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Booker Dewitt was originally voiced by Stephen Russel (Garrett from the Thief series) until the team finally hired Troy Baker to take on the role.
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The statue titled "Comstock fights the Serpent of Nations" outside the Audemus Patria Nostra Defendere, bears a striking resemblance to a political cartoon of the USA's 7th president, Andrew Jackson titled "General Jackson Slaying the many Headed Monster". This could be due to how controversial these two men are, and wanting to rebel over something quite large.
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During the scene where you first meet Elizabeth, she tears a hole in reality to Paris. There is a theatre there showing 'la revanche du jedi', which translates to 'The revenge of the jedi'. This was the original name of 'Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi'.
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Throughout the game renditions of popular songs spanning the late 20th century can be heard. For example, when Elizabeth opens the tear to Paris, you can hear Tears for Fear's "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" (1985) being played. The quartet at the fair are singing the Beach Boy's "God only Knows" (1966), and the crowd at the raffle is singing Huddie Ledbetter's "Goodnight, Irene" (1933). Spoiler:This is part of a subplot, in which a rich music producer has heard music from the future through tears, and has gone on to produce and sell it in the current day (the past), making money on future hit songs.
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During seemingly music-less stretches of the game, an extremely slowed-down song is played in the background. When sped up, what seem to be voices can be heard in the song.
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Inputting the "Konami Code" at the title screen (before beating the game) will unlock 1999 Mode.
On PC: Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, Cancel key, Confirm key
On Xbox 360: Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A
On PlayStation 3: Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, Circle, X
On PC: Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, Cancel key, Confirm key
On Xbox 360: Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A
On PlayStation 3: Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, Circle, X
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The Wrench from Bioshock can be found just after acquiring the Murder of Crows Vigor, and can also be seen on the First Lady Airship.
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When Elizabeth enters the Duke and Dimwit game room in Battleship Bay, she talks about the latest version of the game "Flawless Flintlock" being "delayed three times". This is a self-referential nod to the game's development cycle, as it was delayed three times.
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After Booker first sees the Monument Island statue and receives the telegram from Lutece, if you approach the telescope to the left and look through it, you can see the twins at the bottom left of the screen. Robert will be juggling as Rosalind watches. Exit the telescope and they are nowhere to be found.
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If you try to kill the Lutece twins at the Blue Ribbon, they will mock your attempts at trying to harm them (they are invulnerable).
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The map on display just before the Hall of Heroes is a possible reference to the map at the entrance of Disneyland. Both have similar banner designs and have a 'Main Street' at the center.
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After rescuing Elizabeth from Monument Tower and waking up on the beach, it was originally intended for there to be a scene where Booker spoke to a couple instead of Elizabeth. This was changed to have Elizabeth save you from drowning and asking Booker if she could go listen to music, as it would show that she cared about Booker. The couple are still on the beach in the final game.
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The whispers you hear when using the Possession Vigor is dialogue from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet being played in reverse.
A longer version with some extra lines can be found by extracting the audio from the PC version of Bioshock Infinite's game files. Part of this is used when you get the Vigor. The rest can be heard being whispered to victims of Possession during combat.
A longer version with some extra lines can be found by extracting the audio from the PC version of Bioshock Infinite's game files. Part of this is used when you get the Vigor. The rest can be heard being whispered to victims of Possession during combat.
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In the cemetery containing Lady Comstock's mausoleum, explore the gravestones to the left of the entrance to her body. One of the graves, the only grave with legible hand-writing, says "SNIGHT" in bold letters. This is the personal signature of Mike Snight, one of the game's environment designers.
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Father Comstock's name may be based off the Comstock Laws, a group of laws prohibiting the sending of any obscene materials, contraceptive devices, or information through the U.S. Postal Service. The laws were named after postal inspector Anthony Comstock, who was considered by many to have stepped far outside the bounds of his legal power.
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The raffle at the beginning of the game may be a reference to the short story "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson. Both lotteries are a big deal at the populated areas, and both end up with a stoning. It can also be said that in the story, the "winner" is selected by drawing from a hat, similar to the raffle in the game.
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The letter Spoiler:old Elizabeth gives to young Elizabeth says:"I am a code. I should probably be changed over for something much more official in the future. But I'll do as a stand-in for now I suppose."
The developers likely forgot to change it.
The cipher used for the letter can be seen early in the game in one of Elizabeth's many rooms.
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In the Graveyard Shift Bar in Shanty town, if you head down to the cellar a guitar can be found. Elizabeth will state "I wish I could play" and if the player interacts with the guitar, Booker will start to play the guitar, and Elizabeth will sing along.
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After a competition held by Irrational Games for fans to submit their names to be used as part of an in-game advertisement, the lead artists had picked entrant "Payton Lane Easter". The advertisement created which incorporated the name was "Payton Lane Easter & Sons Premium Automated Stallions".
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The propaganda poster featuring a little boy playing with toy soldiers and a little girl sitting on her father's lap asking him "Daddy, what did you do during the Siege of Columbia?" is based on a British World War I recruitment poster with the same illustration, but reads "Daddy, what did YOU do in the Great War?".
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