Ken Levine comes under heat for a "rape" joke
DualShockers Writes "One of the most important shooters of all time, BioShock, has turned 15. Playing it today, it doesn’t feel like a 15-year-old game, and I realise that’s in large part because so few games have attempted to really follow in its footsteps. It’s a predecessor to certain genres that would come later – like the ‘walking sim’ – and it was the first blockbuster game that showed the medium to be capable of seriously exploring some high-minded ideas, but that mix of emergent gameplay, eccentricity, and worldbuilding where you piece together the story of a fallen city through desecrated rooms, meticulously positioned corpses, and brilliantly delivered audio diaries hasn’t quite been repeated."
The BioShock director has hinted at his new project but isn't giving too much away.
More and more Levine comes off as that great "ideas" guy, and less someone who should be directing the project.
Infinite came out very little like it was supposed to be, and whatever they're actually working on has been in development hell for years, with nothing to show for it.
Every project he heads is riddled with reworks and reimagining.
He needs to team up with Warren Spector again. They seem to balance each other out.
Eight years ago, BioShock creator Ken Levine started Ghost Story Games to create a new, unforgettable experience. Since then, the game has allegedly entered "development hell" and has seen multiple reboots and changes in direction.
Add this guy to the list of game directors who should have learned to be a team player and kept their ego in check along with Warren Spector, Peter Molyneux, Cliffy B, David Jaffe, and Tomonobu Itagaki.
The team that made bioshock infinite should have never been stripped down to began with. Apparently AAA was too demanding at the time, yet Bioshock Infinite didn’t take 8 years to make! Studios get shutdown for not generating revenue.
A few developers have come out in defence of Ken Levine. They believe Jason Schreiers write up is baseless, unfounded and the result of some feud between Levine and Schreier just to take a swipe at him.
I respect that Schreier has uncovered some shite in the past but he's a try hard too. Doing his best to throw some dirt and see what sticks.
It's tough to tell what's going on here really. Maybe Ken isn't the easiest person to work for but then again maybe he just expects the best output from his developers. That doesn't immediately mean abuse in the workplace. You can see it in many different professions now. Any form of correction has the sensitive puppies up in arms. Maybe he's an Ass, that won't surprise me these days either.
There's two sides to this and we honestly don't know either of them. Schreier should keep his mouth shut until he has something a little more substantial than the trash he threw up on Bloomberg here, with no example or evidence to base it on.
Social media where every idiot can attack you for a harmless joke, feminazis need to tone it down, to be so vicious at someone for a harmless joke, telling him to die, so classy feminazis bravo. Everyone is so sensitive these days grow a pair and stop being offended by every tiny thing. Im just waiting for Sessler and Polygon to call Ken Levine a pro rape supporter just to complete the circus.
Welcome to the dumb ass internet... First and foremost he didn't say anything about a rape...(he didn't even imply anything like that)
he said, "he was drugged by Giant Bomb’s Jeff Gerstmann that's why he looked tired." As a joke... -how again does that have anything to do with a rape.
Well, welcome to the internet -were every idiot with a keyboard in-front of them is all of a sudden a rocket scientist-
Really, how is this even news? this is more about -stupid things- people say on twitter..
This is blown waaaay out of proportion
Jesus, lighten up people. I saw the tweet earlier IN CONTEXT. Laughed it off and went on with my day. Rape never crossed my mind because he never mentioned or implied it.
And really? A s***storm? So now two or three people being hypersensitive is worthy of news?
This is why I am no longer on Twitter nor Facebook. They can ruin your future if you're not careful.