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PennyK

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23. The game's creator, Ken Levine, finds it all hilarious

Reply to meegbear (Original post)

Mon Dec 16, 2013, 03:21 PM

Dec 2013

I played the game and loved what he did with the politics of America back in that jingoistic time. And although the rebel uprising does turn out poorly, there are elements of the Occupy movement incorporated.
On another note, go look up "songs in Bioshock" on Youtube and see what they did with modern pop tunes...rearranged in various styles of the time of the game. Brilliant! The Beach Boys' "God Only Knows" performed by a barbershop quartet and others equally wonderous.

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Tea Party Facebook Group Posts BioShock Image Satirizing Tea Party [View all] meegbear Dec 2013 OP

HAHAHAHAA zappaman Dec 2013 #1

if only we had a crack investigative journalist who could get to the bottom of this farce... dionysus Dec 2013 #26

LOL... politichew Dec 2013 #2

And the entire plot of the first Bioshock game... Bjorn Against Dec 2013 #3

Oops. Beat me to it! Hong Kong Cavalier Dec 2013 #12

Well, to be honest... MrScorpio Dec 2013 #4

Priceless! Wait Wut Dec 2013 #5

It's an awesome game. NutmegYankee Dec 2013 #6

You'll love it, it's seriously subversive in it's own way. Katashi_itto Dec 2013 #7

Good news: you can pick up the gun and use it on other robots (and people). sakabatou Dec 2013 #21

Fallout has some hilariously over the top shit too. Like LIBERTY PRIME.... AtheistCrusader Dec 2013 #22

Conservatives don't get satire. Baitball Blogger Dec 2013 #8

Indeed, they barely even get humor. arcane1 Dec 2013 #11

I remember when Colbert awoke_in_2003 Dec 2013 #13

*facepalm* Dash87 Dec 2013 #9

There's idiots who think that the original Bioshock is some homage to Ayn Rand. Hong Kong Cavalier Dec 2013 #10

This is why satire and parody are some of the best tools against the far right ck4829 Dec 2013 #14

I don't get that it's satire.... Chakaconcarne Dec 2013 #15

If you played the game DonCoquixote Dec 2013 #18

In Bioshock Infinite DonCoquixote Dec 2013 #16

OMG that's funny! NastyRiffraff Dec 2013 #17

I guess this might be one issue that differentiates between libertarians and objectivists or teabagg AtheistCrusader Dec 2013 #19

XD sakabatou Dec 2013 #20

The game's creator, Ken Levine, finds it all hilarious PennyK Dec 2013 #23

Some people get the joke, and some are the joke. eom R Merm Dec 2013 #24

It's also Sarah Palin's Christmas Card for 2013...nt joeybee12 Dec 2013 #25

They just completely lack the gene for perceiving irony. Ganja Ninja Dec 2013 #27

I am sorely tempted to post this on my face book page. stage left Dec 2013 #28