This is going to be a critique of Bioshock – a limited one perhaps, because I don’t have the time to really give this game the 50,000 plus word critical examination I think it deserves, but it will be a critique nonetheless.īefore I tear into it though, I want to apologize to the folks who worked on the game. If you want a review of Bioshock go here. So this is not going to be a review of Bioshock. Both are valuable and important contributions, but sadly, we seem to only have one. Game reviews are for the public – for people who play games – and they are intended to help those people make decisions about which games they should buy. Roughly speaking, we could say game criticism is for game developers and professionals who want to think about the nature of games and what they mean. About a year ago, I praised Ian Bogost's critique of Bully and lamented the unfortunate lack of game criticism, as distinct from game reviews.
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