1) The flaming water’s surface looked AMAZING.

2) The shriek of the “Is it someone new…?” plasmid junkie.

3) The first plasmid injection.

4) The concept of “They will spawn until the cows come home unless you cross an invisible line, now stop counting your dwindling ammo, and get out of the closed toiled stall, you effing coward.”

Earlier today I thought of the fact that Bioshock 2 will be released soon.

With that, I started thinking of my previously barren quest to obtain one of those sweet retro-futuristic, Art Deco, Plasmid Posters.

With little figurines adorning desks and monitors, why has it not dawned on team Bioshock to sell their in-game posters in real-life stores?

I, for one, would purchase three.

Bioshock takes place in an Ayn Rand influenced universe.

I’m not an Ayn Rand fanatic. I liked the book “Anthem” but was appalled that it was over by page 100. Speaking of which, my copy’s for sale for like… $1 plus s&h. Yes, I’m serious.

I gave “Atlas Shrugged” an honest effort, until I learned it was about managing trains. Fountainhead is a stupid title, so no.

Yes, I’m that guy.

With my agnostic / objectivist mindset, I should be absorbing Ayn Rand’s writings, but I don’t.  She’s very dry to read, and seems to speak from a throne.

I don’t know too much about Bioshock 2. I prefer to be pleasantly surprised. Apparently, there’ll be a multiplayer mode.

Other things will be negligible. Better graphics are to be expected, and I hope the atmosphere of the original is recreated.  I would, however, like to see a more “open” tunnel system – less on rails, if you catch my drift.

Oh, and Left 4 Dead 2 can go die in a fire.