The Bizarre World of Bioshock | A Series Retrospective

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Break up with basic browsers. Get Opera GX here: https://operagx.gg/IFinishedAVideoGame2 The channel dreams of a city in the sea thanks to the Patrons! - https://patreon.com/IFinishedAVideoGame Use the code BIGDADDY for 50% off your first month! TWITCH - https://www.twitch.tv/ifinishedavideogame DISCORD - https://discord.gg/kghsYXfbFe TWITTER - https://x.com/IFinishedAGame === There is always a man, always a lighthouse and always a city... Twelve years ago - the Bioshock series came to a sudden and shocking conclusion. Three critically acclaimed games, three captivating politically charged stories, two studios operating at the peak of their powers and two cities seared into our collective memory - all gone in the blink of an eye despite massive sales numbers and legendary reputations. Today we are going to take on this mystery - unpicking what made Bioshock so special, discovering why these games became so beloved, exploring the people who put them together and ultimately - working out who is to blame for it's disappearance... It's part critique, part retrospective, part review and part history lesson - obviously full of spoilers and obviously full of my opinions === B4Brandoss's excellent video on Bioshock's weird mobile ports - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLf0zXEiGBM&t Credit for the fantastic thumbnail goes to the visionary - https://x.com/HotCyder All media in this video is used for the purpose of review, commentary or criticism and is defined as fair use under US Copyright law. Source and Bibliography - https://docs.google.com/document/d/17JvsEoEvDplVMNX8dY019o1UUk1gHnYtpeQKGwgQLMs/edit?usp=sharing === Chapters === 00:00:00 – The Myth of the Randian Hero (Introduction) 00:05:18 – Levine La Vida Loca - The Early Years 00:18:14 –The Irrational In between Years 00:26:05 – Birthing Bioshock (Development) 00:36:03 – Bioshock 1 – Welcome to Rapture 00:45:07 – Bioshock 1 – Plasmids & Pleasantries 00:57:00 – Bioshock 1 – Forging the Great Chain 01:12:50 – Bioshock 1 – Would You Kindly? 01:22:39 – Bioshock 1 – The Dream Fades Away 01:35:08 – A New Bioshock Manifesto (Development) 01:45:27 – Bioshock 2 – The Gameplay Boom 01:57:32 – Bioshock 2 – The Structural Bust 02:11:12 – Bioshock 2 – How To Be A Bad Mother 02:20:55 – Bioshock 2 – How To Be A Good Father 02:30:30 – Bioshock 2 – Of Multiplayer and Minerva 02:44:06 – Why We Left Rapture (Development) 02:59:42 – Bioshock Infinite – Welcome to Columbia 03:10:45 – Bioshock Infinite – Irrational Changes 03:19:42 – Bioshock Infinite – A Tear in the Fabric of Life 03:34:45 – Bioshock Infinite – The Multiverse Problem 03:46:31 – Bioshock Infinite – Developmental Chaos Strikes Again 04:00:06 – Bioshock Infinite – The Infinite Sea of Doors 04:14:13 – Bioshock Burial At Sea 1 – How Did We Get Here? 04:29:57 – Bioshock Burial At Sea 2 – Why Is This Happening? 04:47:37 – The Grand Puzzle of Bioshock (Conclusion) === #Bioshock #BioshockInfinite #Retrospective