Stooner: What? Why that? Isn't "only" the Steam DRM ?
Nope, this was on the steam version. Either Bioshock 2 on steam comes with GFWL, or the mess on my PC is bigger than I'm willing to consider.
santata: GFWL just sucks in general. Took me several days to get Bulletstorm to start, whereas a pirated copy works instantly without any hiccup. But hey, DRM is great, right?
Sure is. My pirate copy of Bishock 2 works perfectly fine too, or it did back when I first tried it, but after the mess I described I rage quit and didn't bother installing it again.