CinEffect Podcast Episode 37

In the beginning, there were no podcasts. Then came podcasts. All of this culminated into the what currently represents the humanity of today: two idiots talking to each other about movies and games and stuff.

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EPISODE TIMELINE

(0:00) La Vie En Rose by Edith Piaf (Burial At Sea OST)

GAMES
(0:52) Oculus Rift/Facebook
(10:17) Bioshock Infinite: Burial At Sea Episode 2

TV
(24:41) Hannibal

MOVIES
(32:17) The Raid 2
(49:55) The Grand Budapest Hotel
(1:01:11) Noah

(1:32:19) Coming Soon To Theaters…
(1:39:59) Links/Outro
(1:41:00) Noah OST by Clint Mansell

Infinite Realities Collapsing On Top of One Another; Until They and We Are All Whole

Warning: This analysis contains spoilers for the endings of Bioshock Infinite and the original Bioshock, as well as minor spoilers regarding Mass Effect 3 and the film Looper. You’ve been warned.

As I write this, I am still reeling from the experience of just having beaten Bioshock Infinite about an hour ago. Very rarely am I comfortable with instant labels, but I can already tell that it’s one of the greatest games I’ve ever played. Not just because it’s ludicrously fun or because it’s got an incredibly well-told story with great characters with wonderful interactions. The thing that truly transcended it was its ending, which turned this narrative that hinted at the ramifications of free will and choice into a wholly profound and beautiful statement that celebrated the very nature of choices and possibilities, as well as the medium as a whole.