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Have you ever wondered what Andrew Ryan’s final monologue might look like if delivered by little girl? Then wonder no longer.

I thought this scene was the WORST part of game.  After going though most of the game, in AWE of the graphics and sound, and to look at laughable model, horrible shadowing, and even worse?  The animation. 
I couldn’t believe this, a central part of the game, made it though Q&A looking like this.

At least this version looks better..   
     So Would you kindry watch the video?

Have you ever wondered what Andrew Ryan’s final monologue might look like if delivered by little girl? Then wonder no longer.

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I would embed the video but, of course, WordPress doesn’t allow for embedded objects.. *sigh* Might have worked around that problem.. I’ll be testing it later..  ANYWAY..

I thought this scene was the WORST part of game.  After going though most of the game, in AWE of the graphics and sound, and to look at laughable models, horrible shadowing, and even worst Ryan animation.  I couldn’t believe this center point of the game made it though Q&A looking like this.

at least this version looks better.. so Would you kindry link the ‘read more’ link above?

[ScrawlFX] has posted a little poll asking a very simple question:  “If BioShock came to the PS3 would you buy it?”

Now I must answer that question with a question.  “Why should I bother?”
here’s my thoughts.

1) BioShock for the PS3 would just be a port.  Ports aren’t normally as good as the original.

2) Most of gamers what that where going to play BioShock already have.  So you really aren’t going to get anything ‘new’ from the game.  We already know the story line, so the ending isn’t going to change. Even if the adventure changes a little getting to the ending(s).

3) Is there enough of a PS3 user base to make port of an already released game worth it to produce?

4) Bioshock, where as being a good game, is no longer a killer app.  It’s not going to push hardware sales of the PS3. 

5) BioShock is/was a Xbox360 exclusive and if Microsoft was smart it paid for the sequel too.

From a business point of view, sorry PS3 fans, I really don’t think BioShock is coming to the PS3.  There might be some money to be made there, but I really don’t think it’ll be enough (at least in the American market) to warrant a port.    You’re better of waiting for the the sequel if M$ hasn’t paid for it yet.

[05/22/08 - Update #1]
Looks like [some sites] are picking up a [Game Reactor] post stating that they will have information on BioShock coming to the PS3.    Now when I went to the site the post about the PS3 BioShock had been removed from the site.  Not seeing anything as to why.  Perhaps it was just posted to get some more hits?

[05/22/08 - Update #2]
Well, now [1UP] has a post now saying that the July Issue of EGM has a spread about BioShock coming to the PS3 with possible graphic improvements and coming just in time for the this years holiday season.

I still don’t believe it’s worth it.. but I’ll wait and see what EGM has to say about it.

[05/28/08 - Update #3]

[strategy informer] is reporting that the PS3 version of BioShock will not include any visual updates, just all the standard updates (Patches and the new plasmids)

The creative director for Bioshock is quoted to have said:

“whatever we end up with via our discussions with Sony, coupled with the fact that BioShock allows you to go through and roll your own shooter in the first place…these two factors together would turn into a motive for replay.”

I still do not understand all of this, why spend the money to port a the game to a system that has the smallest user base?  Again, it’s not like BioShock is going to push any hardware, and it’s already 9 months old, and there hasn’t been anything ‘new’ with the game in months.  No more patches or new plasmids, levels, mobs or anything.  Let alone cleaning up the laughable animation when you meet Ryan.  So there really is no reply value.  The only real ‘choice’ you have is if you are going to kill the daughters or not.   With how heavily the story is coupled with the game there really is NO reply value.

So there’s an open question to anyone working on the BioShock PS3 port.. Why bother?

[05/29/08 - Update #4]

Now [PC World] has quoted Christoph Hartmann (President of 2k Games) as saying:

“Since BioShock for Xbox 360 and Games for Windows won countless 2007 Game of the Year awards, we are excited to see the impact of this stellar title for the PlayStation 3 when it debuts this fall,” said Christoph Hartmann, president of 2K.

“Over the coming months we look forward to revealing the new features and content that will make this a must-have game for its new audience, as well as for those who enjoyed it on the other platforms.”

Yeah.. we look forward to hearing about these new features and content…

it looks like it..

According to [Sify.com] one of the most touted movie directors of all time, Steven Spielberg couldn’t leave the house to go on an outing with a friend because he was stuck on the 15th level of BioShock by some “Mysterious spider god”…

See this is how you prove that you have no idea about video games.  A) Bioshock really isn’t set up into levels, and I even though I have played and beaten the game..I have no idea what the hell a ‘mysterious spider god’ is.  on one hand it’s  a ringing endorsement to Bioware Irrational games, saying “Hey all.. Even Spielberg plays our game.  We rock!”    

But now I’m wondering if I missed anything in the game?!

[Contact Music.com] is reporting that Gore Verbinski, director for Pirates of the Caribbean has been signed to direct the new BioShock movie.  The new agreement almost completely ensures the movie will be made, unlike the Halo movie. 

Pre-production is likely to commence once John Logan, screenwriter of The Aviator, has completed a Bioshock script.

News around the wire are saying that BioShock is coming to the PS3 (duh) and looks to be a new Castlevania game heading to the system as well.

Tecmo Bowl is heading to the Wii and even some rumors of Halo 4

We got this information from yesterday’s Take Two earnings call, but we wanted to break it out just to make sure you BioShock fans out there could get some sleep tonight. Chairman Strauss Zelnick stated during the call that series creator Ken Levine “will be working on BioShock 2.”

Now, it remains to be seen whether he’ll be working on the game or just sending encouraging email forwards about angels and pictures of cats hanging on branches to the 2K Marin team doing the bulk of the work. As gigantic, total, militant fans of BioShock, we certainly hope it’s the former. Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments

[Via Joystiq]

BioShock 2 has become official and is set to be released next year before the 2009 holidays; right around the same time that the original was released in 2007.  BioShock 2 is not really a sequel, it’s a prequel, taking place before all the events in BioShock.

Kotaku reports BioShock 2 will give us a look at Rapture in its heyday before it went down the toilet.  As to what’s actually in-store for the game, that’s not been released to us mere mortals. 

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  Ok.. Great.. now where is the announcement of the BioShock MMO?!

I just had to pass this one on to you:

eeKnight sums up Bioshock in a nice little paragraph:

I’ll certify that Rapture’s self-destruction had nothing to do with political/economic philosophy and everything to do with nutrition.

I’ve played through five major locations now and my poor character has had nothing to eat but potato chips, cream-filled pastries, and “pep” bars — washed down with vodka, gin, whiskey, wine, beer, and a thermos of coffee now and then.

When your entire population is hung-over and constipated you’ve got to expect some amount of civil disorder. They’re deep under the sea, so everyone’s got year-round Seasonal Affective Disorder from lack of sunlight, and I bet that because of the close conditions all the women had their menstrual cycles sync up.

Even Plato’s Republic will end up with blood on the walls under that kind of stress.

[Via Bohemian Word Werks]

Yeah, yeah.. So I’m a little late with this news, but I wanted to make sure it wasn’t just some Internet rumor floating around.  I always thought BS would make a great movie.  Now for the real question.  Will BioShock: The Movie be any good?  We all know how many video game movies totally suck (like 99.9% of them, and that .1% mostly suck)  How could Hollywood go wrong with this movie?  The characters, the actions, the plot, the environment.. it’s all right there for the director.  He/She wouldn’t even need to think to make this movie rock.
so how could it suck?  Just wait until release.  I have faith that Hollywood will find a way to make this no brainer suckth ass.

Ah, videogame adaptations. Critics hate them, audiences mostly ignore them…and yet the studios can’t seem to get enough of them, which is why — if the latest rumors are correct — BioShock could be coming to a theater near you.

The scoop comes from Joystiq, where “a reliable source within a major film production company” has shared the news that BioShock developer 2K is in discussions with said company to bring the bestselling game to the big screen.

If you aren’t the gaming sort, here’s a BioShock synopsis from the gang at CinemaBlend:
Bioshock is a first person shooter set in an alternative version of the year 1960. The game follows a plane crash survivor named Jack who explores a spectacular, crumbling underwater dystopian city called Rapture. The city is infested with mutant beings and mechanical drones which, as you’d expect with fleshy-headed killers, attack.

If you’re reading this and thinking to yourself, “Sounds like the kind of thing someone might want to use a lot of green screen to make,” well, the studio’s apparently right there with you; according to Joystiq, “the studio hopes to bring the fallen aquatic utopia of Rapture to celluloid life through extensive use of green screen technology, an approach not dissimilar to Legendary Pictures’ interpretation of 300.”

Obviously, this is just a rumor right now — but BioShock has sold oodles of copies, and where a studio senses a built-in audience, a film (or dozens of films) aimed at that audience tends to follow. And anyway, we’re getting another Street Fighter movie, so really, this isn’t much of a stretch. Excited yet, gamers?

Source: Joystiq, CinemaBlend, Cinematical

[Via Rotten Tomatoes]