Status Updates From BioShock and Philosophy: Ir...

Is the experience aesthetic?

Meta - after or beyond

metalanguage - language about language

"There's always a lighthouse, there's always a man, there's always a city" Anna DeWitt/Elizabeth Comstock

archetypes = a original or foundation blueprint for which newer iterations are built on

Joseph Campbell and Ayn Rand call my name now

hmhmhm, I simply wanted to learn more about my favorite video game like any other 20s something delinquent, but no, I had to learn of this mysterious Russian immigrant that has been pulling my family's strings since the 1960s. Now for the sake of my family and friends I will need to delve into the world of this "Atlas" and his brother "Fountainhead"....

Wish me luck

"The scene with Rapture and then the overwhelming ocean of infinite lighthouses are there to show you that video games can tell great stories, and that by telling great stories they participate in the same tradition as other artistic media."

“We are in time, limited in our ability to know, and not as powerful as we think we are.”

I feel like they missed an opportunity to touch on BioShock 2. It would have been good for them to add it into the subject matter since it was about choices and whatnot.

Oh well. Perhaps someone will talk about it later??? There's still six chapters left, after all.

“Choosing doesn't mean doing nothing. Choosing means doing something. To do nothing—active inaction—fails to advance the world just as it fails to advance the game state.”

“In short, the idea expressed is that for every choice someone makes, a new world is created wherein an alternative choice is made.”

Sofia Lamb: “For every choice, there is an echo...”

"Plasmids give the people who use them fantastical abilities."


I love how James Cook chose to focus on the Incinerate! Plasmid. 🔥

"What would happen if I took off the leash, and I found I was... as obedient as ever?' This quote speaks volumes because it reinforces the idea that even outside of a literal cage, one can still be caged."

A fascinating read so far; although, I wasn't expecting System Shock to get its own spotlight. Never played that series, so... (○´ ― `)ゞ

"Much of the storytelling in BioShock is spent explaining how and why things went wrong which is, as you know, a fascinating tale of unchecked ambition, betrayed trust, and hidden identities."

"If we remain blind to the emotional side of human nature, no ideology can save us. Life isn't a matter of reason vs. emotion, but rather reason as emotion."