Bugs and Bird (Fish has the month off) begin the dive into one of the Greatest Year In Gaming's biggest splashes, 2007's Bioshock. We talk about the series' mechanical roots in Looking Glass's Thief and System Shock series and the way stim-and-response immersive sim mechanics elevate an otherwise dry (hah) mid-aughts shooter, explore the depth of characters like the tragic Brigid Tenenbaum and the enigmatic Atlas, converse about the game's surprisingly cutting commentaries on capitalism, and spend an evening with Sander Cohen in this absolute lunker of an episode (first main feed episode to break the three hour mark!).
CW: domestic violence - we talk about an intimate partner murder experienced through a ghost flashback.
Our bumper for this miniseries is actually audio from the game itself - It's the splicer Rose in the introductory chapter, singing The Ink Spots' \"If I Didn't Care\"!
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