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	[quote name="Doctor Epyx"]<i><a href="http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/01/18/ken-levine-and-the-conversation-part-one/">Words fail me.</a> </i> It is supposed to be an interview with Ken Levine, the guy who designed BioShock. But what Alec turned it into is one man pissing his pants for ten paragraphs. [quote]I relax, just a little. A talking point is established, Ken Levine does not seem dismayed by my appearance, question or sniffle, and his response has sparked a memory and, I think, a better question from me.[/quote] [quote]Agreement, but with the shortness and the sudden ending that most every interviewer fears. He doesn’t want to say anything more about this: his prerogative entirely, and quite frankly it was not a terribly interesting question on my part. Is there anything to be gained from pressing for more, or should I change tack entirely? I choose the latter, which immediately makes me feel awkward because it necessarily transforms this from a conversation into a more formalised question and answer session, and risks making me appear to read from a script rather than be able to adapt to what’s said.[/quote] He goes on like this through the entire thing. [quote]Oh God, he thinks I’m digging for spoilers again. I try to explain: gamers and journalists alike are often fed so little information during the course of a game’s pre-release promotion that we may try to extract clues that may or may not be there from the small amount on offer. [/quote] [quote]I laugh, sympathising with his frustration, all too familiar with it myself from the perpetually-suspicious, perpetually-disappointed commenters on my own site who seem so determined that every game and every game-maker is guilty until proven innocent. That laugh helps so much. I can hear, on the recording, that his voice softens, warmth creeps in again and even now, several weeks after the event, I feel relief again. We understand each other again. We have a shared horror at how unpleasant the internet can be.[/quote] This is absolutely the worst interview I have ever read, the worst piece of gaming journalism and the worst piece of writing. Ever. This is it. This is why I have been lurking for 8 years, since you guys were on planethate. The quptes fail to do it justice. Just go over there and don't hang yourself. It was all for this. It was for Alec Meer going <b>o_0;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;</b> for a half-hour toward some other man. [/quote]