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Okay, I gotta ask: am I the only fan of BioShock who is not really all that jazzed about BioShock Infinite? Because unless that game solidly connects to classic BioShock, I just can’t see counting this upcoming game as part of the canon (no offense to Ken Levine). To me BioShock is and always will be about Rapture: that mysterious city on the floor of the northern Atlantic, envisioned by Andrew Ryan to be the ultimate escape from a world surrendering itself to socialism and corrupted religion… before it all went horribly wrong. And there is sooo much more storytelling left in the classic BioShock franchise. I mean, BioShock 2 brought us to, what, 1968? Now you know that eventually the American and Soviet governments are going to come looking for Rapture. And when they do…

Well anyhoo, until we get a proper BioShock 3, behold this awesome...

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2007’s BioShock is on my short list of all time greatest video games ever. Okay, scratch that: BioShock is not a “video game” at all. It is an entirely new style of storytelling narrative. BioShock is high-brow literature all its own. And like the very best of books, you come away from it more enlightened and driven to ponder than you were before you encountered it. In the mind of Chris Knight, BioShock stands on the same level as George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four and Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged. Seriously.

And like those and other classic novels, BioShock is something that many people finish with many different perspectives to wrestle over. My own personal take is that BioShock… and with a theme that continued into its sequel BioShock 2… is a morality tale about what man invariably becomes in the complete and conscious absence of God. Andrew ...

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BioShock 2 went on sale yesterday. I was in line at midnight on Monday evening at the local GameStop to get my copy. I’m still early in the game but it is wildly exceeding my expectations!! There’ll be a full review of it up as soon as I finish the game.

But…

…Can somebody PLEASE tell me HOW in the world can I beat the Big Sister?!?

The first Big Daddy that you meet in the game, I was able to take him out easily (probably ‘cuz after playing BioShock no less than seven times it had become old hat and I not only knew the tricks but was able to adapt BioShock 2‘s new weapons to those tactics). And I’ve got my first Little Sister to harvest the ADAM (which took considerably longer ‘cuz those Splicers were coming at us like there was no tomorrow).

Well, I’ve been ...

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BioShock 2 finally comes out next Tuesday! Don’t even think of buggin’ me for the next few days after that, ‘cuz Lord willing I will be in line before midnight next Monday evening to get my pre-ordered copy and then spend the rest of the week once again immersed in the sub-Atlantic dystopia of Rapture.

We already knew that 2K Games is coming out with a Special Edition of BioShock 2 and in this video 2K community manager Elizabeth Tobey unboxes the whole package. And then she reveals the BioShock 2 Uber Edition.

Make sure you watch the entire video…

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Don’t even think of bugging me about anything come February 9th ‘cuz I’ve already cleared my calendar for that date and Lord willing I’ll be spending all of it immersed in BioShock 2. And at last 2K Games has revealed the cover art for the hotly anticipated sequel to the 2007 original first-person shooter that blew minds and won awards all over the place.

I’m really digging the BioShock 2 logo: more decrepit than the one for the first game and now encrusted with barnacles and other sedentary sea life. And look: the Big Daddy is so ticked-off that he’s smashed a crack in the game’s cover! But what’s seriously wigging me out is that… thing… to the left of the Little Sister’s head. Is that a group of fish or someone’s face?

Just two and a half more months before we get to return to Rapture!...

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I had a gut feeling this morning after posting the story about BioShock on Windows for $5 that good news was imminent…

Mark your calendars: February 9th, 2010 will herald the release of BioShock 2: the sequel to 2007’s mind-rattling first-person shooter. It will be an international debut across Xbox 360, Windows and PlayStation 3.

From the official press release from 2K Games…

Currently in development for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, the PlayStation3 computer entertainment system, and Games for Windows LIVE, BioShock 2 will deliver two unique, yet intertwined experiences that form the perfect blend of explosive first-person shooter combat, compelling storytelling and intense multiplayer action.

Set approximately 10 years after the events of the original BioShock, the halls of Rapture once again echo with sins of the past. Along the Atlantic coastline, a monster has been snatching little girls and bringing them

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BioShock 2 may have been pushed back to next year but that’s not keeping 2K’s PR team from going to some extraordinary lengths of viral marketing for the much-anticipated game. This past week a mysterious note appeared on the game’s teaser site listing numerous beaches around the world and a time to be there… which was yesterday morning.

This was the scene at Australia’s Bondi Beach, where BioShock fans found dozens of wine bottles (from Arcadia itself) washed up on the shore. Within each bottle was one of several posters from Rapture, including this advertisement for Andrew Ryan Industries. Kotaku has photos of more discoveries. And wouldn’t you know it, but the Rapture wine bottles are already fetching a pretty price on eBay.

BioShock 2 is due sometime next year. Hopefully sooner than later....

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Not even the sub-Atlantic metropolis of Rapture is safe from the global financial meltdown. In a move that would certainly have Andrew Ryan spinning in his grave had he been given a proper burial, Take-Two Interactive is delaying the release of its much-anticipated BioShock 2, the sequel to the critically-acclaimed 2007 first-person shooter that challenged players’ morality as much as it did their aim.

The cause for pushing back the release? To give BioShock 2 more development time and because the retail environment for the near future is being forecast as bleak. The game is now said to be coming out in “fiscal 2010″… which could mean anything. Take-Two’s stock dropped a dollar and a half following the news.

Bummer. BioShock 2 was the video game that I was most looking forward to. But I guess in the meantime I’ll have to make do with playing the original BioShock...

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It’s been known for a few months that in the upcoming BioShock 2 players will be stepping into the boots of the first-ever Big Daddy: the prototype of the ones that you fought in the original BioShock. The cover of the July issue of GamePro reveals the design. And the mag promises to deliver a lot more details when it hits the stands.

(By the way, according to the comments on the above-linked post that’s a camera on your Big Daddy’s helmet. So research is once again part of a BioShock game.)

Meanwhile, Digital Spy has some more info about BioShock 2‘s particular moral choices and the first time I’ve seen a release date given anywhere: October 30th. Just in time for Halloween 🙂...

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