Today BioShock hit retail shelves. I dutifully hiked from the Powerset office in SOMA to the Virgin Megastore and picked up a copy. I managed to get in an hour or so of play after work. The verdict? Two thumbs up. It's a good game, with great visuals (love the Art Deco). But there is seriously way too much hype surrounding it. Sure, you can genetically mutate yourself and shoot electricity from your hands, which is sweet. And there are other cool mutations, like the ability to send a swarm of bees shooting out of your hands. But is that revolutionary? Uh, not exactly. Try just about any fantasy game and you have this nifty thing called "magic", which is pretty much what these mutated abilities are (modulo a thin sci-fi veneer). BioShock may be a cut above your average first person shooter game, but revolutionary? Please.