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of 8-bit Philosophy and we've got a special episode for you guys. Now while many games

are certainly philosophical—very few are as effective at integrating philosophical

Not only is the Bioshock trilogy a pioneer of gameplay- mixing elements of survival horror,

RPGs, and FPS games, but it's also flaunts a level of intellectual sophistication rarely

to this special episode on The Philosophy of Bioshock. Oh, and we're skipping the

“Who is John Galt?” Is the cryptic question posed in Atlas Shrugged, the most famous book

by Russian born thinker Ayn Rand. Similarly, “Who is Atlas?” posters adorn the walls

of Rapture—transforming the original question of Rand's work.

In the book, John Galt, engineer, genius, and heartthrob, encourages a strike of the

mind, where all the world's industrialists are encouraged to leave their roles in an

ever increasingly controlling, regulated, and rule driven world.

Frustrated with the inefficiency of Socialism, and it's lack of care for the individual

and their hard work, Galt retreats to Galt's Gulch to shut down the industrial motor of

The original Bioshock takes place in Rapture, a digital homage to Galt's Gulch, in which

all the world's best minds were brought together undersea by one man- Andrew Ryan.

The names Andrew Ryan is effectively an anagram for “Ayn Rand” (Well. More or less.)

Andrew Ryan's political philosophy is lifted right from Rand's concept of “objectivism.”

Objectivism is a sort of guide to living a worthy life—its main tenants are: reality,

Basically, Rand believes that Reality is concrete and objective—there's no point in talking

about the mystical, divine, and supernatural as guiding forces for humanity—actions should

be determined solely on the basis of intellect. An easier way to say this is: Ayn Rand is

Ryan: I believe in no God – no invisible man in the sky. But there is something more

powerful than each of us: a combination of our efforts, a Great Chain of industry that

Andrew Ryan serves as a mouthpiece for Rand's condemnation of coercive governments in favor

of a society based in belief that coercive government policies violate people's autonomy.

Her reaction is an ethics if egoism or radical self interest. Objecivism. It holds that people

ought to work hard to achieve happiness in their own lives, work hard, and not treat

Andrew Ryan's Monologues might as well have been lifted directly from Rand's work:

Ryan: Though my physical defenses fall, you'll not defeat me. My strength is not in steel

and fire, but in my intellect and will. You hear me, Atlas? Andrew Ryan offers you nothing

but ashes! In the end, all that matters to me is me. And all that matters to you is you.

Rapture was founded under the belief that the communist parasites in the world above

were freeloaders that stole, violated, and unjustly took from the captains if industry.

Ryan was tired of working and not getting what he deserved—just like Galt.

Ryan: “No,” says the man in Washington, “It belongs to the poor.” “No,” says

the man in the Vatican, “It belongs to God.” “No,” says the man in Moscow, “It belongs

to everyone.” I rejected those answers.

Also like Ryan, Rand was a proponent of Laissez-faire capitalism or, the idea that a good government

exists only to protect individual rights, and stays out of people's personal lives

Similarly, in the world of Rapture, The plasmid market is severely under regulated—the belief

is that the unfettered market provides the best options for consumers.

Ryan (tape): There has been tremendous pressure to regulate this plasmid business. There have

been side effects: blindness, insanity, death. But what use is our ideology if it is not

tested? The market does not respond like an infant, shrieking at the first sign of displeasure.

The market is patient, and we must be too.

So what went wrong? Does the ruinous state of Rapture suggest that a society run by such

tenants is doomed to fail? Or did Ryan pervert Rand's beliefs?

This is where ADAM comes in. ADAM is a resource so potent that it led to a civil war between

Ryan and Fontaine, err… Atlas. Due to Ryan's ideals of a free market economy, ADAM was

completely deregulated, creating a population of addicts riddled with side effects-— resulting

Using the little sisters as mules for magical sea slugs to create ADAM certainly

treats them as mere tools for your own goals. And Ms. Rand would certainly disapprove.

Lets be clear—the trendy discussion on Bioshock Infinite has something to do with quantum

entanglement and multiverses— and while it's a great discussion—it's already been

covered ad nauseam. We are going to abbreviate the discussion because… science is hard.

The third installment of the Bioshock series moves from the underwater world of Rapture

A play on the United States Capital, Columbia is a sort of floating Eden founded by a man

Comstock is a fictional stand in for nineteenth century New York political figure Anthony

Comstock—famous for his fight against obscenity and his rather prudish values. The Comstock

character mirrors Anthony's public feud with noted anarchist Emma Goldman, who is

Comstock founds Columbia with the promise of providing a place for God's people, apart

from the world of sinners in the Sodom below.

This image of Columbia as a shining beacon in the sky has its philosophical justification

in the concept of American Exceptionalism. American Exceptionalism is the belief that

the New World was promised to God's chosen people. And through this philosophy, Bioshock

Infinite provides us with a tasty satire of America's Historical landscape.

American Exceptionalism is a way of justifying a particular lifestyle. Columbia, Like America,

is considered God's country. Forgiveness of sins, Salvation, and Baptism are all religious

themes in Infinite—but like it's predecessor, this game explores the dark side of this philosophy.

Similar to Comstock's Colombia, The expansion into the new frontier was justified as a mission

from God—to ensure that the new world doesn't backslide like the old world sinners of Europe.

America was to be a land populated by exceptional, chosen people, exempt, and above the rest

of the world. Secularized as manifest destiny—American Excpetionalism justifies and demands the extermination

of the indigenous people of the “wilderness,” AKA Native Americans, for the sake of securing

the national identity of the Christian settlers. Those not willing to accept Christianity were

American Exceptionalism is not just a question of land—the ideology of this philosophy

is inextricably woven into the fabric of history. Slavery, labor strikes, the abuses of Irish

and Chinese workers who built the American Railroad system—are all justified by the

lofty goal of a promised city for God's people.

Fearful of the anarchist Vox Populi, afraid of the Irish and Chinese threat, and scared

of racial mixing, Columbia is a paranoid place.

Infinite explores America's haunted past—The Battle of Wounded knee which is considered

the end of the U.S and Indian wars, is heralded. Laws enforcing racial segregation for relationship

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