If you've ever visited BioShock's Rapture in digital form by playing the video games, you're probably aware that it's not exactly the nicest place in the world to visit.
French artist Laure-Marie Torre has taken the terrifying locale of BioShock's Rapture and turned it into a fascinating tourism guide that probably wouldn't make most people want to visit. For the uninitiated, BioShock's Rapture is an underwater city that was built as a utopia under the sea before things went horribly wrong and the entire populace was driven insane through genetic manipulation. Seems like a lovely place to visit. Torre's tourism kit features some very clever promotions like posters, tourism kits and maps.
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