BioShock Infinite/Trivia

• Contest Winner Cameo: Irrational Games held a contest to get a fan's name in the game. The winner was Payton Lane Easter who got the honor of becoming the owner of an Mechanical Horse company.
• Fan Nickname: "Skyoshock," "Aeroshock" or "Highoshock" instead of Bioshock Infinite, due to the game being set in a floating city. The nicknames can be affectionate or... otherwise.
• Hey, It's That Voice!:
  • Booker DeWitt is immediately recognizable to fans of Thief as being Stephen Russell using his voice for Garrett, simply a little rougher and a lot less stoic. However, he has since been recast as of the 15 minute demo.
  • Booker's new VA is in fact Troy Baker, doing his best "smooth badass" role.
  • The man giving the speech in the gazebo sounds exactly like Doctor Orpheus, although Steven Rattazzi's participation has not been confirmed or denied yet.
• What Could Have Been:
  • Originally, the city was supposed to be darker and gloomier with a look inspired by Art Nouveau (think late 19th century Paris in the sky). This idea was scrapped both because it would make the city look too similar to Rapture and because it didn't fit with the later decided focus on American Exceptionalism.
  • The original conflict was also going to be between "tech geeks" and "luddites". Eventually, Levine didn't think that these groups were not "compelling polarities" and thus went with the political angle.
  • A politician in the promotional information about the game and a minor boss, Saltonstall doesn't show up except in comments from civilians offhand. In Emporia, you can find his scalp nailed to a board.
  • There was going to be a third type called the Barrage Automaton, which would have been immune to Possession and would have a method of firing similar to that of a mortar round. In the end, it was removed from the final game.