Talk:Lacas Scotch

Let's Put This to Rest
We're probably all aware that in BioShock all bottles of scotch are listed as "Lacas Scotch." This has created some confusion as the bottle's model reads "Lacan" on its label.

It would appear either that by mistake or some misguided effort to "correct" this problem, the makers of BioShock 2, renamed the beverage as "Lacan Scotch." In Burial at Sea - Episode 2 the beverage is once again called Lacas when an Early Splicer in the Ryan The Lion Preparatory Academy is heard asking for a bottle of alcohol: "black label Lacas - the 12-year-old single malt."

Things change. When making a game, the designers had to deal with thousands of little details. I can think of two theories explaining this. 1) The bottle was probably intended to be called Lacan, but when it came down to ship the game out some coder accidently misspelled the identifying name as "Lacas." 2) They always intended to change it to "Lacas" and forgot to tell the art department to rename the bottle label b/c they were so busy with more important things.

Regardless of the reason, I find it unprofessional to have this article titled "Lacas/Lacan Scotch." It should be Lacas and the "Lacan" name should be nothing more than a note in the Behind the Scenes section. This isn't the only item to have an error with it's name. A particular bottle of whiskey in Rapture is dubbed Old Tom, Old Tar, and Old Hat on its list name, in-game bottle label, and icon, respectively. This is probably a similar situation as the above mentioned.

If no one has a problem with this, I intend to rename the article to "Lacas Scotch."

Unownshipper (talk) 07:15, November 14, 2014 (UTC)