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This video will please nobody.
Bioshock Infinite's legacy is tainted, but I still love it. It's a messy, slick, limited, deep, well-written, poorly-written game that's as controversial as it was well-reviewed at release.
So let’s finish this series of critiques with the most divisive Bioshock.
We covered the whole Bioshock series on Lore Dump - the show where we take someone who hasn't played a game and walk them through the full story: youtu.be/fnGJtl3NguM
BIOSHOCK CRITIQUE | AFTER THE SHRUG
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0w87...
BIOSHOCK 2 CRITIQUE | AFTER THE KOOL-AID
youtube.com/watch?v=ojqUZ63G9oY&t=2277s
SOCIAL MEDIA
Twitter: twitter.com/MontyZander
Patreon: patreon.com/MontyZander
GUEST SPEAKERS - subscribe to these guys!
@BoulderPunch - youtube.com/c/BoulderPunch
@PixelaDay - youtube.com/c/PixelaDay
@Ludiscere - youtube.com/c/Ludiscere
RECOMMENDED VIEWING
Flurdeh - youtube.com/c/Flurdeh
Satchell Drakes - youtube.com/c/SatchellDrakes
TIMESTAMPS
0:00:00 - Introduction
0:05:16 - Hail Columbia
0:22:48 - Elizabeth and the Beast
0:36:32 - The Disney Factor
0:47:18 - Rollercoaster Levels
1:00:22 - In the Weeds
1:16:56 - Red Flags and Lore Dumps
1:31:58 - Blow Em All to Hell
1:50:02 - There's Always a Lighthouse
2:08:04 - Burial at Sea
2:22:30 - I Can't Believe I'm Still Talking about Burial at Sea
MUSIC
1 - Will the Circle Be Unbroken - Beyond the Guitar: youtube.com/watch?v=hknPv_BrZd8
2 - LA Noire OST - Main Theme
3 - LA Noire OST - Noire Clarinet
*All other music is sourced from Artlist*
1 - Roni Bar Hadas - The Biggest Pretender
2 - Lance Conrad - Don't Shoo the Piano Player
3 - Kyle Cox - Happy on My Own
4 - Luc Allieres - Country Rag
5 - Andrea Tonoli - Dark Whisper Lullaby
6 - Ben Winwood - Reunited
7 - Ziv Grinberg - All the Pieces Matter
8 - Itai Argaman - Into the Wild
9 - Yehezkhel Raz - Retrospecting
10 - Stanley Gurvich - Take Me In
FOOTAGE/REFERENCES USED
1 - The Art of Bioshock Infinite - Irrational Games
2 - Bioshock Infinite - Exclusive Interview with Ken Levine - Eurogamer: youtube.com/watch?v=um_lBbJaofQ
3 - Bioshock Infinite Premiere Trailer - Ghost Story: youtube.com/watch?v=J_gEzOZKyE4
4 - Bioshock Infinite Gameplay Trailer - Ghost Story: youtube.com/watch?v=p5it-pAYmKY&t=189s
5 - BioShock: Infinite E3 2011 Gameplay Demo (PS3, Xbox 360) - Gamespot: youtube.com/watch?v=6WUt5dEMt_Y&t=377s
6 - Many Worlds? Everett, Quantum Theory & Reality - Saunders, Barrett, Kate, Wallace
7 - The Politics of Reality - Marilyn Frye
8 - Bioshock Infinite, Racism & Dissonance - Satchell Drakes: youtube.com/watch?v=yu3knt8sW3s&t=579s
9 - Tiny Bioshock Infinite - Tilt Shift - Flurdeh: youtube.com/watch?v=FsHh92iK0K8&t=2s
10 - [4K] Disneyland Walking Tour 2021 - FULL Park Walkthrough - Inside Disney: youtube.com/watch?v=uQofcpy9JsI&t=202s
11 - Bioshock Infinite: Scoring in the Sky, a Postmortem - GDC: youtube.com/watch?v=ObiIINAACrk
12 - Building the AI for Bioshock Infinite's Elizabeth - GDC: youtube.com/watch?v=wusK-mciCVc&t=1408s
13 - Change Is Good: The Importance of Iteration Within a Character Art Pipeline - GDC: youtube.com/watch?v=1qH8PWeHyo8&t=1s
14 - Ken Levine Talks Bioshock Infinite: Burial at Sea - Eurogamer - eurogamer.net/ken-levine-talks-bioshock-infinite-burial-at-sea
15 - Bioshock Infinite Has One of the Worst Stories in Games - The Gamer: youtube.com/watch?v=1qH8PWeHyo8&t=1s
16 - I Can't Believe We All Believed Bioshock Infinite Was Peak Art - The Gamer: thegamer.com/bioshock-infinite-worst-story-in-video-games
17 - The Myth of American Exceptionalism - Foreign Policy: foreignpolicy.com/2011/10/11/the-myth-of-american-exceptionalism
18 - Why American Exceptionalism is Different from other Country's "Nationalism." - The Heritage Foundation: heritage.org/american-founders/commentary/why-american-exceptionalism-different-other-countries-nationalisms
19 - Bioshock Infinite Critique - matthewmatosis: youtube.com/watch?v=VdNhwb7iuI4&feature=emb_imp_woyt
20 - Bioshock Reveals the Tea Party's Stupidity - The Damage Report: youtube.com/watch?v=-LyAQKfeiss&t=96s
21 - Ted Cruz: The Constitution Trumps Public Opinion - Gunscom: youtube.com/watch?v=YNRc9mJKYa4&t=1s
22 - This is How Democrats are Threatening the Constitution - Ben Shapiro: youtube.com/watch?v=Pa3Os35r5TE&t=843s
23 - The Three Lives of James Madison: Genius, Partisan, President - Feldman
24 - The True Story of Pocahontas - Smithsonian Magazine: smithsonianmag.com/history/true-story-pocahontas-180962649
#bioshockinfinitecritique #bioshockinfiniteretrospective
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This video will please nobody.
Bioshock Infinite's legacy is tainted, but I still love it. It's a messy, slick, limited, deep, well-written, poorly-written game that's as controversial as it was well-reviewed at release.
So let’s finish this series of critiques with the most divisive Bioshock.
We covered the whole Bioshock series on Lore Dump - the show where we take someone who hasn't played a game and walk them through the full story: youtu.be/fnGJtl3NguM
BIOSHOCK CRITIQUE | AFTER THE SHRUG
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0w87...
BIOSHOCK 2 CRITIQUE | AFTER THE KOOL-AID
youtube.com/watch?v=ojqUZ63G9oY&t=2277s
SOCIAL MEDIA
Twitter: twitter.com/MontyZander
Patreon: patreon.com/MontyZander
GUEST SPEAKERS - subscribe to these guys!
@BoulderPunch - youtube.com/c/BoulderPunch
@PixelaDay - youtube.com/c/PixelaDay
@Ludiscere - youtube.com/c/Ludiscere
RECOMMENDED VIEWING
Flurdeh - youtube.com/c/Flurdeh
Satchell Drakes - youtube.com/c/SatchellDrakes
TIMESTAMPS
0:00:00 - Introduction
0:05:16 - Hail Columbia
0:22:48 - Elizabeth and the Beast
0:36:32 - The Disney Factor
0:47:18 - Rollercoaster Levels
1:00:22 - In the Weeds
1:16:56 - Red Flags and Lore Dumps
1:31:58 - Blow Em All to Hell
1:50:02 - There's Always a Lighthouse
2:08:04 - Burial at Sea
2:22:30 - I Can't Believe I'm Still Talking about Burial at Sea
MUSIC
1 - Will the Circle Be Unbroken - Beyond the Guitar: youtube.com/watch?v=hknPv_BrZd8
2 - LA Noire OST - Main Theme
3 - LA Noire OST - Noire Clarinet
*All other music is sourced from Artlist*
1 - Roni Bar Hadas - The Biggest Pretender
2 - Lance Conrad - Don't Shoo the Piano Player
3 - Kyle Cox - Happy on My Own
4 - Luc Allieres - Country Rag
5 - Andrea Tonoli - Dark Whisper Lullaby
6 - Ben Winwood - Reunited
7 - Ziv Grinberg - All the Pieces Matter
8 - Itai Argaman - Into the Wild
9 - Yehezkhel Raz - Retrospecting
10 - Stanley Gurvich - Take Me In
FOOTAGE/REFERENCES USED
1 - The Art of Bioshock Infinite - Irrational Games
2 - Bioshock Infinite - Exclusive Interview with Ken Levine - Eurogamer: youtube.com/watch?v=um_lBbJaofQ
3 - Bioshock Infinite Premiere Trailer - Ghost Story: youtube.com/watch?v=J_gEzOZKyE4
4 - Bioshock Infinite Gameplay Trailer - Ghost Story: youtube.com/watch?v=p5it-pAYmKY&t=189s
5 - BioShock: Infinite E3 2011 Gameplay Demo (PS3, Xbox 360) - Gamespot: youtube.com/watch?v=6WUt5dEMt_Y&t=377s
6 - Many Worlds? Everett, Quantum Theory & Reality - Saunders, Barrett, Kate, Wallace
7 - The Politics of Reality - Marilyn Frye
8 - Bioshock Infinite, Racism & Dissonance - Satchell Drakes: youtube.com/watch?v=yu3knt8sW3s&t=579s
9 - Tiny Bioshock Infinite - Tilt Shift - Flurdeh: youtube.com/watch?v=FsHh92iK0K8&t=2s
10 - [4K] Disneyland Walking Tour 2021 - FULL Park Walkthrough - Inside Disney: youtube.com/watch?v=uQofcpy9JsI&t=202s
11 - Bioshock Infinite: Scoring in the Sky, a Postmortem - GDC: youtube.com/watch?v=ObiIINAACrk
12 - Building the AI for Bioshock Infinite's Elizabeth - GDC: youtube.com/watch?v=wusK-mciCVc&t=1408s
13 - Change Is Good: The Importance of Iteration Within a Character Art Pipeline - GDC: youtube.com/watch?v=1qH8PWeHyo8&t=1s
14 - Ken Levine Talks Bioshock Infinite: Burial at Sea - Eurogamer - eurogamer.net/ken-levine-talks-bioshock-infinite-burial-at-sea
15 - Bioshock Infinite Has One of the Worst Stories in Games - The Gamer: youtube.com/watch?v=1qH8PWeHyo8&t=1s
16 - I Can't Believe We All Believed Bioshock Infinite Was Peak Art - The Gamer: thegamer.com/bioshock-infinite-worst-story-in-video-games
17 - The Myth of American Exceptionalism - Foreign Policy: foreignpolicy.com/2011/10/11/the-myth-of-american-exceptionalism
18 - Why American Exceptionalism is Different from other Country's "Nationalism." - The Heritage Foundation: heritage.org/american-founders/commentary/why-american-exceptionalism-different-other-countries-nationalisms
19 - Bioshock Infinite Critique - matthewmatosis: youtube.com/watch?v=VdNhwb7iuI4&feature=emb_imp_woyt
20 - Bioshock Reveals the Tea Party's Stupidity - The Damage Report: youtube.com/watch?v=-LyAQKfeiss&t=96s
21 - Ted Cruz: The Constitution Trumps Public Opinion - Gunscom: youtube.com/watch?v=YNRc9mJKYa4&t=1s
22 - This is How Democrats are Threatening the Constitution - Ben Shapiro: youtube.com/watch?v=Pa3Os35r5TE&t=843s
23 - The Three Lives of James Madison: Genius, Partisan, President - Feldman
24 - The True Story of Pocahontas - Smithsonian Magazine: smithsonianmag.com/history/true-story-pocahontas-180962649
#bioshockinfinitecritique #bioshockinfiniteretrospective
