Ken Levine says Steam Machine shows we're hitting 'diminishing returns' with bleeding-edge graphics tech—just look at BioShock to see why art is more important

These days, I'm firmly on the System Shock side of the System Shock/BioShock division that exists almost exclusively in my head, but I'll give Rapture this: it was goddamn stunning when I first took that bathysphere jaunt back in 2007. The barnacled art deco was a heck of a look, and it still is today. I can vouch for that: I replayed BioShock 1 and 2 just a couple years ago on my trusty Steam Deck... Read more.

May 13, 2026 - 21:49

Ken Levine says Steam Machine shows we're hitting 'diminishing returns' with bleeding-edge graphics tech—just look at BioShock to see why art is more important

These days, I'm firmly on the System Shock side of the System Shock/BioShock division that exists almost exclusively in my head, but I'll give Rapture this: it was goddamn stunning when I first took that bathysphere jaunt back in 2007. The barnacled art deco was a heck of a look, and it still is today. I can vouch for that: I replayed BioShock 1 and 2 just a couple years ago on my trusty Steam Deck... Read more.

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