author: Isaac L. Wheeler (Veritas)
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When I originally watched the trailer for Vice, I immediately thought this is what Westworld would look like if it had been an action movie. Now, having actually watched the...
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Today we live in a world saturated with technology. What this means is that electronic security is a constant point of concern, not just for the IT industry, spies, or...
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Neill Blomkamp’s most recent movie, Chappie, is the successor of his previous films District 9 and Eylsium. Where District 9 was mostly about institutional apartheid, and...
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What happens when you can plug yourself into a virtual reality game and hone real muscle memory at an accelerated rate? That is the central question that Haphead poses. The...
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Welcome to Westworld, the resort where you get to experience what it was like to live in the Wild West. Don’t mind the fact that the movie was written and directed by Micheal...
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When ever Phillip K. Dick’s name is mentioned a cyberpunk’s ears perk up. Dick was the most prolific of the proto-cyberpunk writers and many of the best cyberpunk movies, such...
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Scandroid invokes a level of cyberpunk that few other musicals projects have. As you are drawn into the engrossing music, you envision walking the streets flanked with neon...
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In his 2003 book, Pattern Recognition, William Gibson introduces us to Cayce Pollard (pronounced Case – anyone surprised?) who is a coolhunter. As described in the excerpt...
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The Assassin’s Creed games are largely a mash-up of science fiction and historical fantasy, but the near future setting of Abstergo Industries is a very cyberpunk place, and...
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Brazil is a cyberpunk Christmas movie if there ever was one. The movie is born out of the same social anxiety that the cyberpunk movement was. There is an unfortunate lack of...
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If you haven’t seen a Nemesis movie, let me get you up to speed and share with you my thoughts on the franchise. The Nemesis franchise is made up 4 movies: Nemesis, Nemesis 2:...
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I have started to notice parkour in media with cyberpunk themes more and more often. William Gibson, although not calling it by name, references parkour in Spook Country. The...
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Deus Ex Dawn Engine screenshot Eidos-Montréal has announced on their blog a new game engine called Dawn. So what? “[The] Dawn Engine will form the cornerstone for all Deus Ex...
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SPOILER ALERT: There is some information in this post that could be classed as a spoiler. When I watched the announce trailer for Almost Human I sat awed by the prospect of a...
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Netrunner, by Fantasy Flight Games, is a card game steeped in cyberpunk history. The game is based on the rules originally created by Richard Garfield of Magic: The Gathering...
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Joseph MacKinnon’s newest book, Cypulchre, is a recent addition to the library of cyberpunk literature. The story follows our protagonist, Paul, who invented a technology...
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Psycho-Pass is a compelling anime series that premiered in October 2012. It was the creative result of Production I.G. trying to come up with a successor to their beloved Ghost...
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Invisible Apartment is a visual novel with a few choose-your-own-adventure elements littered throughout. The creator, Milan Kazarka, was inspired to create Invisible Apartment...