BioShock Infinite is absolutely stuffed to the brim with subtle nods at popular culture – but it’s also packing a few Shakespeare quotes, too. You may have noticed a strange whispering sound when using the game’s Possession Vigor, but did you know that these seemingly incomprehensible noises are actually lines from Romeo & Juliet being played in reverse?
The voice murmurs softly: “Come, gentle night, come, loving, black-brow'd night / Give me my Romeo; and, when he shall die / Take him and cut him out in little stars." You can peruse the evidence in the video embedded below. Who says that games aren’t educational, huh?
[source youtube.com, via joystiq.com]
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Haven't played it, but I'd bet my Mrs would've picked them out though. She's a teacher, Cambridge graduate and all round smart arse!
Well call me silly for not picking up a Shakespeare quote mumbled and then played backwards. I was clearly not concentrating enough...
My question is did someone leak this, or actually work it out?
Dang. Even more reasons to love this masterpiece of a game.
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