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The article discusses moral and philosophical aspects of the first-person-shooter video game Bioshock. The game incorporates elements of objectivism from the work of author Ayn Rand into its story of scientists and artists who isolate themselves in a city called Rapture. The author discusses moral choices faced by game players and how the game's story reflects the concept of an unreliable narrator. He characterizes video games as a form of interactive fiction.

The article discusses the role of video game players in the creation of interactive fiction. Video games are considered as interactive fiction because players are involved in an active engagement with the problem spaces or kinetic narratives of the gameplay. Physical action with joysticks and keyboards is one of the videogame interaction that allows players to explore and interpret such games. The interaction of appreciators with video games differs with reading books because fictive prop is malleable and responsive.