Fanswag: Win a copy of BioShock, get it overnighted (Part 1) [We have a winner]
by Richard Mitchell 
{ Aug 16th 2007 at 12:00PM }
So, perhaps you heard that certain Toys R' Us locations are selling BioShock early. While we haven't been lucky enough to find a copy at our local store, Joystiq has snatched up four (count 'em four) copies of the game and decided to share them with us! Yes, we'll be giving away two copies of BioShock right here on X3F. Even better, the games will be overnighted to the winners so that they can get their BioShock on before anyone else. Both Joystiq and X3F will be giving away two copies today, for a grand total of four. What do you have to do to win? Here's the skinny:
- Leave a comment below that tries to make us not excited about BioShock (spoiler alert: you can't!)
- You may only comment on this specific post once. If you leave more than one comment, you'll be automatically disqualified so be careful, ok?
- If you enter more than once, only activate one comment -- otherwise we'll send a Big Daddy after you
- You can also enter our Part 2 giveaway, and both of Joystiq's giveaways (Part 1 & Part 2), giving you a total of four chances to win. You can only win once though. Not bad, eh?
- This contest is open to readers in the US only
- Entries can be submitted until 11:59 am ET on Friday, August 17th.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 50)
Mark @ Aug 16th 2007 12:05PM
I like the creepy atmosphere. The game looks awesome!
Mark @ Aug 16th 2007 12:05PM
Let's hope I'm lucky.
Eric @ Aug 16th 2007 12:06PM
I love the art style for the environments
SubNoiZe@T3F @ Aug 16th 2007 12:06PM
Bioshock: Where the big daddys aren't george bush...
jdubya @ Aug 16th 2007 12:06PM
great, i hope i win a copy.
SRU Phil @ Aug 16th 2007 12:22PM
Bioshock is going to have bullet lag like Gears of War. Does that crush your anticipation or what?
Eihbeir @ Aug 16th 2007 12:07PM
My favorite thing about BioShock? The moral dilemma I feel about bashing a 10 year old girl's face in with a monkey wrench.
Eric G @ Aug 16th 2007 12:08PM
Bioshock's environments which actively change as you're playing is sweet.
Fred @ Aug 16th 2007 12:07PM
I like the whiskey bottles.
Faraz Mahmood @ Aug 16th 2007 12:08PM
well i heard that a major component of the game revolves around a lot of backtracking and plus would you really want to pay for a game that will only be used up until september 24th?? Bio-what?! oh you mean halo 3!
crankbait @ Aug 16th 2007 12:09PM
I had a little sister just like the ones in this game.
dark54555 @ Aug 16th 2007 12:08PM
Not excited?
No southpaw or legacy controls. BOO!
Support the Southpaw Manifesto!
http://lawofthegame.blogspot.com/2007/08/southpaw-manifesto.html
Loc @ Aug 16th 2007 12:18PM
I'm so not excited for this game. Big Daddies are lame!
Mike Jenkins @ Aug 16th 2007 12:08PM
BioShock will be the most boring game ever! There, did that work?
Jonathan Murrell @ Aug 16th 2007 12:09PM
I don't see why anyone would be excited about death underwater. Its called drowning and stuff......
GZ @ Aug 16th 2007 12:09PM
Would it help if I told you you had beautiful eyes?
Paradyme @ Aug 16th 2007 12:09PM
I prefer Mr.Bubbles !
LatkaGravis @ Aug 16th 2007 12:09PM
I can has Bioshock!
AJ @ Aug 16th 2007 12:09PM
I like the water. It's very watery
Aaron @ Aug 16th 2007 12:10PM
My favorite part about the game is that you can take completely different approaches to complete each level.
Oh, and the Big Daddies!
Captain Jody Anthony XVIII @ Aug 16th 2007 12:09PM
BioShock is going to have an ending.
Lucipher @ Aug 16th 2007 12:09PM
i am looking forward to taking control of a big daddy and turning him against a little sister, so i am not technically killing the little girl (or whatever she is)....
Ray @ Aug 16th 2007 12:10PM
Love the plasmids.
DevilWhiskey @ Aug 16th 2007 12:10PM
Why play something new and exciting like BioShock when you can be playing yet another revision of EA's latest cookie-cutter football game?
Come on...EA needs the money!
-DW-
Kryptinite @ Aug 16th 2007 12:09PM
You want to be not excited about BioShock?
Just remember that Halo 3 is still coming out this year.
TXAustin @ Aug 16th 2007 12:10PM
I love hacking the cameras. Why should I fight when robots can do it for me?
ThePonz @ Aug 16th 2007 12:11PM
Andrew Ryan is really Michael Jackson...I love you Mr. Bubbles...He He Yowwww!
ElecUniv @ Aug 16th 2007 12:12PM
I'm not excited about this game because the word "excited" is an understatement. Please give me this other-worldly experience for free, kind fanboys/girls.
Nick @ Aug 16th 2007 12:15PM
I really liked the creepy scene when the little sister was sitting on the floor stabbing away at the corpse's head while singing away.
Ryan Ensley @ Aug 16th 2007 12:15PM
Uhm.....little girls scare me. Have you *not* seen The Ring?
RudyHuxtable @ Aug 16th 2007 12:11PM
Bioshock will have zero replay value thanks to poor production quality and terrible game design. I don't mean that, but at least it sounds ominous.
tabletcorry @ Aug 16th 2007 12:11PM
Bioshock is a big Morality play
jstearns25 @ Aug 16th 2007 12:11PM
BioShock will make you want to hit babies!
PoobliuS @ Aug 16th 2007 6:20PM
I want to fight Mr Bubbles.
Rob Stevens @ Aug 16th 2007 12:11PM
"Leave a comment below that tries to make us not excited about BioShock (spoiler alert: you can't!)"
Well, I came across this little plot spoiler yesterday. Turns out that the Little Sisters are actually clones of your little sister. Every time you kill one, a little piece of you dies inside.
I'm lying, of course. But I figured this was better than going the "Big Daddy" angle.
Michael M. @ Aug 16th 2007 12:12PM
You can not die in Bioshock, bringing the challenge to an inevitable finish of the game very soon.
Joshua @ Aug 16th 2007 12:11PM
...don't drink the water.
jlp @ Aug 16th 2007 12:18PM
you are ugly!.
Matthew T @ Aug 16th 2007 12:15PM
I tried to get one at Toys R Us, but I failed. I want it sooo bad!
Kaz @ Aug 16th 2007 12:12PM
Everything... what isn't there to like about Bioshock? Other than that I don't have a copy when a select few already do... bastards.
jeffk @ Aug 16th 2007 12:12PM
No matter how good the game is, you're going to die someday. Alone.
DjChad @ Aug 16th 2007 12:13PM
Two Worlds ftw!
Adam Moreau @ Aug 16th 2007 12:14PM
Ooooooooooooooooh. Bioshock is so scary. Not really.
Mike @ Aug 16th 2007 12:15PM
The best way to play this game is to have a bottle of Jameson on hand.
Kaz @ Aug 16th 2007 12:12PM
Everything... what isn't there to like about Bioshock? Other than that I don't have a copy when a select few already do... bastards.
elementalj7 @ Aug 16th 2007 12:13PM
in bioshock dick cheney is a big daddy and he shoots you in the face with a shotgun and he has a heart attack and dies then hilary clinton comes and eats dick cheney and it takes her 5 hours to do it and you have to watch the whole time, and plus halo 3 is about a month away you cant drop a bubble shield in bioshock!!!!11!!!1
JK @ Aug 16th 2007 12:12PM
you walk really low to the ground
Adam @ Aug 16th 2007 12:13PM
Teh WATER!!!
Jay Ninjila @ Aug 16th 2007 12:13PM
The ending will most likely not satisfy you!
adam @ Aug 16th 2007 12:19PM
mr. bubbles, of course!