BIOSHOCK | - architecture and interior design heavily influenced by 1920s/1930s art deco
- utopian ideals, themes of unchecked ambition
- opulence juxtaposed against decaying slums
- underwater setting, with waterlogged corridors, flickering lights, and sea creature-inspired monsters
- advanced genetic engineering technology (ADAM)
- automated machinery
- 1950s style clothing, degraded and torn
- deranged splicers, driven mad by excessive plasmid use
- vintage diving suits