Appreciate the edit, xhonzi. Good catch by you.

In response to your question, I'm not sure. With Bioshock, I've up until now been able to write it off as just another shooter (you can chew me out if you want, but - regardless of whatever tricks Bioshock pulls - it's tough to convince me otherwise. They're just not my kind of game normally.) However, partly because they were getting criticized for the dudebro marketing, it was hard to ignore. I kept seeing article after article after article about Bioshock.

So I looked at the trailers. I watched a few spoiler-free reviews. And something about that world captured me. The other two didn't do that. Maybe it's the graphical style's bright colors. Maybe it's the fact that I actually bothered to learn more about it this time. Maybe it's because my actual gamer friends just won't shut up about how great it is. Maybe the word maybe shouldn't have started all of those sentences.

All I know is I can't wait to pick it up. I just have to save some cash... and it might be smart to wait until the end of the semester.