Talk:BioShock

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Nice. Personally I don't mind seeing video game articles here, even if they do complement this site's mission pretty well. On that note, how long until we get an article on Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri? (Or even the Civ series as a whole?) Chair tater (talk) 11:07, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

I can sort of see Alpha Centauri's missionality, but you'll have to explain Civilization a bit. Vulpius (talk) 11:28, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

I can't really see either. Civilization V can be useful for its INSANE encyclopedia that comes with the game, however. Zero ^{(talk - contributions)} 16:16, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

I've long been thinking that an article on the Deus Ex series wouldn't hurt, since the games cover almost every conspiracy theory out there. --Paul S (talk) 16:34, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

I like this idea! Why not sandbox it? Zero ^{(talk - contributions)} 17:25, 25 February 2016 (UTC)

Any Objectivist reaction?

I was hoping to see some reaction from the Ayn Rand acolytes to Bioshock here. Does that exist? The Moose (talk) 22:07, 29 March 2017 (UTC)

I'm sure it exists somewhere, though not here. Our coverage of BioShock was more of an afterthought, albeit a decent one. By which I mean, BioShock was like a decade old when we even included it in our analysis of Objectivism here. Reverend Black Percy (talk) 22:09, 29 March 2017 (UTC)

How's this missional?

How's the article missional? I'm not seeing anything. If it is missional, then I suggest cutting the fat out.—チーズバーガー • めん  (talk • stalk) 07:20, 25 November 2017 (UTC)

The Bioshock series does have a fair amount of social commentary contained within. General commentary on objectivism and racialism are certainly relevant to the RW mission, and the series does explore these topics. In my opinion, discussion of fictional properties in articles is a good idea so long as those properties explore themes related to our mission or have otherwise attracted attention related to our mission (for example, the moral panics surrounding D&D and Harry Potter). Samstr (talk) 02:52, 31 January 2018 (UTC)

Yeah, Bioshock is just one giant shot at Ayn Rand (Andrew Ryan) and objectivism in general. Which is great, video games should experiment with moral philosophical premises. Doublethink (talk) 20:50, 10 December 2018 (UTC)

you'd might have a point if this article wasnt little more than a synopsis. AMassiveGay (talk) 16:30, 18 December 2018 (UTC)

Joseph Bazalgette and Bioshock

Who pays for creating and maintaining the infrastructure (and 'I'm not paying for the neighbour's brats' oxygen)? How soon would life become 'nasty, unpleasant and short' - and NATO/the Soviets etc might well turn around and say 'you want protection from pirates, global warming, workers deciding to do nowt, Krakens and whoever else - you pay for it.' Anna Livia (talk) 15:59, 14 December 2018 (UTC)

Why this videogame?

I'm not seeing why we have an article for this particular video game.Bob^{"Life is short and (insert adjective)"} 19:47, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

Bioshock is heavily political, if we have articles on movies and shit why not games? — Oxyaena ^Harass 20:03, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

as I have said above, this article doesn't go into its politics, its an over long synopsis. we don't need the article if that's all it is. AMassiveGay (talk) 20:56, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

The fact that something happens to have a political slant is not relevant to the mission statement. "Hey! it's something political!" does not bring it within the mission statements. Indeed at the end of the day - everything is political.Bob^{"Life is short and (insert adjective)"} 10:25, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

its not like there is anything interesting to say it about it. it was popular game with a slighty better plot than most. the political aspects aren't going to change anyones world or wake up the sheeple. if you were to argue the pros and cons of objectivism and the like, you wont be referencing bioshock. the story is too fantastical to be some kind of case study, or offer any profound commentary. it just has some themes that some types repeatedly discuss and argue over on some parts of the web that they overstated its importance because it was a very good game. and bioshock probably a lot more fun than atlas shrugged ever was. there hasn't been any controversies particularly. all anyone has ever said about it or can say about it is that about objectivism and its well political. there isn't any more to say. AMassiveGay (talk) 11:06, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

Indeed. I'll see what and AFD does.Bob^{"Life is short and (insert adjective)"} 11:11, 3 June 2020 (UTC)