The Break Room Interviews: Ken Levine

just a amazingly horrible place to do a interview, i cant even watch this. which sucks because i really want to badly but the background noise is so irratating

having just finished BI the "oldboy" reference was actually a big spoiler. amazing game btw

good interview. the background chatter really added to the atmosphere. next time try interviewing at the airport. An earlier article never made mention that there was 2 people that were disturbed by the content, only 1.

OMG. FML. Did Ken Levine actually almost say "...let's face it, there's no way Elizabeth could be the female (insert the word protagonist)...in this story."?! That's a huge friggin' plot spoiler. I think he possibly just ruined the end of the game.

Really great interview thanks!

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I agree with Ken Levine here. Kevin should most definately watch Old Boy. Amazing movie. Thats true for this interview as well. Very good journalism.

Great interview. Quite enlightening. I am a fan of games with unique and very well thought stories, characters and surroundings and this was very good opportunity to understand the effort behind them.

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Fantastic interview.

Ken Levine represents the "professional game developer." Everyone wants to make money, but people like Levine are also more interested in establishing a legacy and giving people something memorable and something they can take with them. The CoD franchise is the antithesis of professional game development.

The religious and nonreligious need not be at odds with one another. It's the anti-religious and anti-nonreligious asshats that cause problems. After seeing that segment of the interview, I'm curious how this game approaches the issue. Ken's apparent attitude doesn't leave me that hopeful...

He makes Take 2 sound like a saint compared to publishers like EA and Blizzard-Activision. I should buy more of their games.

Noisy as hell. You should consider getting rid of the sounds in the background. So much that I can't be bothered to watch the interview.

I love these interviews.

or kill the industry designing games that hinder the flow of the game with stupid hacking and collecting crap all the time ..

"What is the package of an Oreo cookie? ... Right? It is a... a representation of something that is trying to catch your eye and appeal to you. Does it taste like an Oreo cookie? No. Does it feel like an Oreo cookie? Can you eat it? No. Does it have any nutritional value? No."

What the hell is this? That doesn't even make coherent sense. This guy is really reaching.

EA should learn from 2K to not forcing studio to do this and do that

such an easy hour to watch

Kevin DEFINITELY should see "Old Boy"; it is one of my favorite films of the last decade. Writing, acting, cinematography, etc. Everything about the movie is above and beyond amazing. And it has one of the best fight sequences you can ever hope to see.
Very nice interview. A lot of ground was covered, and it's nice to see an interview go on for so long.

9.4 at ign :)

Have been a Bioshock fan since the first. Been keeping up with the news. Can't wait till the game comes out :)

I don't know why Ken was so surprised by the original Bioshock's Success. Sure, the story was more complex than your average shooter, but the gameplay mechanics in the game have been proven time and time again to be very popular, and that's what ultimately sells games On top of that it looked nice, which always helps.

SOMEONE MAKE THIS GIF HAPPEN

I didn't look to hard into this game because if bioshick 2, but I'll look into this Bioshock Inifinte.

Love how no programmers get any promotion...even though they're the most important part. I am one....lol.

This game looks good. I hope it's as good as it looks.

Did Kevin just come from working part time at Rallys/Checkers? Wonder if he brought an extra Big Buford for Ken.

That interview just sold Bioshock Infinite to me.