Ken Levine

About

Co-founder of Irrational Games, which was responsible for BioShock, Thief: The Dark Project, and numerous other gaming franchises.

Before Fame

He originally intended to write films for Hollywood, but with his first two scripts rejected, he turned to working for a video-game company.

Trivia

His worlds looked fairly close to ours as opposed to existing in alternate universes. He emphasized such elements as greed and corruption in the story lines.

Family Life

He was born in Flushing, New York, and was raised Jewish, although he would later embrace atheism.

Associated With

His BioShock was so successful that there was talk of spinning it off into a movie directed by Gore Verbinski.