 ken levine (born september 1, 1966) is the creative director and co-founder of irrational games. he led the creation of the multi-million selling, multiple game of the year award-winning video game bioshock, and is also known for his work on thief: the dark project and system shock 2.fahey, mike. "x-play awards bioshock game of the year", "kotaku," december 18, 2007. accessed april 6, 2011.jenkins, david. "bioshock wins spiketv game of the year", "gamasutra," december 10, 2007. referenced april 6, 2011.gamespot uk staff. "bioshock, wii sports top baftas", "gamespot uk," october 23, 2007. referenced april 6, 2011.davey, jamie. "take-two: grand theft auto franchise sells over 100 million units, gtaiv accounts for 20m", march 10, 2011. referenced april 6, 2011. he was named one of the "storytellers of the decade" by game informergame informer staff, "best storytellers of the decade." game informer, #212, december 2010, p. 70. and was the 1up network's 2007 person of the year.1up staff. "2007 1up network editors' choice awards", "1up," january 30, 2008. referenced april 6, 2011. he received the inaugural golden joystick "lifetime achievement award" for his work, such as system shock 2 and bioshock. ==life and career== ===pre-irrational games years=== levine was born in flushing, new york to a jewish fa
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