Cyberpunk General

[diet_orange]

So let's talk Cyberpunk chooms! And not in just the video game sense, but a bit broader. I grew up with a biological father who repaired computers for a living and was deeply fascinated by technology (even though I don't understand most of it). One of my favorite shows during my toddler years was "Superhuman Samurai Syber Squad", this sort of Ultraman-like show with deep cyberpunk elements that was further improved by the inclusion of Tim Curry as the voice of the bad guy and a hard rock soundtrack

Later I'd see Hackers on constant rotation on my grandparent's Direct Tv subscription in my teens, mainly the movie channels and I was entranced.

Then, in my 20's, I'd come across Neuromancer and I was toast, fully in love with the idea of technology and humanity intertwined. Though I didn't fully comprehend at the time, through my own naivety or otherwise, how real that world would become if it hadn't already

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Of course, I'd also be a fool if I didn't talk about the shot to the jugular that is Cyberpunk music. Everyone has their own flavor, mine just happens to be electronic coded. The soundtrack to Hackers (as well as the first Mortal Kombat movie and Cool World) is a pretty good entry point. I personally really like Belgian New Beat, EDM, Industrial, and Darkwave

 

[Jayonnaise6105 Jayonnaise6105]

Oh, you mean the genre hehe I kinda don't like how generic Cyberpunk 2077's name is in that context hehe.

I like Robocop a lot. Terminator is fun. Johnny Mnemonic. I also like some animated stuff like Ghost in the Shell & Batman Beyond.

 

[diet_orange]

Oh, you mean the genre hehe I kinda don't like how generic Cyberpunk 2077's name is in that context hehe.

I like Robocop a lot. Terminator is fun. Johnny Mnemonic. I also like some animated stuff like Ghost in the Shell & Batman Beyond.

Well, maybe a bit more broader considering that we basically live in the world that Gibson wrote about, but much less glamorous

And yeah, I fucking love Robocop, it is such an amazingly hard take of what a corporate controlled police state could turn into and with a modern day Frankenstein's monster to boot. I like the first two Terminators as well (though the first more considering that it's basically a more technological version of the slasher movie), but not as much as the first Robocop which, like I said, got so much right

Tron: Legacy (and also it's cartoon spin-off, Uprising) also had a very large impact on me. Loved the soundtrack, took watching Uprising for me to fully appreciate Legacy

 

[Stingy Perry Stingy Perry]

Appleseed

Psycho Pass

 

[SliperyHippo]

I've been getting into the Shadowrun books recently! I like it because I play a lot of D&D with people who don't like playing humans and having the metatypes is a lot of fun for them!
I also like how big the world is! If you wanna play a Black Lagoon style pirates on the open seas campaign you can do it in the same world your players are kidnapping wagemages in the heart of the United Canadian and American States while fighting off bugs that'd make a helldiver blush!
(Sixth Edition picture since that's what we've been playing)