Angst in Kotuko-land Over ‘Elizabeth’ Porn

LOS ANGELES—These days, you simply never know when (or where) a discussion is going to veer into porn territory. Yesterday, for instance, a perfectly fine reddit AMA took a decidedly pornified turn, courtesy of the discussion’s “me”: Ken Levine—the creator of first person shooter game, BioShock Infinite—who was there to talk about the game in general and a new extension in particular. Not to be. According to Kotuko’s Owen Good, Lawson was responding to a comment from a fan “joking that, with the upcoming ‘Burial at Sea’ extension looking like film noir in tone, he expected future installments to ‘follow various genres such as Spaghetti Western and Romantic Comedy.’” “It's going to be porn,” replied Lawson, “Lots and lots of porn.” “Seriously,” he added, “whoever is doing the Elizabeth porn on deviantart, please stop it. You're killing me. I die a little inside with every page view.” Elizabeth is a character in the game, of course, described by Wikipedia as “a young woman who has been held captive on Columbia for most of her life, using her time in captivity to become well-read and gain practical skills like lock-picking and cryptography. Her confinement has been maintained by Songbird, a large, robotic bird-like creature who had been both her friend and her warden, and which has been programmed to feel betrayal should Elizabeth attempt escape.” More to the point, she has short dark hair and striking blue eyes, a lithe body with lots of curves, and despite Lawson’s plea to cool it with the Elizabeth porn, the reddit community kindly offered up ever more deviant examples of the kinds of subjects being taken and used by some very talented graphic artists. “Thanks, guys,” Good responded, somewhat tongue-in-cheekily. “I'm sure he appreciates all that.” Image: Elizabeth, by Nat Small, available on deviantart.com.