User blog:Gardimuer/BioShock News Roundup

Below is a summary of BioShock related news since the PAX Prime BioShock Infinite panel.

More about the BioShock Infinite actors

 * MSNBC produced a video about the BioShock Infinite actors. It doesn't contain any new information, but it does reveal a few prevoiusly unseen clips of an interview with Courtnee Draper, Troy Baker, and Ken Levine: "The 'BioShock Infinite' actors behind the heroes"


 * IFC.com published a long interview with Ken Levine in which he discusses, among other things, what lead him to choose Courtnee and Troy to voice the characters: "Infinite Chemistry: Ken Levine talks about collaborating with the lead actors of 'BioShock Infinite'" Below are some excerpts.

''' Question: It's interesting because you have Booker, a man who is probably more used to violence by virtue of his past than Elizabeth is. But Elizabeth is more capable of destruction on a bigger scale by virtue of her powers. And that's something that I guess Troy and Courtnee had to figure out how to embody as well. Did you help them in that regard? Like what kind of backstory or watch-words did you tell them to help them get into character?'''

Ken Levine:

''' Question: One of the things I also thought while watching Troy talking about Booker as he was portraying it, was that he used the word "scared" a lot. Generally, that's not something that fictional heroes are supposed to be. They're supposed to be kind of steely and grim and determined. And if they have any fear, you're not supposed to let it show. Was that a conscious decision on your part to make Booker a little scared?'''

Ken Levine:

Ken Levine answers questions in tweets
On his Twitter account, Irrational Games creative director Ken Levine sometimes answers questions about the BioShock games.

Fan creations

 * SplitReason.com produces a Plasmid themed T-Shirt:
 * A Hungarian fan of BioShock creates an inspired case mod:
 * Check out Irrational Games' flickr gallery of BioShock cosplay images from the Dragon Con photoshoot: