tag: cyberpunk
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“Press play,” says a youthful digital voice. A VST choir begins to sing. A gentle melody chimes. This is our introduction to James Ferraro’s Human Story 3, a “dialectic on the...
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When William Gibson said, “The street finds its own uses for things,” he was talking about ordinary people taking outdated technology and repurposing it for a different than...
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The term sprawl is more commonly associated with Gibson’s Sprawl series, and his imaginings of a highly technological cityscape that swathes the populous, still...
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Last Week in Cyberpunk is a new weekly article that Neon Dystopia will be publishing on Fridays. Our goal with this article to provide ongoing news to the cyberpunk community...
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The Long Tomorrow by Dan O’Bannon and Jean “Mobius” Giraud is a 16-page comic from 1975 that changed science fiction forever. It became a visual reference for some of the most...
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Rick and Morty is a very dark and existential multiverse-spanning science fiction comedy created by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon, for those who don’t know. The comic, however,...
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According to Tor.com, it’s cyberpunk week, and I can’t think of a better way to celebrate than with a review of the latest issue of cyberpunk anthology Machete Girl. Issue 08.4...
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You wade ashore, half-drenched and foggy from the effects of space travel. In the sea behind you, thousands of empty pods just like the one you crashed in on bob silently,...
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One of my favourite things about electronic music is how well it lends itself to concept work. Whilst many a good concept album has been created in a more traditional band...
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I used to work at a bookstore. I woke up early. Brushed my teeth. Ate something resembling breakfast. Travelled via bus for over an hour. Bought coffee. Drank coffee. Opened...
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Mind as Computer: Subjective Realities and the Programmable Mind Intro: The most common portrayals of computer hacking and engineering seek to remove human elements in favor of...
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The 3rd Letter is a short film created by Grzegorz Jonkajtys and Bastiaan Koch. Jonkajtys has worked on films such as Sin City and Terminator Salvation in the visual effects...
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Cyberpunk is intrinsically linked with electronic music and synth experimentation. For a movement so interwoven with digital tropes and hyper-technologies it makes a lot of...
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‘I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe…’ Roy Batty, Blade Runner 1982 Many of us understand that with George Lucas’ Star Wars, SF became Hollywood’s new thing, and was...
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Victor Love is a cyberpunk musician who is best known for his work with the band Dope Stars Inc. In recent years, Love has been working on solo projects like Hacking the Wave...
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Vagrants cluster around an oil drum fire with their backs to the cold night of the city. Environmental sensors that ought to sniff out smoke and flame dangle above, the...
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The Alien franchise, from Ridley Scott and Dan O’Bannon, is generally accepted to be cyberpunk. There is even evidence that Blade Runner and the Alien franchise take place in...
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Pour yourself a soycafe from the jug in the breakroom, detective, and do it quick. The lieutenant’s looking for you, and the rumour is that it’s bad news. Police Heartbreaker...
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What do you believe about nuclear disarmament? Do you believe there are ethical imperatives? Tyler Haynes directs and stars in AFK_, a short film that tries to answer those...
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The premise of Urbance, an animated show from the mind of Director Joel Dos Reis Viegasis and Steambot Studios, is that a disease, called the E1 Virus, kills anyone who has...