Edition' Leaked by Ratings Board
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BioShock fans bristling over the delay of BioShock: Infinite to February of 2013 are likely finding more time to reminisce about the series’ past highlights: the underwater art-deco metropolis of Rapture, engaging Ayn Rand-dystopia story threads, heartwarming interaction with Little Sisters, not-so-heartwarming interaction with Little Sisters.
Thursday, May 31, 2012
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Ken Levine: ‘BioShock: Infinite’s’ Combat ‘Subtantially’ Evolved
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BioShock |
Rapture. The iconic dystopian setting of BioShock and BioShock 2 was the perfect compliment to IrrGame’approacs approach for the series’ first two installments – the Big Daddies and Little Sisters, the horror-tinged storyline, the Ayn Rand idealism.
Thursday, March 22, 2012
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BioShock Infinite’s ‘Boys of Silence’ are Most Terrifying Heavy Hitters Yet
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Part of what made BioShock such a resounding success was its ingenuous ability to take dreamlike science fiction aspects (underwater dystopias, Ayn Rand philosophizing, plasmids, and the maybe-not-so-great Vita-chambers) and blend them seamlessly with aspects that were downright nightmarish – like the Little Sisters and Big Daddys, human harvesting, and the gruesome acts of Rapture’s deranged citizens.