On this episode, Colin, Lucas and Neal are joined by the podcast's first ever special guest, Max (whom you may recall from the Fire Emblem Engage Side Quest!) to take you 20,000 leagues under the sea as we explore the magnificent underwater metropolis of Rapture in the 2007 masterpiece, BioShock. Developed by Irrational Games and published by 2K, BioShock released on August 21 of 2007 to unanimous critical acclaim. The team behind the game was also responsible for 1999's System Shock 2, and it was developed as a spiritual successor of sorts.

In BioShock the player takes control of the character Jack, who stumbles upon Rapture by means of a oddly convenient plane crash. Upon his arrival Jack is quickly swept up in a fight for survival as he is lead along by a mysterious man by the name of Atlas in his quest to usurp Rapture from Andrew Ryan, the city's founder. The game takes place in a pseudo-futuristic version of the 1960's and gameplay consists of a combination of first person gunplay and special powers known as plasmids that the player collects throughout the city. Over the course of the game's 12 hour campaign the player is met with an onslaught of crazed Rapture residents known as Splicers, giant armored diving suit-wearing behemoths known as Big Daddies and the strange little girls they protect (referred to as Little Sisters), all while slowly discovering the events that lead up to Rapture's descent into madness and Jack's role in all of it.

BioShock is frequently referred to as one of the greatest games of all time and is a shining example in the argument for video games as pieces of art. Would you kindly join us as we dive into this fantastic game!

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