PHOTOS FROM THE BIOSHOCK APPRECIATION EVENT

On the evening of Monday, August 20th, 2007, just hours before BioShock would hit store shelves and go live across the US, and people everywhere would be diving into Rapture, we rented out the Felt Club in Boston to hold an Appreciation event to the fans and bloggers that made the BioShock community perhaps one of the coolest ever since the beginning of time (at least in my opinion). Over 300 people came from all corners of the gaming world to help celebrate how amazing the Cult of Rapture is.

We had our own Big Daddy, Little Sisters who so politely let you drink ADAM from a silver platter holding a pile of syringes, rows upon rows of the full BioShock game to play, four living (and terrifying) Splicers -- even Oscar The Punk made an appearance and played some of the songs featured on the Limited Edition EP.

It was an incredible evening, one that will go down in my top ten nights of all time. I want to thank you all, those of you who were there, and those of you who could not make it, for making this game's launch such an incredible experience.

Take a look at the pictures, and enjoy.

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