Kotaku - What if I told you that Bioshock Infinite was the mostly deeply Christian game I’ve played in recent memory?
Twinfinite: “War may never change, but the prices of rare games do!”
"And lastly, famous Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling helped to create the action-RPG’s setting. What’s really fascinating, though, is that the game was partially financed by taxpayers from Rhode Island (which allegedly lost the state millions of dollars). Yikes!"
1. Now infamous Schilling
2. No allegedly, it did. And they couldn't pay it back.
3. What really lost the money wasn't the SP release but the MMO they were working on. This was supposed to be an introduction into the MMO world.
I hate counting limited editions for these lists. I mean, they're made to be rare and expensive. It's far more interesting to hear about the NCAAs (even if most people know that one already) and the El Chavos than some massive hit that came with a $200 statue at retail.
Me too. Here's the best I can do:
El Chavo Kart $90.14
NCAA Football 14 $87.72
Spiderman: Edge of Time $75.94
Spiderman Web of Shadows $75.09
Spiderman: Shattered Dimensions $67.76
Wow, El Chavo Kart is not at all what I expected by the name. 100% looks like a Sackboy Kart game.
It's so odd that so many Spider-Man games are seemingly given lower print runs, even if they're not the best games.
Most Xbox games don’t hold as much value compared to other systems. Kameo, Blue Dragon, Last Remnant , and a handful or 2 of other games that I kept.
One of the biggest TV and movie tropes in the last decade has been the multiverse, the idea of exploring multiple dimensions to uncover alternate versions of existing ideas. From both a business and creative perspective, it makes sense why established franchises are shaking things up in this way.
However, there aren't many video games latching on to this trend, as rendering multiple worlds in real-time is a difficult feat and the medium is relatively young in comparison to its contemporaries, making crossover opportunities more difficult. Still, there are a few great titles that manage enough to overcome these challenges, and here are some of the best examples.
While I love someone mentioning Planescape, not really multiverse. Planes and dimensions, yes. But, they are typically their own locations and are very rarely tied to another 'verse' let alone another plane. The only things that are directly tied are the ethereal and material planes. Otherwise, they are dimensions created of their own design and goals by the creator/owner and not comprised of 'their own version of another dimension'.
See what a side-by-side comparison of Clockwork Revolution vs Bioshock Infinite looks like.
I believe this game hit the 'religion'/'racism ' boundary just right for a video game. Not too detailed, but enough to add to the plot and experience. While I believe it can get a bit pushy with some baptism scenes, overall it left a positive impression in my opinion. Kudos for thinning the line between a video game and movie.
I don't even know why this is an issue it's a "video game" people need to stop acting as if every misrepresentation of their respective religion or beliefs is some kind of vicious attack by the non believers.
For games to evolve as an art form they need to be allowed to tackle such controversial subject matter, not be made censor such things for fear of upsetting those who wish to see issue or insult where none were intended.
Fantastic article.
I think Bioshock Infinite just showed how someone can easily use religion to manipulate people into doing what they want and how easily people can fall prey to it. Period. There is no hidden meaning. The whole game went to great lengths to show how corrupt the the city of Columbia was and how what they were doing was very twisted and wrong. How people can be insulted or anything is beyond me.If I show the bad guy doing bad things doesn't that negate any significance of the things he is doing?
They used religion in a twisted negative way and that was bad so their society was destroyed.No different then the Tower of Babel.I saw no proof of any other agenda. Not one message in the game made me doubt my Christianity.I think your faith in God is very weak if you let simple things like this break down your beliefs and faith. Also did anyone ever think that the fear of baptism came from Booker himself and was not a shot at Baptism itself? After all he seemed to be the only one who seemed to be afraid of it. I have read stories and poems of people who where afraid of the very idea of this ritual. Did that indicate baptism is a bad thing or that they are evil people? No.
Their doesn't need to be a defense for it. You can put whatever you want in your game... you just can't expect everyone to be happy about it.