BioShock Designer Picked “Zelda” Over Girlfriend

@surft:
ZING!

Keashoto

@n00b_pwner: Can't! Stop! Laughing!

It was an open betrayal. Ken doesn't flirt behind a lady's back. That's just how he rolls.

"hardcore" game designer shows love for a Nintendo franchise?

better use an image that makes the franchise look retarded!! oh wait, ya did!

why not go all the way and use a pic from the CDi games? =P

Crash__Man

Im more worried to the fact that he didnt have his first girlfriend till he was in college, poor guy.

Ur-Lord-Crypy

this reminds me of the crank call to girl talk where the guy talks about his girlfriend started crying the same second a "shiny pidgey" randomly appeared in pokemon. he then asks which one the hosts would choose.

@Typhoon Swell: Agreed.

@bonghammer: Since you already said fucking, why not just say douchebag? It's not like it's any less offensive than fuck.

Ferkner

Wow. Talk about dropping the ball there. Dudes like that are reasons why most guys look like a terrible idea to women.

SuperSonik

@n00b_pwner: the show was so, so bad. Link was such a fucking d-bag.

bonghammer

@n00b_pwner:
Bastard, beat me to it!

nico1606

At least it was Zelda. I almost didn't meet my boyfriend because of Suikoden IV. That's right FOUR! Man was I lame. I made a comic about it too! a near miss because of video games

auilix

dang....are you serious? he played for 15 hours straight?

Years later she got her revenge though when she became the voice actor for Navi in Ocarina of Time.

"Hey! Listen"

Flyhawk

Stroking beard... And yet you still continue to write about Ms. Rayn, don't you Mr. Levine?

That's sad.....

Typhoon Swell

Excuuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me princess!

@Kanji08: lol I like how you felt safe to come out and admit your heinous past there but got shot down anyway.

There certainly is something just unaccetpable about WoW even with other gamers. If you lose a girlfriend from playing too much Zelda its funny and everyone (read: other gamers) will think thats classic. Lose a girlfriend due to playing WoW and even gamers will brand you a loser and look at you like you just sprouted a second head. Not cool, man.

Video games are forever, and girlfriends are only temporary.

--Core--

Excuse me girlfriend!

@Thorax: Any chance of getting a link to that feature?

xADFx

@Thorax:
"Girls are still better to have sex with.
Consoles, not so much."
Tell me about it, last time I tried with my 360 I got a red ring.

Cordova

@Chestnut Bowl: Girls are still better to have sex with.

Consoles, not so much.

@Kanji08: Do not compare WoW with Zelda, please.

Creampope

There's nothing like roaming Hyrule as Zelda with a girl by your side.

ppppp

@DigitalHero: We as a gaming community shall never speak of that cartoon ever again :D!

That sounds like when I got brawl the day before it came out. I played it all day my ex-boyfriend kept bitching at me to come spend some thime with him. I was finally winning online till he turn off my Wii D:

Well, you know the saying... Poes before hos. ;)

thats a funny story i remember while i was in the final dungeon of twilight princess it was my birthday and the gf came in and i asked her to just sit down and wait till i finished completely blowing off our plans and she did just that i loved when ganon kept respawning she didnt say a word

chewy08753

@Thorax:
Don't worry As American women continue their classy behavior, the gap between video games and women as worthy endevour's will continue to grow.

The Swearing Gramps

Hey the tri-force is shaped like triangle!

Guess which part of a woman's body is symbolized by a triangle?

Now, guess which triangle is more powerful?

@spannu: It burns!

To use a cliche, thats hardcore...

If the girl's not at least understanding of a mild game addiction, she's not a keeper.

(She most definitely *is* a keeper if she shares the same game addictions you do.)

The right choice was made.

wonderboy13

@spannu: Anyone that wants Link to talk in the games should watch this. And then have their gaming license revoked if it doesn't change their mind.

And the series lasted 13 episodes of 15 minutes each. According to Wikipedia, the catchphrase occurs 49 times, so that's once every 4 minutes, and even more if the 15 minutes includes commercials.

@DigitalHero: Oh the memories! *wipes tear from eye*

Sugoi

@Killer_WaLrUs: edit: *spoiler alert* ..I don't know about you, but when I'm looking for role models, characters who commit senseless murder because they're bored, and are then executed because they can't be bothered to not get caught, aren't high on my list.

verrius

And now he's a successful game dev. He has chosen... wisely.

Thut

@Polite Society - Being Polite, Socially.: also, games don't mind if you play other games.

@Thorax: i seem to remember that one. Something about games costing less over all and being able to put them back on the shelf :P

@spannu: I watched the whole thing, lol. Did they actually say it that often?

Reminds me of the time iI bought Everquest 2 on Valentine's Day, in lieu of a gift. Protip: it doesn't matter if you're not getting along that particular day, still a bad idea.

A few months after meeting my girlfriend, when things weren't too serious still, she insisted that I play Final Fantasy 7. She would sit next to me and just watch me play. That was 13 years ago, we're still together and the last game she let me play for her was Ghostbusters.

i lost my ex to wow, i was playing for many days when it hit stores. But video games for me is a passion and i love it and then i would never have met the girl of dream i it was not for the loss of me ex ^^ thx wow and video game addiction

@Dangeresque the Observer: Well excuuuuuse him, dangeresque!

Exor

@(Zombie) Goldwings: Guess I should be thankful that my grilfriend likes zelda games huh?

That's a tough choice, but she was just a girlfriend, sometimes it's best to be like Meursault from Albert Camus' "The Stranger" and just let things occur without any real feeling towards anything.

Killer_WaLrUs

@spannu: Honestly, it wasn't really funny then, and its less funny now.

@Dangeresque the Observer: Kidneys, really? I think I just contracted liver cancer from that crap.

Darkest Daze

@Thorax: A pubic hair, I would imagine. What was it that tipped the scales towards games?

@DigitalHero:Well excuuuse me, princess? I actually have that phrase set up on my cell phone (along with Help Help I'm being repressed ^_^). Crazy, I know...

@D Mitsuki : Gotta have guts kid!: I agree and I don't even like Zelda to begin with :D

@spannu: I made it a whole 35 seconds before I burst into tears. Man, that is heavy shit. By which I mean it sucks so bad it makes my kidneys hurt.

@(Zombie) Goldwings: Don't forget Captain N, dude.

kissinggames

KEN LEVINE MAH BOIII

Story was worth reading for the blue and red Links.

Revenge_of_Nekojin

Instead of becoming a renown developer, I would have just been turned off games completely. Assuming it was that serious of course. Then again, maybe I'm just not packing enough of that nerd genealogy.

Shoot, playing Twilight Princess in the dorm lounge GOT ME female attention. Given, it was the Wii version, but people loved it.

ShimodaNexus

Well we gotta thank zelda because if you DIDNT break up with that girl the future woul have hold "No Bioshock!" ! amen Brothers!

chrisjokerx

Her leaving had to do with Zelda and not the taste of anothers penis. Yeah, same thing happened to me too. ;)

Thetallywacker

This reminds of that feature Gamesradar did on seeing which was more worth you time, girls or video games.

Video games won...but by a hair.

@Jawmuncher: I did too and all I was was awesomeness :D

@Komrade Kayce - Hero of Soviet Kotaku: When he's falling down a cave, screaming his catchphrase regardless of possible death: pure gold.

spannu

@B33: Actually that was how Miyamoto wanted Link to sound like. Someone at Nintendo headquarters was just smart enough to tell Mr Miyamoto that he should stay dumb. FOREVER.

@spannu: I never understood how they managed to interpret such a personality from what seemingly appears to be a humble mute.

B33

Phew. I was starting to think I was alone after I broke up with my ex last year because she interfered with my WoW raiding schedule. Nice to see I'm in good company.

Kanji08

Hey I'll be honest here and say I used to love this show when it came together with the Super Mario Show <3
Don't think lowly of me, I just loved anything that looked remotely like a cartoon :P

I can totally relate to him. I did this to a long time boyfriend of mine. Wasn't a pretty break up, and was convinced that I loved video games more than him. Needless to say, that is absolutely true, though I didn't realize that until I looked back on the relationship. Yep.

@spannu:
I scrolled down D:

For some hot Link action, amirite?
I think I always went with the girl over videogames, but now I know better. No more hurtful memories now T__T

haha that is a great story, I probably would have done the same. new zelda game.. bitches can wait haha

Jad35

@spannu:

Cartoon, niiiiice. Lol.

Oh childhood. How I look upon you with rose tinted glasses of nostaliga (+1 w/ 10% Resist to Frost).

@DigitalHero: If that made you shiver, I would strongly advise against scrolling down.

spannu

@zoesch: If a woman wants you to pick between Zelda and her, she obviously isn't the one.

IT'S FREAKN ZELDA.

@spannu:

Damn you Spannu. :D

"so much so that it caused him his first serious girlfriend."

You mean "Cost" ?

@Komrade Kayce - Hero of Soviet Kotaku: Here's your screenshot source.

spannu

"Hey, Excuseeeee me Princess" -Link

Ugh... /shudder

So much so that it 'cost' him his first serious girlfriend. Having Zelda cause girlfriends for you would be pretty amazing.

Victoly

i would've told her "excuse me princess, but there are sometimes when a person needs to escape into another reality, much like reading a good book, and even though I care for you, the power of the game is to strong, but if you have the courage to wait for me I will become a wiser person and be reminded of why I chose you in the first place."

Exkabad

I wonder if we would still have his games if he decided to go with his girlfriend.

Something to think about.

Looking at some of my past relationships I should've picked games or concerts over them... not that I condone Levine's obsessiveness but seems to me that she wasn't the right one if Zelda was giving him more joy.

Sounds like a good decision if you ask me.

I think you mean "cost," not "caused?"

Zelda was probably hotter anyway.

I believe in the first sentence it should be "cost," not "caused."

Also, 15 hours straight of Zelda? Wow. My eyes would fall out.

I bet she was thinking "Gee, it sure is boring around here."

Hopefully not THAT Zelda.

EDIT: Oh wait, that could be the cartoon, and not the CDi.

@Mezodon: Oh, the horror!

@Swizzler121: A "SHINY" pidgey. Thats a hard choice. The thing is, after a few minutes your GF will probably still be crying, but who knows when a shiny pidgey will reappear

Levine's GF: "Hey, Listen. I'm leaving for university."

KL : "Uh-huh"

LGF : "We won't see eachother for months"

KL: "Goddam Octoroks!"

LGF : "Don't you have anything to say to me!?
Can't you tear yourself away from the stupid game for two seconds!

KL: "WELL EXCUUUSE ME PRINCESS!!!"

GF: "You never make time for me."

Ken: "Well excuuuse, ME!"

superdance14

My girlfriend is regularly sad that I choose to experience a nice game on my day off.

Solidusian Fury

LOL. Sounds a lot like my everyday married life.

When people like this are working on my games... I know everything is going to be okay. *Tear.*

RichardChaos

@sestren: I personally feel that because I broke up with her, it's a more amusing take on "bros before hoes" WoW-style, rather than, "girlfriend ditches loser boyfriend for playing WoW". There's a big difference.

Kanji08

Thats just friggin' sad.And the original zelda isn't even that fun for that long.He could have done more fun stuff.WAY more fun stuff !!

If only the Link from the old cartoon was the one that had made it into Ocarina of Time.



Something just tells me I would have enjoyed the game more if Link was always running around saying "Excuuuuuse me" to everyone.

Mayor Wilkins