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Will There Be A Big Daddy At Bondi This Weekend?

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1:00PM August 4, 2009 | David Wildgoose

Looks like Sydney’s Bondi Beach will get a taste of BioShock 2′s marketing this Saturday morning.

As we reported earlier today, we received a map of the world and a note seemingly written by Mark Meltzer, the guy from previous BioShock 2 creepy promo material who is looking for his missing daughter.

Meltzer’s note includes a list of times next to various locations around the world and suggests the tides may carry vital information. The first location on the list reads:

6:41am Bondi Beach (Sydney, Australia)

I called the local 2K Games office this morning to ask about it. I received a very coy response and several hints that I should head down to Bondi on Saturday to see for myself.

Unfortunately I will be asleep can’t make it. But if there is anyone who is planning on heading down, do let us know what happens. Take your camera, too, we’d be happy to post any pics you take.

Comments

  • Tonez

    August 4, 2009 at 1:23 PM

    DO IT DAVID, DO IT. You won’t catch me anywhere near Bondi but surely you will sacrifice your time for us.

  • Nathan Pitman

    August 4, 2009 at 1:27 PM

    Do they really think anything resembling a large number of gamers will turn up on a beach before 7 on a Saturday morning? I mean I have nothing on at the time (who would?) so I could head down there if I wanted…. but do I want to?

    • ladybug

      August 4, 2009 at 1:41 PM

      YES NATHAN PITMAN, YOU REALLY DO WANT TO. Come on, do it for the Kotaku community!

  • Max Skelton

    August 4, 2009 at 1:47 PM

    aw hell, guess ill go its not like this thing happens every day

  • Anonymous

    August 4, 2009 at 1:52 PM

    You must go there! For us readers who aren’t in Sydney! I live in Perth, I’d go for you… or if someone wants to spring a plane ticket I’ll go :)

  • Roger

    August 4, 2009 at 1:53 PM

    Some is smoking crack if they think gamers want to be anywhere near Bondi Beach at 6:41am in the morning on a Saturday.

    Perhaps we could arrange a community bender and just pub crawl down to Bondi, then crash on the beach and hope some marketing dude wakes us at 6:41. ;P

  • Mark

    August 4, 2009 at 2:06 PM

    Or someone actually uses the latitude and longitude coordinates and ends up waiting in the Hawkesbury river

  • clawster

    August 4, 2009 at 2:21 PM

    do it Dave! we’ll all love you for it!

  • dcell

    August 4, 2009 at 2:26 PM

    WOULD YOU KINDLY go to the cool beach thing because i am in melbourne and can’t go.

  • url404

    August 4, 2009 at 2:30 PM

    Typical. I live near the city so I would probably be making an effort but I’ve already planned to spend the Friday and Saturday night out an outer south western Sydney suburb instead.

  • Roy

    August 4, 2009 at 2:52 PM

    I got my original artwork and my record sent from New York care of Mark Meltzer, the art work is cool, but i dont have a record, ill have to take it round to dads place to listen to it.

  • Jamie Heron

    August 4, 2009 at 3:10 PM

    Well, not only do I live only 5 minutes down the road from Bondi Beach, but I need to go to work at 8AM on Campbell Parade, christ, I can’t believe I’m seriously considering doing this… The game better be worth getting up early.

  • Pathetic Halo Stan

    August 4, 2009 at 3:19 PM

    I live across the road from Bondi Beach. And am an epic nerd. Hmmmmmm.

  • Pathetic Halo Stan

    August 4, 2009 at 3:21 PM

    Yeh, this could be the nerdiest day of my life. Wake up at 6, see Big Daddy, then head over to Cockatoo Island and see the Halo warthog. Ladies, look out!!

  • Marcus

    August 4, 2009 at 5:15 PM

    I could get there… but I don’t think any buses service the route from where I live to Bondi that early. Damn you Sydney Buses. Damn you.

    • Arthur McChesney

      August 4, 2009 at 7:26 PM

      I work for Sydney Buses & the 380 DEFINITELY runs that early in the morning. The question remains where are you travelling from?

  • awesomeguy

    August 4, 2009 at 5:52 PM

    lol. No one go and they’ll learn not to pull stupid PR stunts like this again

  • kingcong

    August 4, 2009 at 6:07 PM

    Well if you actually put 53 in minutes/seconds its actually 33.883 and the other coordinate is 151.266 and if you put that in then it points directly at bondi golf course?!?! so people gonna b confused whether this thing is happening on the beach or inland. but seeing as its bioshock i suggest go to the beach?

  • Matt

    August 4, 2009 at 6:28 PM

    I’m totally going! Yes, I’m that lonely and bored….

  • BioshockManiac

    August 4, 2009 at 7:22 PM

    Well, Marcus, Sydney does not equal buses. Sydney equals trains. If you used that excuse in Canberra, it would be more acceptable.

    I wouldnt mind going to Bondi to take a snappy of the Big Daddy for you all but unfortunately under my classification that is not called Early morning. It’s called Midnight Express. Furthermore, I do not live in Sydney.

    I might be a BioshockManiac but I’m a rational economist as well.

  • n

    August 4, 2009 at 7:24 PM

    @nathan pitman; Actually I think the timing is deliberate and pretty awesome seeing as its the city to surf this sunday…

    • Pathetic Halo Stan

      August 4, 2009 at 11:16 PM

      Yup. If theres a better way to cash-in on the City2Surf on Sunday than by a cryptic PR stunt at 6.41am on Saturday, I’ve yet to hear it.

  • Brady

    August 4, 2009 at 11:28 PM

    It’s NOT going to be worth it. It’ll be a sand sculpture or something along those lines…you will be dissappointed no matter what it is because you had to drag yourself out of bed to see it.

  • Anonymous

    August 5, 2009 at 2:08 PM

    It will likely be disappointing but at the same time think of the satisfaction you’ll get from having your photo / narrative / whatever posted here for the rest of us who can view it from the warmth and safety of our own beds!

    • HD

      August 8, 2009 at 8:34 AM

      Just got back from Bondi Beach. All we got were plastic wine bottles with a message. They were dug into the sand, about 50 bottles. there were maybe a 100+ people who made it by 6:41 AM.

      Pics soon.

      cheers!

  • Relys

    August 8, 2009 at 5:19 PM

    @HD. You should have totally gotten their like 12 hours early, and interviewed whoever placed the bottles.

    lol, oh well.

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