Bioshock Q&A @ Gamespot

Gamespot has a new and very comprehensive interview with Irrational Games' general manager, Ken Levine. The interview focuses on characters, story and the issues surrounding XB360/PC development.

GS: Any concerns about how people might interpret the game's themes of genetic manipulation, especially considering how prominently genetics and stem cell research have figured in recent world news?

KL: You know, I don't see why video games should be excluded from commenting on current issues the way other types of media do. So I don't have any concerns about that. But really, I don't think we're making "the game that will blow the doors off of stem cell research," either. It's really more about higher-level issues of ideology, and extremes.

I think if there's a theme, it's really about the danger of any kind of extreme ideology--left, right, whatever, and how we can end up caught in the middle of it. That's the role we're putting the player in, because on some level, that's kind of the role I feel that most of us are in, every day--caught between some people who are very much on the outer edges of certain beliefs.

Source: Gamespot