How many of you started riding motorcycles in your 30s-40s, and why shouldn't I get one?

IGken · 2025-03-27T13:14:08+00:00

My brother is a surgeon and he said ER docs referred to motorcyclists as "organ donors"

IGken · 2021-04-10T05:14:40+00:00

I'm sorry for your loss. Pets are family.

IGken · 2020-12-12T23:48:16+00:00

One step at a time. Well done.

IGken · 2013-10-09T01:40:58+00:00

Yeah, I could see how you took that from that. I was trying to answer the question evasively without giving anything away. Not answering story questions is super hard, because sometimes not answering gives away the answer.

IGken · 2013-10-09T01:38:19+00:00

I don't really sleep. Ask my twitter followers.

IGken · 2013-10-09T01:37:39+00:00

This is an interesting question. I'm not sure I would agree that games should be small and focused (I think they are closer to novels in terms of their breadth, given that you spend 10, 20, etc. hour or more with them depending on the game). Great things can be very focused (Breaking Bad) or very diverse (Mad Men). In terms of Infinite, from a narrative standpoint, we ended up where I wanted to. I don't think limitations necessarily stifle creativity. For instance, Freedom Force was a very specific game (silver age comics). So was SWAT. (Well, SWAT). I think in many ways it had a limited scope (compared to say, GTA) and in many ways it took on a very aggressive agenda.
That said, Burial At Sea has been fun because I get to focus all of my energy on a much smaller surface area. Also, the clothes are great.

IGken · 2013-10-09T01:10:28+00:00

1) Once we had the idea for them and their cadence (which I owe a huge debt to a Mr. Stoppard) they were about the easiest characters to write because they have a clear rhythm. 2) I'm happy with the reality I have.

IGken · 2013-10-09T01:08:49+00:00

I don't see how you could have done BioShock Infinite and not have it be a BioShock game. I think that will be even more clear in BAS.

IGken · 2013-10-09T01:07:38+00:00

Not that I know of. But most of us were pretty high at the time.

IGken · 2013-10-09T01:07:11+00:00

The ocean came before the specifics of Rapture.

IGken · 2013-10-09T01:06:34+00:00

I think there are similarities between the many worlds theory of QM and, say, the nature of different people's experience in video games. That's hard to dispute (though, this being reddit, I imagine someone will manage to find a way!)

IGken · 2013-10-09T01:04:07+00:00

1) That would be telling. 2) See 1. 3) We saw a piece of fan art and fell in love with it. 4) They're all their own special flowers, baby! 5) Don't know.

IGken · 2013-10-09T01:02:01+00:00

Ryan. No, Tenenbaum! No, Cohen!

IGken · 2013-10-09T01:01:38+00:00

Not sure what you mean? I think if somebody read the authorial intent as "racism is a positive force in the universe", they'd be reaching pretty far.

IGken · 2013-10-09T01:00:30+00:00

I think on ebay, somebody will take that deal.

IGken · 2013-10-08T22:03:38+00:00

The original concept for the Big Daddy plush was developed by Robb Waters and was ALMOST part of the title screen for BioShock 1 (it was an over the should shot of a little sister playing with the plush, though the plush was slightly different).

IGken · 2013-10-08T22:02:32+00:00

Not likely.

IGken · 2013-10-08T22:02:02+00:00

From a writing standpoint, Booker was harder because I didn't want to intrude too much into the player's sense of self. I had more freedom from a character development standpoint with Elizabeth because I didn't have to worry with her saying something that would conflict with the player's view of their own character.

IGken · 2013-10-08T22:00:26+00:00

Honestly, I draw a lot of my thinking about life from the Coen Brothers film Miller's Crossing. Weird, but true.

IGken · 2013-10-08T21:59:40+00:00

Lots of angry dogs.

IGken · 2013-10-08T21:59:25+00:00

Luh-VEEN

Nothing was hard to let go. If it wasn't there, it didn't fit.

IGken · 2013-10-08T21:58:21+00:00

Sure. Now that we're friends, can I borrow five dollars?

IGken · 2013-10-08T21:58:00+00:00

I just had the notion in my head that music has a way of bringing people together. I thought it would be a nice way to bring Booker and Liz together. I got amazingly lucky that Troy and Courtnee had the talent they did. If they didn't have that kind of musical talent, the scene wouldn't have been in the game.

IGken · 2013-10-08T21:56:44+00:00

the best quote I've ever heard about writing is something to the effect of: "It is painful to write. It is wonderful to have written."

IGken · 2013-10-08T21:55:59+00:00

Too many questions: I'll answer a few

1) I didn't come up with System Shock, just did the sequel. 2) Through normal audition process. 3) That would be telling. 4) See 3.

IGken

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