Elon Musk is back to focusing on Tesla and SpaceX after his high profile falling out with the Trump administration. A quick scroll through his Twitter timeline shows it’s once again filled with content about his companies and innovation, rather than government policy. However, Musk couldn’t help but push his gamer persona again in a recent tweet.
Along with footage of a starship flight test, Musk wrote “No gods or kings, only men.” Most of you will recognise that quote fromBioShock, written on a banner wrapped around a bust of the game’s villain Andrew Ryan, inspired by the works of Objectivist Ayn Rand.
The quote denotes that destiny is in the hands of the people, and not some higher power. However, BioShock fans think Musk may have missed the point.
Would You Kindly… Not
Musk has been known to try and create a gamer persona around himself on multiple occasions. After trying to portray himself as a high level Path of Exile 2 player, it was found thatthe livestream was actually from a Chinese account and likely wasn’t himat all. On another occasion, his estranged daughter Vivian Wilson revealed thatshe and her brother had to boost his Overwatch 2 account.
He also previously went viral forhis much mocked Elden Ring build.
So, when Musk quoted one of the most beloved games of all time, the community couldn’t help but cringe. Over on the BioShock subreddit,u/V-Companey101suggested Musk must be a fan because he keeps quoting the game. However, the ensuing comments took the opportunity to make fun of him for doing so.
“Of course he took away the wrong message and probably thinks Andrew Ryan was the hero,” said one comment. “he prolly got someone to play it for him and let chatGPT fill him in on the small details,” noted another. “@Grok make a video game reference in the caption for me,” replied a third.
Clearly, people are on to Musk’s plan to portray himself as a gamer, often without the knowledge or ability to back it up. If the quote itself wasn’t enough, he doubled down on it the next day with an image of the aforementioned banner in the game, asking if people got the reference.
