Ken Levine Responds To White Supremacists Upset Over BioShock Infinite

Good response. I think if the themes are getting people all worked up and hysterical, then they must be on to something good. I don't think they'll lose too many sales by alienating the white-supremacist gamer market.

So excited for this release.

In fact he might attract the black community.

Sorry if I'm a bit out of the loop but aren't Jewish people caucasion too? Also hasn't nearly every FPS in the past ten years technically been a "white-person-killing-simulator"

Call of Duty started in WWII mowing down wave after wave of Nazi-Germany soldiers...

Hating on the Jews is sorta like a catch-all for white supremacists because if you're white and you're doing something that they don't like then you're a Jew.

Those wonky white supremacists!

Didn't even cross my mind, but now that a white supremacist guy pointed it out, and I'm white, heck, I guess I have to look into this... I mean, when has a white supremacist group ever been wrong or misguided?

-sarcasm

When doesn't he? That freakin' cat got a paint that MAKES YOU WALK ON WALLS!

Save us, Nick tan!

If you are trying to say something worth saying, it's likely to piss somebody off.

It really pisses me off you say that.

Good job Ken, Its not like we are killing stereotypical brown people, Or even do something as crazy as xmen first class where only the black good guy and the villain dies in the whole movie.

Remember the media backlash from RE5 when Chris & Sheva were ethincally cleansing Africa and everyone being "cleansed" turned out to be black? aw yes good times

Yeah it was so strange how all the people in Africa were African. Pretty racist really.

Is there a reason why there are only caucasians in BioshockSkyLand though? Maybe they are white supremacists.

They are. The culture of Columbia is explicitly racist and nativist. The Vox Populi/Founders dispute isn't over that at all, apparently. Which mirrors history well - early feminists, socialists and communists were perfectly willing to climb into bed with the white nationalists (Margaret Sanger spoke at least once to the Ladies' Auxiliary of the Ku Klux Klan, and eugenics was once a very popular cause with the post-Greeley American left) to get their goals advanced and the old blue model of government controlled cradle-to-grave industry, labor unions and company men was built on official policies of racism and sexism.

Still, Levine wins a point for tweaking the stupid racist noses of Stormfront. Provided his game doesn't suck I might just buy it out of general sympathy.

Oh dear white supremacists are upset over something, guess we'll have to completely redo the game.... or smile and laugh at the stupidity of it all. Good thing about those pointy white hoods they wear is that you cant see the tears rolling down their faces.

As a group, movement, ideology, etc. ethnic supremacist types are the punchline to more jokes than sexual anxiety. They're like Michael Moore - endorsing political candidates for office while so completely tone-deaf that they do not realize that their endorsement is poison to a candidate. What we're ultimately talking about is a group of genuinely absurd human beings whose wretchedness is beyond obvious and more than a little sad.

From a genetics standpoint mixing of races is far more beneficial to the survival of our species than the separation and so called "purity". Look at the old pictures of the Royal Family.

Cuz science!

Hi, OdiousLupous. How is life treating you?

Been trying to play the ACB and ACR multiplayer without waiting for a half hour, luckily night shift has ended so I may regain a normal sleep schedule... well normal for me anyways.

Bioshock is a mess of conflicting ideologies on purpose, no matter how popular or unpopular. The only thing it endorses (arguably) is free will against the madness that ensues among extremist views and the conflicts that arise between them.