10 Video Games That Will Change How You See The World

10. Bioshock

The original Bioshock games ask the question: what would happen if an underwater paradise fueled by the rich and populated entirely by super powered individuals actually existed?

Honestly it goes about as well as you would expect.

Perhaps the most interesting thing about the game as a whole however is its world. Borrowing and heavily discussing the philosopher Ayn Rand's theories on Objectivism, Bioshock manages to cement itself as a heavy criticism on the ideology as a whole.

To put it simply Objectivism is the belief that a man can flourish if he puts his needs before others and is left to his own devices, or indeed without the intervention of any local governments. Rapture proudly displays this ideology with it's numerous banners stating: "No Gods, or Kings. Only man."

However, this ideology simply cannot sustain itself in any long term environment, and Andrew Ryan (the founder of Rapture) personifies that.

So it's no wonder that Rapture failed when viewed through the lens of Objectivism; Andrew Ryan forbids his city from outside intervention, effectively putting himself as a central political figure that meddles in the affairs of the individual.

Essentially Andrew Ryan is Raptures' God, its King, and everybody else are just men.