Bioshock Infinite: 10 Important Details You Didn't Notice

10. Booker And Comstock Are The Same Age

Now yes, fans will call nonsense on this. After all, Comstock is a man easily in his sixties, while Booker looks to be, at most, in his early forties. How can they be same age?

Well, it’s true. And, want to hear something really surprising? Booker – and Comstock – was sixteen when he fought at Wounded Knee.

How so?

According to Booker’s Pinkerton contract he was born in 1874. The Wounded Knee Massacre, also known as the Battle of Wounded Knee (a real-world tragedy), took place in 1890, placing Booker at the tender age of sixteen (yes, historically sixteen-year-olds were in the military).

Comstock, after his baptism, went on to launch Columbia in 1893. It was also at this time that he used the machine designed by Robert and Rosalind Lutece to look through tears into other universes.

Overuse of that machine led to rapid and severe ageing, not to mention cancer.

The events of Infinite take place in 1912, putting Booker’s age at a relatively young thirty-eight. Likewise, though physically he is at death’s door, the same is true for Comstock.

So next time you feel old, think of how much worse it could be.