Last week, a group of Irrational staffers, a photographer, and a big bag of swag traveled to Dragon*Con’s Night at the Georgia Aquarium in search of BioShock cosplayers. We found a whole bunch. Plus, the aquarium was a gorgeous, atmospheric setting. We took some cosplayers by surprise when we showed up with our cameras, while others had known to look for us from previous posts and tweets. All of the fans we met were incredible, and made for awesome photos.
Enjoy some of the highlights of the shoot, taken by photographer Webb Chapell, and check out the full gallery on Flickr.
Spider Splicer and Thuggish Splicer
Delta and Eleanor Lamb
Thuggish Splicers, Houdini Splicers, Spider Splicers and Sander Cohen. Oh my!
Andrew Ryan and Jasmine Jolene
Jack, a Little Sister and a Splicer
Saturnine Houdini Splicer, Dr. Steinman, Splicer, and Jack Ryan
Finally, we spotted this Little Sister during our final shoot of the night. She was happy to perform a Mr. Bubbles song for us, so we knew we had to get video to share!
Thanks again to everyone who showed up!
mastigias | September 12, 2011 4:38 pm
So good! =) Very cool pics, and very cool fans!
tnscotsman | September 12, 2011 4:55 pm
Was an awesome time! Thanks Sarah and everyone at Irrational Games.
ashaleighmarie | September 12, 2011 5:00 pm
Hahaha, my group was one of the ones that was surprised to see everyone there. But it was an absolutely amazing time, and I gotta thank everyone at Irrational Games who made it possible!
bubs | September 12, 2011 5:06 pm
The photos look amazing!! Thank you so much for coming to photograph us
japester | September 12, 2011 5:49 pm
What a great turnout! So much variety in that group shot. I love it! (The close-up on the main page is stunning, too.)
I know you’ve identified yourselves in the other cosplay threads, but please sound off if you are in one of these pictures. Tell us who you are!
tnscotsman | September 12, 2011 9:19 pm
My wife and I are Delta and Eleanor. This was so much fun.
ashaleighmarie | September 13, 2011 1:15 am
I was the female Jack Ryan, and my friend was the Little Sister in the same shot. I liked the one where I was aiming my gun at the Splicer much better, I have to say. That was fun to pose for.
hexterah | September 13, 2011 11:35 am
I am the Jasmine Jolene in the photos. Walking around in those obnoxious shoes was worth it, haha! ;D
felonious | September 12, 2011 6:11 pm
Awesome collection of costumes and photos! Good to see such variety as well! The video clip of the Little Sister was great though a bit unsettling as well, almost expect an adam syringe to come down any moment on the camera
icegrove | September 12, 2011 6:16 pm
Soon Rapture will be born with all those splicers coming to life.
kennethstubbs | September 12, 2011 7:48 pm
This is awesome.
kennethstubbs | September 12, 2011 7:52 pm
I honestly wasn’t expecting any of this. I just dressed up like a splicer because I was going to the Aquarium. It was really insane and a great time.
benigncancer | September 12, 2011 10:44 pm
I love all the love Bioshock gets
erinpittman | September 12, 2011 11:06 pm
this was sooo fun, can’t wait for next year!
emidirano | September 13, 2011 11:58 am
What an amazing night that was! I can’t wait to see you guys again next year!
coolpix56 | September 13, 2011 12:31 pm
I’m not here exactly, but I am in the Flickr photo album. I’m the Jack with the wrench and my sister is the Little Sister in the black dress with the Big Daddy doll (she made it herself). I’m surprised some of the Splicers in the Photo Album didn’t get posted here… They were awesome! Serious creativity went into these costumes, gotta love events like this.
ig.sarah | September 13, 2011 1:47 pm
At the end of the day we could only fit a few pictures up on the blog post because there were just too many and the post became really crowded
That is why every picture here links to the flickr album and we link to it again at the top because all of the costumes we saw were amazing and we really want to people to go check out the full gallery. I LOVE the shot of your Jack cosplay and your sisters Little Sister costume that we caught.
coolpix56 | September 13, 2011 5:42 pm
Once again, thank you guys for the opportunity. It was fun being apart of the event! Also, I think you guys did brilliant in picking these shots, it really shows the size and scope of all the people who showed up. I simply wanted to say that there were some amazingly good costumes people should check out in the flickr album. Gotta love the amazing creativity that people have!
quancro | September 13, 2011 3:18 pm
Good job everyone…..
mcgee4life | September 13, 2011 3:51 pm
I’m the Splicer pictured with the female Jack Ryan and Little Sister. Like many have said, total surprise this was going on, and a great time!
knightcarver | September 13, 2011 5:51 pm
So freakin awesome….I am on a quest to make it next year…
japester | September 13, 2011 10:00 pm
You’d probably win in the “farthest distance traveled” category, knightcarver.
erinpittman | September 14, 2011 12:33 am
we drove 7 hours to get there!
amandaashley | September 14, 2011 2:29 am
This was a truly awesome experience, a huge thanks to Irrational Games for posting pics…and well making awesome games
Oh and I’m the Splicer in the Green Dress with the attached arm weapon and boyfriend Splicer – you know – those who kill together, stay together.
coralshere | September 14, 2011 3:28 am
Andrew Ryan and Dr. Steinman <3
katherine | September 14, 2011 12:54 pm
Great costumes!
borrego | September 14, 2011 9:55 pm
Love it! Perfect backdrop!
mistahj | September 14, 2011 11:20 pm
Eerie…just as it should be. Excellent imagery.
darkrex2065 | September 15, 2011 12:33 am
you guys look great
spineblood | September 15, 2011 10:08 am
awesome … i wish i could of went
precipice66 | September 15, 2011 2:07 pm
Really wish I had the confidence and skill to do this. Good stuff all around.
commodore23 | September 15, 2011 6:20 pm
Thats very cool its great to see fans doing things like this!
pearldavis | September 16, 2011 10:21 pm
Awesome! I love the video of the girl singing. Kind of creepy but that’s cool. If I met her I’d probably ask for her autograph or something.
candycoatedepic | September 17, 2011 12:32 pm
Very good costumes! And the little girl indeed was scary but a creative song at the same time!
juan29zapata | September 18, 2011 9:45 pm
Those are very well costumes! I have to wonder how do they do those shiny, scary blue eyes too!
nohjo | September 19, 2011 12:26 pm
I like Andrew Ryan the most, his expression is priceless.
laviehead | September 26, 2011 2:58 pm
oh…
magicmaker | December 25, 2011 8:10 pm
Here fishy fishy, would make a great Halloween haunted house.