Bio Shock

[Darg]

Re: Bio Shock

Ah, thanks Drakan. I suppose it would be more like explaining the plot of Fable or even better Halo to someone ho didn't know, which is like trying to launch a rocket to the moon using only the last fumes of fuel in the gastank... to be at least a bit poetic.

 

[Dark Drakan]

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Ah, thanks Drakan. I suppose it would be more like explaining the plot of Fable or even better Halo to someone ho didn't know, which is like trying to launch a rocket to the moon using only the last fumes of fuel in the gastank... to be at least a bit poetic.

Its hard to say anything in any detail without giving to much away. Giving things away with Bioshock would only tarnish the players experience of it for themselves as thats where most the great experiences in it lie.

 

[Tsuyu]

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Definitely. Bioshock is something you'd want to experiance yourself, no point in having someone tell you what it is like.

Another thing, if you could handle reading one of the more "advanced books" is to read "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand. Then play Bioshock all over again. It is simply amazing.

 

[Jester.]

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Definitely. Bioshock is something you'd want to experiance yourself, no point in having someone tell you what it is like.

Another thing, if you could handle reading one of the more "advanced books" is to read "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand.

fan fic?

 

[Tsuyu]

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Ayn Rand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Not really. Ayn Rand was a woman who's ideology and philosophy was that of Andrew Ryan(note the similarities in the names). Her book "Atlas Shrugged"(Note the name "Atlas") is also about a rich guy who builds a secret utopia and invites only the elite of the world, very much like Rapture.

Atlas Shrugged - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

There are many other similarities to Bioshock. The concept of the "Parasite" is there, but called "Looter" or "Moocher".

 

[Albion Knight]

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Thanks for the Tip Tsuyu. I've heard that book mentioned off and on for years. I'll have to read it. +Rep

 

[Tsuyu]

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Thanks for the Tip Tsuyu. I've heard that book mentioned off and on for years. I'll have to read it. +Rep

You're welcome. :thumbsup:

A bit off-topic, but take a look at this:

I find the cover to be really interesting. Both Bioshock and Atlas Shrugged speaks of how the modern world pushes down the truly great to benefit the weak, the "Parasites". Government, religion and all that which Andrew Ryan so strongly opposes in Bioshock.
In the book they use the world "Atlases" to describe everyone that is "great", anyone who is worthy of entering this utopian society.

Keep that in mind as you look at the cover - how this very athletic golden man is being brought to his knees by a great burden. Then you have the skyscraper in the background, a symbol so often associated with the modern world...

It's so simple, yet speaks so much.

"No gods or kings - only man"

 

[Hexadecimal]

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You're welcome. :thumbsup:

A bit off-topic, but take a look at this:

I find the cover to be really interesting. Both Bioshock and Atlas Shrugged speaks of how the modern world pushes down the truly great to benefit the weak, the "Parasites". Government, religion and all that which Andrew Ryan so strongly opposes in Bioshock.
In the book they use the world "Atlases" to describe everyone that is "great", anyone who is worthy of entering this utopian society.

Keep that in mind as you look at the cover - how this very athletic golden man is being brought to his knees by a great burden. Then you have the skyscraper in the background, a symbol so often associated with the modern world...

It's so simple, yet speaks so much.

"No gods or kings - only man"

the original Atlas that the name was taken from was one of the Greek Titans who was punished for his betrayal by being forced to forever carry the weight of the entire world on his shoulders and bear that horrible burden forever, much like often the strong are forced to carry the weak today ... by Atlas shrugging, he would basically be dropping that burden and refusing to carry it any longer...

 

[Albion Knight]

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the original Atlas that the name was taken from was one of the Greek Titans who was punished for his betrayal by being forced to forever carry the weight of the entire world on his shoulders and bear that horrible burden forever, much like often the strong are forced to carry the weak today ... by Atlas shrugging, he would basically be dropping that burden and refusing to carry it any longer...

That's what I was thinking the title was implying but as I have yet to read it Well I was wondering if the shrug meant that there was an attempt to shake off the burden but an unsuccessful one. I guess I should just get the book.

 

[Jester.]

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looks like a great read

 

[Tsuyu]

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by Atlas shrugging, he would basically be dropping that burden and refusing to carry it any longer...

Which is very much that which happens in both Bioshock and Atlas Shrugged - they abandon their lives to come to these utopias, where they are no longer burdenend by the "parasites" and the like.

In the book, many of the "atlases" are the heads of major corporations or other positions of power like politicians. Suddenly dissapearing like they do, "shrugging it off", most likely has a devastating effect on the world.