We Talk To Ken Levine About BioShock Infinite

" Jeff did not ask the question we all really want to the answer to. Why a Remo? "

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I never thought I would love listening to someone more than Will Wright but Ken Levine takes the cake.
 
I have also realized how much I appreciate the kind of journalism that goes on here at Giant Bomb because I don't feel like I could get this kind of content anywhere else.

Man, THIS is why I love this site. Really great interview, great questions, and Ken Levine is really interesting. I love the conversational flow that Jeff can bring out in people. Also, 2012 is so goddamn far away and I want this game now!

Dr. Tracksuit GOOOO

" Brilliant interview. This is the sort of great content I like to view on Giant Bomb, a candid and intellectual interview with a renowned member of the industry. More content like this please!  I really do enjoy the silly shenanigans that comes with GB content but it's stuff like this that makes Giant Bomb a great source of gaming information. "

I loved this interview, it certainly made Infinite go from "meh" to something really worth checking out for me. I really liked BioShock1, but I only played through it once and saw the one ending then YouTubed the other. As Ken said in the interview the pacing was a bit 'samey'. It's like I played it purely for the story and scenery, not for the gameplay. I ended up using electricity/frost-proccing wrench for the whole game too, which probably didnt help for the variety :P 
 
The varied gameplay that require use of most weapons, the skylines/combat mechanic and some seemingly cool options given by the female NPC hopefully makes the gameplay as good as the setting in BioShock1 was.

What's Mickey from Seinfeld doing there ?

Great interview jeff, I really hope you guys decide to do more long interviews like this in the future

I started watching this interview thinking, 'I'm not going to sit here and watch an interview for 45 minutes', but then it turned out to be the best and most interesting interview I have ever seen on Giantbomb. Ken seems like a very grounded and honest person, and Jeff wasn't shy to ask some hard-hitting questions. I hope for more amazing interviews like this in the future of Giantbomb.

Those guys look and sound like they haven't slept in a week.

Ken Levine is such an awesome person. Great interview.

Wow, I'm relieved to hear that they're addressing the Electrobolt problem. I'm actually currently playing through Bioshock again, and every time I play I want to try new plasmids but I can't bring myself to do it. Electrobolt is just too overpowered and does basically everything you need. Definitely looking forward to Infinite.

Chris Remo!

Cool interview.

This interview was great. One of the more informative interviews i've seen in awhile. It wasn't all marketing fluff.

What a great interview. Giantbomb for the fucking win. I love Kev Levine. So smart and so articulate, and he curses well with the Giantbomb crew. Also props to Jeff for asking some real questions. 

That guy in the back seems real interested....YAWN!

Great interview, thanks for that...

Really nice work, guys.  I would listen to Ken Levine talk for hours.  He really gets what it takes to make great games, and I'm glad that his team has as much freedom as they do because they've earned it.  The Shock games feature the most detailed, aesthetically pleasing settings of any action game, and they truly are the games' greatest characters.  The VonBraun.  Rapture.  And now Columbia.  Nobody does it better.
 
Bringing back the gameplay with RPG elements from SS2 to Infinity would be perfection.  Face it, BioShock had no RPG elements, but I still thought it was one of the top three games of '07.

is that brian peppers?

Thanks for the video.  It's cool to just be a fly on the wall in one of these kinds of interviews.  I checked out his gamertag and he wasn't kidding when he said he doesn't have a high gamerscore.   
http://live.xbox.com/en-US/profile/profile.aspx?pp=0&GamerTag=mupmonk    
It looks like he plays a game for one sitting and then never goes back to it.

" Fantastic interview, I enjoyed every second of it. It did not feel like I was watching a never ending interview at all, it actually flew buy, thanks you for not cutting it down to a 5-10 minute video. It would be really nice to see some more interviews like this, Ken did a wonderful job of justifying the changes and explaining there design philosophies and goals. Just all around a great interview. "

That was an awesome interview. Really makes me want to buy the game and support these guys.

" @Hamz said:

" Brilliant interview. This is the sort of great content I like to view on Giant Bomb, a candid and intellectual interview with a renowned member of the industry. More content like this please!  I really do enjoy the silly shenanigans that comes with GB content but it's stuff like this that makes Giant Bomb a great source of gaming information. "

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Giant Bomb: This was an awesome interview.
 
Please do MORE of these. Carmack, Todd Howard,  etc.
 
Thanks for posting, again.

Hands down the best interview on Giant Bomb! I'm going to be honest and say that I liked Bioshock, but not enough to really buy it. Just hearing that whole interview really makes me want to buy this game though. I really can't wait!

Why does Ken Levine remind me of Ben Stiller?
 
EDIT: Also, those two other guys seem so fucking emotionless. They must be PR, right?
 
EDITEDIT: Nevermind, they just seemed that way.

This was an awesome interview. Ken  Levine is such an interesting guy, and Jeff was great with his questions and responses. I love Giant Bomb!

Fantastic interview! I'm so excited for this game.

Great, amazing interview! This is the kind of thing we want to see from developers. They seem to understand the industry, what we like and what the essence for bioshock was in the first place. I am dying for this game, cannot be more happy about this since I loved the franchise. mad props to  Jeff and Kevin for this.

He seems like a real cool dude.. that guy sitting next to Jeff looked pist off the whole time, until he started talking.

Hot scoops!

That dude is so awesome. I can't wait for Infinite.

Wow, nice interview Jeff. Great intelligent, straight talk from Ken.

An excellent interview. The weave-and-bob of the camera really helps the "fly on the wall" effect, as others have mentioned. This really helps me understand where he's coming from, and where the game is going. 
 
Also, I just noticed he looks a hell of a lot like a grown-up, bearded version of my friend. Huh.

That made me really excited for the games. These guys seem pretty smart.

Like everyone else, I loved this interview. And I'm actually excited about Bioshock Infinite, which is something I never would have expected when it was first announced and I was bummed  about 'just some more Bioshock.' 
And by the way, I didn't need any readme file to tell me Thief was awesome, so don't worry! :)

REMO

man, this game looks awesome; and that's just from looking a small clips during the interview which jeff nailed by the way.

Great hearing Ken talking about Infinite with such passion, it's looking fascinating.

Fantastic interview Jeff.

Chris Remo has a head that is entirely too large for his body, and it bothers me.

Fantastic interview Jeff.  Ken sure answered alot of the questions I had about infinite.  2012 seems so far away but kinda doesn't either.  Thanks again.

Chris Remo! THE WIZAAAAARD!

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Baboo and fuck chris

awesome interview

Ken Levine you have sold me a game.