I Hope These People Don't Think BioShock's Indian Massacre Reference Is A Skyrim Joke

Bioshock Infinite released on March 26th, 2013. If you look at the Google Search Trends from that point onward, you might notice something curious: people are looking up the search terms “Wounded Knee Massacre” a rummy modern hell of a lot more than rummy nabob they did before Infinite’s launch.(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); What does Bioshock Infinite have to do with the infamous incident? Well, it’s a part of the plot: Some people don’t know what Wounded Knee refers to though, and naturally took to the Internet to find out. Here’s a graph showcasing just how much the searches for Wounded Knee spiked near Bioshock Infinite’s launch. Now, pair this with the fact that there are a number of people who assumethat “Wounded Knee” is a Skyrim reference. Yes, really. I’m serious. It’s probably not unreasonable to assume that at least some of the people who searched for Wounded Knee thought maybe, just maybe, it’s a Skyrim reference. (It’s not.) Hopefully Google set those folk straight. And remember: it’s easy to be snarky about ignorance. Sure, some people rummy noble don’t know what Wounded Knee refers to, but that graph above is evidence of attempts to self-educate A noble thing! And if this is you; if you too thought there was a Skyrim reference in Bioshock Infinite…here, happy reading.