Showing posts with label bioshock. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bioshock. Show all posts

Dead Space the Gameboy game (and other video game demakes)





Primitive versions of Bioshock, Dead Space, and Brutal Legends. You can see more video game demakes by Junkboy here. Via.

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Bioshock 2 Uber Edition

In this video, Elizabeth Tobey first unboxes the Bioshock 2 special edition (which featured some surprisingly lackluster prints), and at three minutes in, next unboxes the "uber edition," which features a fully functional Agent Delta suit. Chaos ensues:



You can read how the video was created here.

*Previously: New Splicer action figures and Splicer masks by Neca.

*Buy Bioshock toys at eBay.

Bioshock Splicer and Splicer masks by Neca





Looks like the Bioshock license is thriving at Neca - - they're showing off new Splicers and Splicer masks (available Fall 2010) at Comicon.

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Morgan Webb as a Little Sister




G4TV's Morgan Webb as a Little Sister from Bioshock - - one of the cards in Len Peralta's Geek A Week trading card set.

*Previously: Fresh Big Daddy interpretation.

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Tiger and a Big Daddy






Tigers and Big Daddy by Aleth Romanillos. The first tiger is part of an art auction to benefit Pres Romanillos. The main event is Sunday, but there are also several pieces at eBay. Via.

Chibi Bioshock art



Adorable Bioshock illustration by concept artist Colin Fix, who is leaving 2K Games. 2K should go the Nintendo route and release a Bioshock game in this animated style for the 3DS.

Relatedly, check out this Big Daddy and Little Sister cosplay:




*Previously: Chibi Big Sister.

*Buy Bioshock toys at eBay.

No Regrets Apartments (link roundup)



No Regrets Apartments - - one of several excellent new photos by Nik Daum.

And a few more links:

1. Miami Dolphins quarterback Pat White has gained 18 pounds since joining the team, and his body fat percentage has gone down during that time.

2. 8-Bit Big Daddy and Little Sister from Bioshock.

3. Plush plants from Plants vs. Zombies. Via these sites.

*Previously: Big Wendy the muscular whippet.

*Buy NFL bobbleheads at eBay.

Saved Little Sister



"Saved" Little Sister action figure by NECA. It's part of a two figure pack that will be sold at San Diego Comicon along with the Eleanor Unmasked figure I mentioned earlier this week:



*Previously: Big Sister propaganda poster.

*Buy Bioshock toys at eBay.

Bioshock propaganda (link roundup)



"Big Sister is watching you" by Demiurgic. See also: Call me Big Daddy. Via.

And a few more links:

1. The tricks people use to keep Justin Bieber a trending topic on Twitter.

2. Candied Pecan Bacon recipe.

3. What's more out of the mainstream - - a lesbian Supreme Court Justice, or a Justice who has nine kids?

*Previously: Bioshock splicer masks.

*Buy Bioshock toys at eBay.

Bioshock 2 endings

This post contains extensive Bioshock 2 spoilers.

The last few boards of Bioshock 2 are some of the best I've seen in a video game. For most of the game, you play as Delta, the original Big Daddy, a warrior in an armored diving suit. You wander through the hellish, decaying underwater city known as Rapture, fighting off hordes of monstrous enemies in an effort to rescue your daughter. Along the way, you rescue (or kill, depending on your predilections) several helpless young girls called Little Sisters. The levels typically look like this:






But just as you reach your daughter, the game's chief villain manages to incapacitate you. It is now you who need rescuing. Deliverance comes in the guise of a Little Sister. After hours of slaughtering enemies with shotguns, powerdrills, spearguns, and other vicious weapons, you have to adjust to an entirely different viewpoint - - wandering through Rapture as an unarmed and fragile little girl. As you explore this new area, it first appears that the lair of your nemesis, Dr. Sofia Lamb, has been untouched by the decay ruining the rest of the city. Her chambers are filled with roses, and butterflies, and well-dressed people. There is a warm glow everywhere:






But as you come across an angel, you realize that the warm glow is an illusion. And that although the Little Sisters, due to the experiments done on them, may see beauty everywhere, this area is just as corrupted as the rest of Rapture. The world flickers between angles, roses, and ballgowns, and the grim reality of the place:

















Here's a video playthrough of that level:






Eventually, you find and turn over to your daughter the various pieces of her Big Sister armor. Using that suit, she frees your true body, and explains that you will be able to summon her when overwhelmed by enemies. A brief instructional video explains how the power works:










If you've played the game nobly, it ends with you sacrificing your life to save your daughter and the other Little Sisters. She and they say goodbye to Rapture's life of violent struggle:







You can watch video of that ending here:









But if you've needlessly slaughtered during the game, your daughter assumes your violent nature, and promises to unleash it upon the world. There are no Little Sisters left in this ending because you killed them during gameplay. The final shot is of corpses from Rapture floating up to the surface:










You can watch video of the "bad" ending here:



*Previously: Big Sister and Little Sister cosplay.

*Buy Bioshock toys at eBay.