Bioshock 2 Critique | After the Kool-Aid

Visit to compare deals for free and save money on PC games! This video is also brought to you by the fact I say “Irrational Games” multiple times in this video when I should say “2K Marin.” I’m never writing three videos at the same time ever again. It’s also brought to you by this statement on The Selfish Gene - because god dammit shut up I am begging you to read more than the cliffnotes of Dawkins before thinking you’re an expert: 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-Ai