![]() If you name a popular modern game there’s a good chance the games of Looking Glass influenced it in some way. You may not have heard of them since they folded in 2000, but their work influenced a vast number of the games you enjoy today. We start right at the very beginning with a company called Looking Glass Studios. The Shock Series, as I am going to refer to it, has a long, sordid, constantly evolving history, but one that’s nevertheless connected by the same themes of exploration, immersive environments, mind as well as gunplay, and that certain five-letter word beginning with ‘s’… so let’s have a look at it eh? You may have played and enjoyed Bioshock and its sequel, but the series didn’t start there – it started in 1994, with System Shock. ![]() You may be anticipating a certain game called Bioshock Infinite, out this month from Irrational Games.
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