Bioshock 2 is out today. We can only guess at how many people “aren’t feeling well” today… All this week we have games and prize packs to giveaway. 2 x 360, 2 x PS3, 1 x PC. Playstation 3 owners, today it’s your turn.
Bioshock 2 places you back in the undersea dystopia of Rapture, 10 years after the events of the original game. Only this time you’re a Big Daddy. Actually, you’re THE Big Daddy. The first. But there’s a new regime in the house, and even tougher forces at play under the sea. Get ready to grab all the Adam you can.
Thanks to 2K Games we have five prize packs to give away, one each day this week. Each Bioshock 2 prize pack contains a copy of the game, a Bioshock 2 hoodie, a big Bioshock 2 artbook, a Little Sister figurine, a Bioshock 2 pen, a Bioshock 2 keyring, a plasmid badge, and a vinyl copy of the soundtrack. Total value runs to $274.65 per pack.
All you have to do is tell us in the comments what your version of Utopia would look like. What extreme regime would you introduce? Where would you build it? How quickly do you expect it will devolve into chaos? And today, after making it VERY hard for myself to judge yesterday, I want the answer in three versus… in your choice of limerick or haiku — the rise, the success, the fall. Most entertaining concept wins the pack.
You must also include a valid email address or use Facebook Connect so we can contact you if you win. Entries close midnight EDT and the winner will be announced tomorrow when the new draw opens.
Monday’s Xbox 360 prize pack winner is Shane. So simple, yet terribly effective.
Good luck!
Rory McKay
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 3:04 PMMy utopia;
someone is always watching
1984?
No! Huxley’s idea?
A bit of soma is nice
but where to put it?
somewhere nice and warm
costa rica! I love sloths
and i love books too.
Aj
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 3:04 PMMutated as one
give birth to the manimal
masterful minds win.
Super the natural
freshen the evolution
long live our freedom.
Outcasted by few
a claim to heist our nation
a war has began…
prakaa
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 6:29 PMCommunism sucks
Democracy screwed it up
Anarchy leads now
Big, golden pastures
Full of nice people laughing
On a river bend
Too bad bad guys come
Screw people over badly
Oh God it’s Kanye!
Michael Atkinson
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 6:45 PMIt matters not, what you say
Filth will not be allowed, especially Rapeplay
Until you snatch the crown
Of Croydon, my town
My vote will always remain as a no
My values are dated,
and my esteem, deflated,
Why do I keep pushing on?
I wish you could see,
The way I wish things could be,
The ever-sounding fall of,
democracy
Everyone is a minor,
You may call me communist china,
A place where no one needs to be free
Can you not be satisfied by the Wii?
Slip the games in paper bags,
My conservative mind tells me,
“God Hates Fags”
Unblinded by Myopia,
This is my vision of Utopia,
The kingdom that I rule
You all may disagree,
but I will keep fighting, blindly
For in my Utopia,
You don’t need eyes to see.
Jim Neale
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 6:48 PMIn amongst the trees of a south-African rainforest, city made almost enirely of glass. Sustainable and renewable energy would power this place.
A most notable feature would be the flooring, as the city is up in the canopy, the floor will be made of glass so you can see the forest beneath you. – Of course you can turn that off for those who are afraid.
My utopia would also involve countless women, the citizens of Pompeii did prostitutes right, as will I.
If you give me the prize, when it happens, Seamus, you can be King if you want. I’d personally go mad with power. lol
Graham Campbell
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 8:11 PMGrand city of ice
Antarctic anarchist rule
Live in Aurora
Carve yourself a home
Catch a polar bear for tea
Wait, that’s the Arctic…
No need for a fridge
What is a global warming?
Oh shit, house is gone
Stone
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 8:53 PMMy ideal perfect state:
It’s Friday night and I’m at hope in my lounge room in front of my HD panel. The PS3 is fired up and I’m playing co-op with my enthusiastic and completely immersed wife.
The beer fridge is full and a cold stubby is sitting open only an arm lengths away. The only rule is you’re not allowed to wear pants and nothing else is planned for the rest of the night.
The downfall of this paradise is of course the blooming alarm clock and the incisively flashing 6:30 illuminating the Monday morning air. The snooze buttons silent relief only to be broken with the wife’s “how long did you stay up playing” whining.
Setsuna Saigami
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 9:03 PMAmidst the ruin and devestation
Lay a land, abundant in fornication.
Like the climax edition of Bayonetta.
You really couldn’t get much better.
This was truly a place of elation.
You’d think that every prepubescent male
Would flock to this world without fail
And indeed, they did come
In more ways than one
Like Solid Snake did before Naomi’s betrayal.
But alas, suddenly things took a dive.
Because they realised no one was actually alive!
So in their sadness and dismay
The scary fanboys all went away…
…That was, until Dead or Alive 5.
GmBH
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 9:40 PMDrifting effortlessly the giant Phoenix
Moving quietly amongst the stars
Burnt below the unbelievers
Only scientists and engineers walk the halls
Extraneous diversion replaced with real dolls
Swift advance with science unrestrained
Water, electric and air supply problems solved
Singularity achieved no fear of death
Potential planets and hope unbound
Dreams of aliens and inter-species relations
Warp drive research begins to falter
Eternally orbiting the rock the destroyed
Immortality with nowhere to go
Ideology and reason decompose
Suns destruction becomes the goal
Karl
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 9:52 PMMy town was an experiment,
Designed to tease and torment,
The people didn’t know,
They were part of a show,
Soon enough they would lament.
They put drugs in the water,
To make people shorter,
The tall people did run,
Finding the midgets no fun,
As they prepared for slaughter.
The midgets fought like Celts,
Never aiming above the belts,
But they were soon overcome,
The experiment was undone,
In peace the tall people now dwelt.
John
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 11:17 PMShut up a second
I know how to fix it all!
It just takes one rule:
The rule is easy
CATS SHOULD RUN THE ENTIRE THING.
And if that fails…DOGS!
Why do that you ask?
Cats, you see, do not know how
to lie, they just meow.
Azorius
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 at 11:38 PMWhat is utopia? The common misconception is that it refers to a perfect place. My interpretation of it is, rather, a state of being and existence.
The major factor in causing how the world operates today is individuality. The economy functions on that basis. Everyone, each group, each country tries to maximise their own benefits. That’s why global trade, different currencies are there in the first place.
In my utopia, one is all and all is one. Our wills are gathered together in a single pool of thoughts. Individuality is not erased, but rather assimilated and integrated. There will be no need for a physical body, hence no more discrination of appearances and race. Artificial creations such as politics and economics will cease to exist, as everyone works towards a common goal. Different thoughts occur spontaneously, with the aim of self-correction and self-improvement. Over time, evolution happens at a rapid rate.
UnderTheSea
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at 2:48 AMUtopia, a chaotic shadowed city below the sea,
Whose secrets are protected by Big Daddy.
Travel through its vast colossal infrastructure if you dear.
Tonight begins your Life Long Nightmare.
The Little Sisters will help you pay the fee.
RLane
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at 4:57 AMwe moved to the moon
as war raged on Earth we watched
fireworks every night
after all had died
we brought home the world’s riches
we few lived like kings
accumulation
greed and growing gravity
flung us back to Earth
Blake Druery
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at 11:03 AMA city where citizens blindy
Follow without using their minds, see?
None would evade capture,
When living in Rapture,
So obey me, would you kindly?
A cold iron grip.
Rust surrounds your heart these days,
Keeps the sea at bay.
Ryan’s Paradise
Just might be my salvation.
Could be hell for some.
blake.druery@gmail.com
Ryuzaki_30
Thursday, February 11, 2010 at 11:04 AMMy Utopia would be a Gamers paradise.
In this city called Vincyl there would be nothing but the best of games from a variety of genres to chose from. Only 1 console called Ronx would exist with many of the great franchises available, not only that we’d all have high speed internet, so we would all be lag free. No economy issues just a tranquil area where gamers can play to their fullest but wait….all this changed when one man was so sinister he wanted to diverse Vincyl through gamers by paying a company to make an exclusive console called The Lynx. all gamers thought it would fail but of course we were curious and before you know it 1/3 of the population have purchased the system it ended up being a powerful machine. As years past over half of the population have been consumed over the Lynx with exclusives games favoring the Lynx the city ended being split into two, everyday the city just got worse, our internet connections were very poor, the city ended up being a Gamers nightmare with violence all over. This time became known as the console wars…and to this day the city lies underwater only to be discovered…