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    Image of calibretto23 calibretto23
    11/25/09

    In reply to Bioshock Paintings Take Glourious Neon and Art Deco Underwater
    What I wouldn't do for wallpaper sized versions of these... I found the city to be breathtaking while playing the game just wish there were more high def images of things like this
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    Image of Alessar Alessar
    11/25/09

    @calibretto23: I agree with this comment. They're darkly luminous which means that they would really look swell as PS3 or computer wallpaper.
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    Image of RollsRoyceRevenge RollsRoyceRevenge
    11/25/09

    In reply to Bioshock Paintings Take Glourious Neon and Art Deco Underwater
    I am going to go out on a limb and say two things:

    1. The buildings are shockingly out of perspective.

    2. I am tired of the "Gotham City" look. And I love Art Deco.
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    Image of tipsymongoose tipsymongoose
    11/25/09

    In reply to Bioshock Paintings Take Glourious Neon and Art Deco Underwater
    These are cool, but I'd really like to see some interior shots, too.

    I'm interested to see where this franchise goes, but I hope they improve the gameplay a bit. Bioshock was top notch with story and design, but the gameplay got a little repetitive.
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    Image of acrobatic rabbit acrobatic rabbit
    11/25/09


    @tipsymongoose: you know, I never understood it when people say "the gameplay got a little repetitive". you're playing a game with a story. Were you expecting to shoot things then go race around in a hovercar and then paint a picture and dash your wizard's staff with some magic spell? yeah i guess you're right....
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    Image of tipsymongoose tipsymongoose
    11/25/09

    @acrobatic rabbit: By "repetitive" I meant I could replay the same level over and over and still get the same experience as playing the game all the way through. I'll admit most shooters are this way, though, with a few rare exceptions.
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    Image of Daveinva Daveinva
    11/25/09

    @acrobatic rabbit: What tipsy said.

    And oh God, the first Assassin's Creed was *awfully* repetitive. Gorgeous game, great setting, neat mechanics... and then you realized it was just "Dragon's Lair", repeated ad infinitum.
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    Image of tamoko tamoko
    11/25/09

    In reply to Bioshock Paintings Take Glourious Neon and Art Deco Underwater
    The level of world building for both these games is what sucked me in, the richness of detail... I love the Art Deco , totally out of it's normal environment. Can't wait for the game...
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    Image of LarsThorwald LarsThorwald
    11/24/09

    In reply to Bioshock Paintings Take Glourious Neon and Art Deco Underwater
    God, those are really beautiful.

    Can't wait to get this game.
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    Image of Klebert L. Hall Klebert L. Hall
    11/12/09

    In reply to Digital Cloud Could Be London's Next Monument
    They're going to let people ride bikes in it?!

    That seems sort of okay when they're going up the ramp, but a disaster on the way back down...
    -Kle. #thecloud
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    Image of WLDaywalker WLDaywalker
    11/11/09

    In reply to Digital Cloud Could Be London's Next Monument
    There's only one thing funner than making bubbles, and that's popping them.

    I eagerly await the construction of this tempting target. #thecloud
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    Image of EdificeComplex EdificeComplex
    11/11/09

    In reply to Digital Cloud Could Be London's Next Monument
    "...pitched the Cloud to the city of London for the 2012 Games."

    Are they saying it could be ready in time for the 2012 games? If so that's pretty impressive to go from planning to full completion in 2 years. Although if it was designed as a modular system that would speed up construction. #thecloud
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    11/11/09

    @EdificeComplex: Well, if it's made mostly out of Mr. Bubble, that might speed things up. #thecloud
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    Image of EdificeComplex EdificeComplex
    11/11/09

    @BadUncle: With this they could build whole cities. #thecloud
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    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    11/11/09

    @EdificeComplex: You FOOL. You're giving away all of our secrets. #thecloud
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    Image of EdificeComplex EdificeComplex
    11/11/09

    @LittleDragon: Moral ambiguity has no place in supervillainy.

    What happened to the Academy?

    [io9.com] #thecloud
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    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    11/11/09

    @EdificeComplex: Some one said there was something wrong with the hashtags. If you click on the link of any of your posts to it, you will get to it. #thecloud
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    Image of CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
    11/11/09

    In reply to Digital Cloud Could Be London's Next Monument
    Awesome!! I must now get another job so that when Mr Tax man stings me for every penny I own...at least its getting spent on something awesome!! I hope it rocks as much as the Millenium Dome...scoff scoff!!!!! #thecloud
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    11/11/09

    In reply to Digital Cloud Could Be London's Next Monument
    Some of those pictures look like they came straight out from Thunderbirds (the 60s TV show)... Number 2, in particular. #thecloud
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    Image of Trai_Dep Trai_Dep
    10/21/09

    In reply to Simpsons-Style Megadome Could Save Houston
    Hey, if a troposphere-scraping dome is what it takes to separate Houston from civilization, I'm for it. #speculativearchitecture
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    Image of xAnarChisTx xAnarChisTx
    10/20/09

    In reply to Simpsons-Style Megadome Could Save Houston
    My only question is, how the hell would they go about making the dome? I can only assume that they would have to make a massive mold of it.

    Or, they could use one of the many craters on Earth as a mold itself, and hoist it out with helicopters (like the Simpsons!). #speculativearchitecture
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    Image of EBone EBone
    10/20/09

    @Fatty Shcock: I'm also getting sick of the dome city concept. The amount of raw materials, plus the concept of structural support, seems to be lacking.

    Also, hurricanes are hundreds of miles across. Even if you could build such a structure, wouldn't a strong hurricane just rip this thing right off the city like a bottlecap? #speculativearchitecture
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    Image of YankBoffin YankBoffin
    10/20/09

    In reply to Simpsons-Style Megadome Could Save Houston
    Oh, and has IO9 done a list of domed cities in sci-fi yet? #speculativearchitecture
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    Image of Andrew Dickerson Andrew Dickerson
    10/20/09

    @YankBoffin: I second this motion if not. #speculativearchitecture
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    Image of Islandkiwi Islandkiwi
    10/20/09

    In reply to Simpsons-Style Megadome Could Save Houston
    I knew Texas was building a fence on the border, but apparently the fence isn't enough for Houston. #speculativearchitecture
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    Image of SpammerOvTheGods SpammerOvTheGods
    10/19/09

    In reply to Simpsons-Style Megadome Could Save Houston
    don't forget the spindizzies!

    #@! #speculativearchitecture
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    Chip Skylark of Space promoted this comment SpammerOvTheGods was starred SpammerOvTheGods was unstarred
    Image of Chip Skylark of Space Chip Skylark of Space
    10/20/09

    @SpammerOvTheGods: you mean the Dillon-Wagoner Graviton Polarity Generator, don't you? #speculativearchitecture
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    Image of orbital1 orbital1
    10/20/09

    @Chip Skylark of Space: I've been working on a new strain of anti-agathics, so we should be good to go when this thing gets built. I'm saving them for the New York crew tho.
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    Chip Skylark of Space promoted this comment Edited by orbital1 at 10/20/09 7:11 PM orbital1 was starred orbital1 was unstarred
    Image of Chip Skylark of Space Chip Skylark of Space
    10/21/09

    @orbital1: Mayor Amalfi will be so happy #speculativearchitecture
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