She looks like a little girl in a stereotypical old fashioned dress. They've been around for a long time (including The Shining, as Levine pointed out). The suit design is the unique thing in that image, and besides being based on a classic diving suit the two are very much different.The way she's dressed like, the look on her face... I think Levine took inspiration from this or something related to it, and I'm not saying that's a bad thing.
um people do that all the time, ESPECIALLY in gaming development when researching subjects/symbols. anything that can stir up inspiration is open to being used, especially something as simple as "creepy dive suit images".
going equally on the hyper defensive isn't going to help anything.
Some examples would be nice. (I agree with your post though).The basic concept of a innocent (malevolent?) little girl being protected by a hulking form, Robot,Space Marine, or Monster has been done in every way imaginable, Long before Bioshock was even an idea.
Really?
You've personally never thought of something and then seen that thought not only utilized, but actually fully developed? I've had this happen all the time.
Anyone that doesn't think this is a coincidence is applying zero logic to this scenario. So Ken Levine looked up "Japanese magazine diver art 70's" and found the perfect image. Yup, right.
Google's not turning up a damned thing. It does link this thread already though!
Oh well.
Wait a minute, Big Daddys are called "Señor Pompas" in the Spanish version of Bioshock? Might have to start playing them if true lol.
So Ken Levine is indeed a hack is what you're saying? Because that conversation started due to someone saying Levine is a hack for supposedly using one image to design something artistically.
Songbird isn't 200 feet tall and I have no idea who that baby is.
Nope, "Señor Pompas" is "Mr. Bubbles".
some other cool covers
http://pinktentacle.com/2008/12/vintage-alien-landscapes-by-kazuaki-saito/
Artist is Kazuaki Saito
If you search for hi name in Japanese (角田純男, it shows some stuff. It seems he did a lot of covers for this magazine, and a bunch of books.
But that's what the Little Sisters call the Big Daddies so... That's what you'll be hearing in the game in Spanish, yes.
God, I love that weird vibe of old sci-fi stories/art.some other cool covers
http://pinktentacle.com/2008/12/vintage-alien-landscapes-by-kazuaki-saito/
Artist is Kazuaki Saito
first and foremost, ken levine wasn't the only person that made bioshock. now stop putting words in my post to fuel your rage please.
that hack post was obvious troll bait.
you've decided to go blind about it, I get it
...wtf
Hehehehe
yeah, no way that is not an inspiration to say the least, Levine
I find that... hard to believe.
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Fuel my rage? Why are you intimidated by my posts? On the meltdown meter my posts are coming in at Freezie pop level.
Oh how I wish I can see.
Because when I think of Bioshock Infinte, I remember 200 hundred foot birds that come out from the ocean and a baby just sitting doing nothing.
You find it hard to believe that a guy making a game in 2006 in the US wasn't inspired by a single image on the cover of some random Japanese magazine printed nearly 33 years prior?
All it is, is a striking coincidence. It happens all the time since we're all human and we tend to think the same ways sometimes.
I'm not saying I can't be wrong myself, but I'd look at the situation and take the man at his word. What harm would would come if he said yeah I was inspired by that image? None.
Yeah, totes the same.
It isn't like its a Big Daddy combined with a bird, its definitely mimicking the 200 foot mecha bird.
So I looked up Lighthouse: The Dark Being and holy shit....
Hehehehe
So I looked up Lighthouse: The Dark Being and holy shit....
Ok, now tell me that's only a coincidence.
So I looked up Lighthouse: The Dark Being and holy shit....
I think people are more curious if there's a story inside the issue that is anything like Bioshock (there won't be)
B..but I guess the artist's blood type could come in handy.
Really? A portal and a baby? C'mon now, this can't be a coincidence.
The Player starts the game in their new cottage on the Oregon coast. According to the Players diary, he or she (personal effects in the new cottage, such as a handbag, suggest a female protagonist, but the gender is never explicitly defined) is a struggling writer who has just moved in, and recently met their eccentric next door neighbor, Dr. Jeremiah Krick, and his daughter Amanda, who live in a nearby lighthouse. Glancing out of the window, the player sees the lighthouse struck by lightning and it, afterwards, begin to glow strangely. On the player's answering machine, Dr. Krick has left a frantic message begging the player to come over to his house and watch Amanda.
Upon arriving at Dr. Kricks house, the player discovers the front door locked, darkness inside, and silence. After turning on the power and entering, the player finds Amanda in her crib, alone. Once the player has explored the house, a snap is heard, and Amanda begins crying. When the player enters her room, the "Dark Being", described in Dr. Kricks journal, takes Amanda, and jumps through a portal. At this point, the Player can either follow him through, or use Dr. Krick's laboratory to construct their own portal. Either way, the player ends up on a rocky beach in a parallel world. Krick's notes on this make reference to the real physical concept of Godel's universe.
As the player explores 6 different locations in the parallel world, the goal becomes clear. They must build an "Ionizing Cannon," whose 7 pieces are scattered between the different locations. Then, the player must use this cannon to capture the Dark Being, and save Dr. Krick and Amanda.