BioShock Infinite is a great game. So
great, in fact, that I’m unwilling to rush through it for review. Instead, I
want to talk about the controversy that erupted last year when its cover art
was revealed. My review will be posted this time next week.
BioShock Infinite’s cover art went down badly with gamers. Infinite is a game of considerable
thematic depth, and it’s difficult to explain succinctly what it’s about. You certainly
can’t accurately capture the essence of the game with any single image. Bless
2K, though, because that’s what they tried to do. This is what my copy of BioShock Infinite looked like when it
arrived in the post: