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BioShock: Rapture
BioShock: Rapture | John Shirley
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A prequel to the video-game franchise explains how the technologically advanced undersea city called Rapture came to be and how it eventually devolved into a chaotic dystopia.
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RaeLovesToRead
BioShock: Rapture | John Shirley
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It's 3 in the morning here in the UK & instead of doing what I should have done and spent time reading a book, I stayed up trying to get the Platinum trophy for Bioshock on PlayStation.

Proudly defeating the final boss on Survivor difficulty, I waited for my coveted trophy to arrive...... and waited..... and waited.....

Where is mai tropheeeehhhh???!

Turns out the game had cheekily reverted back to a lower difficulty 😭😭😭😭

Woe is me!

wanderinglynn 🤣🤣🤣 that‘s happened to me before. So frustrating! 3y
RaeLovesToRead @wanderinglynn Haha... I feel like I've wasted a good 12 hours or so of my life... now the question is do I do it all over again? Or do I quit while I'm (not at all) ahead? 😬😬😬 3y
wanderinglynn I would do it all again to get the trophy. 🤣 #priorities Then again, you probably don‘t want to listen to me because I‘m a video game junkie and an enabler. 😆 3y
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RaeLovesToRead @wanderinglynn Hahaha 😂😂 that's totally what I'm going to do! By the time I'm finished, I'll never want to go to Rapture ever again 🤣 3y
wanderinglynn You can do it! 🙌🏻 3y
RaeLovesToRead @wanderinglynn Thanks for the vote of confidence! 😄😁😁 (I should probably start now - it's 5am and I'm not going to get any sleep if the woodpigeon choir outside has anything to do with it!) 3y
DaveGreen7777 ARRGGH!!! Sorry about the game glitch. Cheering you on to get the Platinum trophy today! 🙌 (I‘m hoping to get the Platinum in “Control”, but I still have a ways to go! 🤪) 3y
RaeLovesToRead @DaveGreen7777 Thanks, Dave! It looks like it reverted to Hard right at the beginning... so I have to go right back to the start! There is a way to cheat it by changing to Survivor before the final boss, but there's no satisfaction in that, haha 😅 How is Control? 3y
DaveGreen7777 @RaeLovesToRead I really like Control. 😀 The lore and story is so fascinating, the voice acting is great (especially the lead heroine), and the different powers are a lot of fun. The only problem is that there are some huge difficulty spikes that can make the game frustrating at times. Some of the boss fights in particular would feel right at home in the Dark Souls universe! 😱 3y
RaeLovesToRead @DaveGreen7777 It was sounding really good until you mentioned Souls, haha. I still haven't forgiven that game for ruining my confidence 🤣🤣 3y
DaveGreen7777 @RaeLovesToRead I hear ya, my friend! The good definitely outweighs the bad in Control, but there was one boss fight on a side quest I had to walk away from for a while as it was getting maddening! (Happy to say I finally beat it though.) What‘s even trickier is that there‘s no difficulty setting on this game, so it can be really punishing at times until you figure the best strategy out! 😩 3y
RaeLovesToRead @DaveGreen7777 Woohoo! *High Five* 😄 I have a big stack of games I need to play before I'm allowed to buy any more, but I'll have a closer look at Control. I'm not bad at games - I have Crash Bandicoot platinum and that's basically furry Dark Souls! 😅 - but for some reason I can't do Souls or Bloodborne... and the more annoyed I get, the worse I play 😵😭 3y
DaveGreen7777 @RaeLovesToRead Hee hee, I too am on a game buying ban right now! 🙈 It happened after I was looking up when the PS5 will be available in my area again, and I realized that I still have a bunch of PS4 games I need to get to before I really start thinking about a PS5 library! 😳 3y
RaeLovesToRead @DaveGreen7777 I'm supposed to be on a book buying ban too, but just got an email saying Rhythm of War & The Palace Job are on their way, haha 😆 You and Anne from Goodreads are bad influences! 3y
RaeLovesToRead @DaveGreen7777 Have you seen this??? https://www.steamdeck.com/en/ 😯😯😯😯 Now do I save up for a PS5 or one of these?? .... Actually... I should probably get back to work first 😇 3y
DaveGreen7777 @RaeLovesToRead Oh, wow! That Steam Deck looks so cool! 🤩 3y
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DaveGreen7777
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Thank you for this #SundayFunday @ozma.of.oz and thank you for the tag, @Branwen 😀

1. I‘ve read Dungeons and Dragons books, but I can‘t think of any books based on video games that I‘ve read. I keep meaning to read the tagged book, which is based on one of my favorite video games ever, Bioshock! 🎮

2. No, I think they‘re adaptations, like movie tie-ins are. 🎥

3. The world of “Red Dead Redemption I/II” would make for a fantastic novel! 🤠

BookmarkTavern My sister showed me the first two Bioshock games. They look amazing! Thanks for sharing! 4y
TheLibrarian Bioshock games fascinate me. I played Infinite and only a small portion of the first one but they are beautiful. Now I need to force myself to play again and deal with the closer combat fighting. 4y
DaveGreen7777 @ozma.of.oz @TheLibrarian Thank you! 😊 Once I beat a game, I rarely go back to it, but I love the first Bioshock so much, I‘ve played through it three times! 😱 4y
RaeLovesToRead BioShock ❤ Red dead redemption ❤ Actually, if you want to read a book that's a bit red dead, I recommend The Sisters' Brothers by Patrick DeWitt. It reminded me so much of the games. 4y
DaveGreen7777 @RaeLovesToRead I‘ll have to check that book out! Thanks so much for the recommendation, Rae! 😊 4y
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StayCurious
BioShock: Rapture | John Shirley
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#boundtogetherjune @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620 This book takes place under the #ocean. My husband helped with the picture😀 I‘m not a gamer and I don‘t really know anything about the Bioshock franchise, but he said the book is good.

OriginalCyn620 Pretty shade of blue there! 💙 4y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Pretty 💙💙💙 4y
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blondie
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I'm so stoked for these.
I'm back in a huge video game mood, so I got two video game novels. Which are games that I love. :)

BookNerd9906 Yay! 6y
sloanghost OH NO BIOSHOCK: RAPTURE 😂 6y
GrilledCheeseSamurai Yaaaaas! I ❤️❤️ me some Bioshock! Never read any of the books. How are they? 6y
blondie @GrilledCheeseSamurai Same here! And I'm not sure yet! Im starting off with Dead Island, but I'll be sure to make updates on here when I do read it :D 6y
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jlondon1963
BioShock: Rapture | John Shirley
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An amazon prime freebie it was okay!

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IamIamIam
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I've never read a book associated with a video game, but I LOVED Bioshock until it got too scary for me to play. Interpret as: total wuss. This is a prequel going over the creation and downfall of Rapture which was just incredible! All the elements of game play were incorporated seamlessly, characters were rich and I was incredibly impressed! You don't need any prior knowledge of the game to enjoy this.

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IamIamIam
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Quickly draining a cup of #coffee, stealing 10 minutes to try and get through the last quarter of this book before becoming bulletin board mom extraordinaire!! Don't join the #PTA if you value your reading time!
#stolenmoments #Bioshock #prequel #AndrewRyan #littlesisters #bigdaddies #videogamebooks

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IamIamIam
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This is my first video game tie-in novel, but I love the little nods to game play! #Bioshock #prequel #AndrewRyan #plasmids

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TheDigressiveApproach
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I absolutely loved the game. And I definitely wasnot expecting the book to be this good. The book is set before the events of the game and does give some spoilers for the first game. So I recommend reading this after playing the game but don't worry I enjoyed it immensely despite knowing some things. You see this provides the background of the game: how Rapture came to be and how everything went to hell. It's just plain awesome.

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TheLibrarian
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Non-book related but the boyfriend bought me the remastered BioShock collection which I started playing today. Great for the Halloween season!!! So creepy.

DuckOfDoom The first two were too creepy for me but I really enjoyed Bioshock Infinite. Have fun playing! 8y
Tcip Man such a great game. 8y
Tcip Would you kindly enjoy yourself? 8y
TheLibrarian @DuckOfDoom - BioShock Infinite was such a great game! I can't wait to replay it. 8y
TheLibrarian @Tcip - Thank you and I will enjoy myself! 8y
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Callemarie
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#day13 of #octphotochallenge I could have honestly chosen Ready Player One for like the millionth time but I figured I'd change it up. Ryan has been playing this game and reading the book and fills me in on the little info he has learned from the book for the game. I love the concept of the game so I figured this would be fitting.