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Cyberpunk

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"High tech, low life."

"The street finds its own uses for things."

We all know the quotes and the books. But cyberpunk is more than a neon-soaked, cybernetic aesthetic, or a gritty dystopian science fiction genre. It is a subculture composed of two fundamental ideas: PUNK, and CYBER.

The PUNK: antiauthoritarian, anticapitalist, radical freedom of expression, rejection of tradition, a DIY ethic.

The CYBER: all that, but high-fuckin'-tech, ya feel? From DIYing body mods to using bleeding edge software to subvert corporate interests. It's punk for the 22nd century.

This is a community dedicated to discussing anything cyberpunk, be it books, movies, or other art that falls into the genre, or real life tech, projects, stories, ideas or anything else that adheres to these ideals. It's a place for 'punks from all over the federated Net to hang out and swap stories and meaningful content (not just pictures of city nightscapes).

Welcome in, choom.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

VA-11 HALL-A: Cyberpunk Bartender Action

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Get an emulator and play Shadowrun for Sega Genesis.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I played this game forever ago (well early-mid 2000s from some kind of emulator) and my younger self was so bad at it. I should give it another go some time, I did once try playing it again a year or so ago but for some reason I was convinced it was the SNES game and wondered why it looked nothing like I remember.

[–] nyahlathotep 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Technically it's voxelart, but Cloudpunk

Edit: and Beneath a Steel Sky

Haven't played it yet, but Norco

Finally, CrossCode isn't cyberpunk, it's just really good.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I'm probably going to get laughed at, but "RoboCop Versus the Terminator" is pretty cyberpunky.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Cheese Runner

Edit: I guess that's ASCII art

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