“Mr. Bubbles, Mr. Bubbles, are you there? Are you there? Come and give me lollies, come and bring me toffees. Teddy bears… teddy bears.” ― A Little Sister, singing to the tune of "Frere Jacques" while harvesting.[src] Little Sisters (originally named as Gatherers by the game developers) are young girls who have been genetically altered and mentally conditioned to reclaim ADAM from corpses around Rapture. Little Sisters are almost always accompanied by a Big Daddy. They generally are immune to da

Since BioShock Infinite isn't releasing until 2012, fans have a lot of time on their hands before they get to board the floating city of Columbia. To make the wait less painful, developer Irrational Games is releasing a steady stream of new artwork.

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Concept artist Ben Lo was kind enough to share with us some of the concept art he created for BioShock Infinite. Ben created many environment designs

My daddy's SMARTER than Einstein, STRONGER than Hercules and lights a fire with a SNAP of his fingers. Are you as good as my daddy, Mister? Not if you don't visit the Gatherer's Garden, you aren't! Smart daddies get spliced, at the Gardens!The Gatherer's Garden Located at various points throughout Rapture, a Gatherer's Garden is a vending machine that allows the player to purchase Plasmids, Gene Tonics, Plasmid Slots, Gene Tonic Slots, Health Upgrades, and EVE Upgrades. ADAM is used as currency

I am not a liberator. Liberators do not exist. These people will liberate themselves.Atlas Atlas is the revolutionary who led many of the disillusioned of Rapture against Andrew Ryan and his supporters during the Civil War. A significant character in BioShock, he guides Jack through the failed utopia after his arrival. Atlas speaks with an Irish accent, specifically, a working-class Dublin accent. When Ryan nationalized Fontaine Futuristics, Atlas protested against him in front of citizens. With

Columbia's gayest quartet!Advertisement The Barbershop Quartet are a group of singers associated with Albert Fink in Columbia. Albert Fink gained great success as a composer in the city after discovering shimmers of light that provided music from other artists in different time periods. He made his own covers of famous songs in the style of the era. With the help of the Barbershop Quartet, he presented "his" newest song "God Only Knows". During the 1912 Columbia Raffle and Fair, the quartet stop

“…you'll be needing Dr. Steinman's key. He's the one what runs this place. But I don't expect him to hand it to you out of the milk of human kindness. Steinman ain't that kind, and frankly, I'm not even sure he's still human.” ― Atlas[src] Dr. J. S. Steinman, M.D., is the overseer of the Medical Pavilion. An accomplished surgeon, Steinman rose to a degree of prominence throughout Rapture, but ADAM abuse caused him to lose his grip on reality. J. S. Steinman was born into a Jewish-American family

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“You will not believe me, but there was a time when this was all so beautiful…” ― Brigid Tenenbaum[src] Olympus Heights is the tenth level of BioShock. This district was once where the upper class of Rapture had their apartments, but it was hit hard during the Civil War, leaving it in a terrible state. Jack will have to venture through the area in order to locate samples of an antidote to remove Fontaine's mental control over him. Olympus Heights was an area which, similar to Apollo Square, cont

For the Singleplayer Level of Hephaestus, see Hephaestus. “Greetings from Hephaestus” ― Postcard[src] Hephaestus is a retooled environment for BioShock 2 Multiplayer of the Hephaestus from the first BioShock. Hephaestus is the main generator of power for all of Rapture. Jacob Norris, a multiplayer character, is said to have been one of the deep sea welders who built Rapture; it is known from his audio recording Rapture's Heart that he was present when construction on Hephaestus was finished. Mai