Man, that game started out as such a good examination and denouncing of manifest destiny white supremacist bullshit with so many good little historical details, but then 3/4 of the way through the story
.
some idiot on the writing team was like “Ooh, the black people resisting fascist bullshit seem uncomplicatedly good, we better have their leader murder an innocent child for no reason so the white main character can wisely say there are problems on both sides”
Man, that game started out as such a good examination and denouncing of manifest destiny white supremacist bullshit with so many good little historical details, but then 3/4 of the way through the story
.
some idiot on the writing team was like “Ooh, the black people resisting fascist bullshit seem uncomplicatedly good, we better have their leader murder an innocent child for no reason so the white main character can wisely say there are problems on both sides”
which was just some real cowardly bullshit
Bioshock 1: Let’s explore and denounce this bullshit set of ideas
Bioshock 2: Actually, both sides.
Bioshock Infinite: Let’s explore and deno- just kidding it’s both sides again
Judas, according to Ken Levine:
That’s fucking bleak. What a miserable cunt.