Bioshock 2 Critique | After the Kool-Aid


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A critique of Bioshock 2. Where Bioshock 1 lampoons Ayn Rand’s objectivism, Bioshock 2 is inspired by Jim Jones, The People’s Temple, and Collectivism. The game is hyperfocussed on flipping the original Bioshock on its head and looking at the underbelly of the philosophies that crystallised it.

So let’s return to Rapture and ask what happens after a group warped by hyper-capitalism finds a new philosophy. What happens after they drink the Kool-Aid?

BIOSHOCK CRITIQUE | AFTER THE SHRUG

SOCIAL MEDIA
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THUMBNAIL BY ZOLTIBOI

TIMESTAMPS
0:00:00 – Introduction
0:04:35 – Rapture Reborn
0:17:45 – Hack Shack
0:26:54 – Levelling Down
0:41:48 – Drilling Into Combat
0:54:21 – The Temple of the Bland
01:05:19 – Someone Forgot to Finish Dionysus Park
01:19:45 – The Capitalist Collectivist
01:31:43 – Minerva’s Den
01:40:13 – Prisoner of Choice

FOOTAGE/REFERENCES USED
1 – Bioshock 2 – Jordan Thomas Interview | Gamespot – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7V2KycaetDk&t=182s&ab_channel=TheSdbr
2 – Bioshock 2 Interview: Hacking | Gamespot – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRZB4ZkHtRI&ab_channel=GameSpot
3 – Jonestown Mass Suicide: Revisiting The Cult That Ended With The Deaths Of 900 | TODAY – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zI9ub9AgF0&ab_channel=TODAY
4 – Jonestown Part 1: Who was the Peoples Temple leader Jim Jones? | ABC – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0B1sMfxWYw&t=314s&ab_channel=ABCNews
5 – Slavery of Faith | Leslie Wagner-Wilson – https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/leslie-wagner-wilson/slavery-of-faith/9780595512935?gclid=Cj0KCQjwuO6WBhDLARIsAIdeyDLOKzNdEI0hs8g8wdpmENsLC2u8VCqjQTvK02BtzY4TFRz3MaEa0esaArYnEALw_wcB#GOR009223016
6 – Stanley Poole’s Death | IGN Guides https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJIPAEKb06M
7 – Bioshock 2 is One of the Boldest Sequels Ever Made | PC Gamer – https://www.pcgamer.com/bioshock-2-is-one-of-the-boldest-sequels-ever-made/
8 – Jordan Peterson Explains That Collectivism Is Tyranny Under the Guise of Benevolence (Part 2 of 7) | The Epoch Times – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ze7J5FmUGR4&t=2s&ab_channel=TheEpochTimes
9 – The Selfish Gene | Richard Dawkins – https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/richard-dawkins-emeritus-fello/selfish-gene/9780198788607?gclid=Cj0KCQjwuO6WBhDLARIsAIdeyDJcmOlInz88UVmbvRq5WGOjlkKvhlrgFf0GUC8hP8yPCoayYGNj2yAaAsAAEALw_wcB#GOR009069994
10 – How Sinclair Broadcast Group Violates Its Own Media Rules | NYT – Opinion – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-4HOgULcd8&ab_channel=TheNewYorkTimes
11 – RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch Quizzed On Whether He’s a Marxist Amid Biggest Rail Strike | GMB – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QB4M4ugvaVg&t=32s&ab_channel=GoodMorningBritain

MUSIC
Piece of that Pie – Burial at Sea

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