| 单词 | cyberpunk |
| 例句 | Long before 2017’s controversial Hollywood remake, the Japanese cyberpunk classic’s moody depictions of futuristic urban sprawl were a turning point in how science fiction was depicted on screen. Ghost in the Shell's urban dreamscapes: behind the moody art of the anime classic 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z Acting as prequel to the first two Deus Ex games provides Human Revolution with a world of mechanical body augmentation and cyberpunk mise en scène. 2011 games preview 2011-01-01T00:05:42Z A language virus of course pops up earlier in Neal Stephenson’s “Snow Crash,” the book that effectively ends the cyberpunk era. Review | Coronavirus feels like something out of a sci-fi novel. Here’s how writers have imagined similar scenarios. 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z Besides his novels — which are in some ways second-wave cyberpunk — Doctorow is known as a kind of an anarchist pundit. Leave it to Cory Doctorow to imagine a post-apocalyptic Utopia 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z When his girlfriend goes missing, he plunges into the underbelly of the cyberpunk city to find her, turning to seedy characters played by Paul Rudd and Justin Theroux for answers. What’s on TV Friday: ‘Mute’ and ‘Ugly Delicious’ 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z Here, the godfather of cyberpunk is less interested in science and technology for its own sake than in how it affects us. Your books of the year 2012-12-28T22:55:18Z If your first exposure to Massive Attack dripped through Neo’s headphones in his first appearance onscreen in The Matrix, Mezzanine might always coat the walls of a cyberpunk neo-noir for you. Reissue of Massive Attack’s Mezzanine Highlights Band’s Influence 2013-11-15T16:52:52Z Deus Ex is basically a cyberpunk franchise set in the relatively familiar concept of a near-future Earth defined by rapacious corporations and the widespread social effects of cybernetic enhancement. Critic?s Notebook: A Critic?s Lament: The Games That Got Away 2011-12-24T02:00:10Z That high-tech cities are organisms of a sort is a now-venerable cyberpunk notion, restated here by two installations. Review | In the galleries: A multi-sensory exhibit with cherry blossoms and a dire warning 2021-07-28T04:00:00Z The film’s visuals perforate and transform the story they’re ostensibly conveying until its cyberpunk premise is, at once, overturned and elevated to the realm of poetry. What’s on TV Monday: ‘His Dark Materials’ and a Football Finale 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z And while Bolaño’s book is by no means a cyberpunk novel, it bears a spiritual affinity to that genre. Review | Roberto Bolaño’s popularity surged after his death. What does a ‘new’ book do for his legacy? 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z Magic, technology and money are the pillars of a brutally hierarchical city called Tevanne, the setting of this cyberpunk adventure, the first in a promised series. New in Paperback: ‘Looking for Lorraine’ and ‘Evolution’ 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z “Mr. Robot” was beset by an obscure title and a marginal network, but that couldn’t stop the science-fiction/cyberpunk show from finding sudden popularity this summer. Best TV of 2015: Our critic’s picks for the 10 best shows of the year 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z The darker potential of technology is a staple of William Gibson’s and Bruce Sterling’s cyberpunk. Review: ‘Children of the New World’ Sees a Future of Bespoke Memories and More 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z The kind of goddess, that is, who's fallen to Earth by way of a Bollywood film set, 90s hip-hop video and cyberpunk convention. Venus X: 'I don't like pretending to be stupid' 2012-06-09T23:05:07Z Also, the material had unrealized potential--an interesting Foucauldian thriller about hacking could have made a nice cyberpunk film. ‘Blackhat,’ a Cyberthriller Starring Chris Hemsworth 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z Edison’s visits to desolate demimondes and Max’s virtual existence bear the clear influence of cyberpunk. Max Headroom, Original Talking Head, on DVD 2010-08-07T02:20:00Z Many of these artworks have distinctive qualities that almost look like real images, but with odd distortions of space – a sort of cyberpunk Cubism. Give this AI a few words of description and it produces a stunning image – but is it art? 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z Yet, for all its enduring popularity – which owes so much to Ridley Scott’s 1982 classic Blade Runner – cyberpunk has often proved a tough nut to crack on the big screen. Digital love: why cinema can't get enough of cyberpunk 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z The book's nervous energy recalls William Gibson at his cyberpunk best. Amid a real drought, thriller 'Water Knife' cuts to the quick 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z That priority is strikingly in tune with a view expounded by the high priest of cyberpunk, William Gibson. Front Row: What the Jetsons Will Really Be Wearing 2013-12-04T21:00:18Z In truth, cyberpunk themes existed in film long before the phrase did. Digital love: why cinema can't get enough of cyberpunk 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z The cyberpunk novels of William Gibson, Jude Law’s bittersweet robot gigolo from Kubrick and Spielberg’s AI, plus the romantic entanglements of the two heartbroken Blade Runners, Harrison Ford and Ryan Gosling, all come to mind. Digital love: does Netflix have an unhealthy robot sex obsession? 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z But the 29-feature lineup does make room for some older work, like “Burst City,” from 1982, billed as an heir to “Mad Max” and as a cornerstone of Japan’s cyberpunk movement. Movie Listings for July 15-21 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z Branching plot lines based on player choice mix with cyberpunk and renaissance themes underscored by a sense of ambiguity and conspiracy that will be maintained until the final moments, insists game director Jean-Francois Dugas. Games preview for 2011 2011-01-02T00:04:02Z His name is Neil Gibson, in homage, one assumes, to the cyberpunk writers Neil Stephenson and William Gibson, even though he’s a lout and, to the best of my knowledge, Stephenson and Gibson are not. A Human Wrote This Book Review. A.I. Wrote the Book. 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z The frenetic cyberpunk anime, released in Japan on July 15, 1988, showed that cartoons across cultures could address larger social issues. Why the pioneering Japanese anime ‘Akira’ is still relevant 30 years later 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z In today’s increasingly technology-driven world – where our work depends on connectivity, our leisure on social networks, our economy on digital information – cyberpunk remains more pertinent than ever. Digital love: why cinema can't get enough of cyberpunk 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z He had identified a problem that would plague many cyberpunk films thereafter. Digital love: why cinema can't get enough of cyberpunk 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z A thoughtful, cyberpunk dramedy, Seattle playwright Scotto Moore's "When I Come to My Senses, I'm Alive!" is in a somewhat rough and overblown state for its world premiere at Annex Theatre. Review: Annex cyberpunk dramedy a little rough around the edges 2010-05-13T19:01:00Z Her mordant stories grapple with technology and society in a way that brings to mind the cyberpunk greats. Review | Let’s talk about the best — and newest — science fiction and fantasy story collections 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z After dark, the bars and bridges light up with Vegas-like abandon, turning the city from seaside haven to cyberpunk fantasy. Eating My Way Through Vietnam’s Most Livable City 2019-12-03T05:00:00Z Bolaño wrote this book around the same time the cyberpunk movement was getting underway, with its similar insistence on dragging old SF paradigms kicking and screaming into a hipper future. Review | Roberto Bolaño’s popularity surged after his death. What does a ‘new’ book do for his legacy? 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z Her art — a grotesque cyberpunk visual vocabulary and disjointed, shape-shifting music — has commanded the attention of rebels across fashion, music and art. Arca Once Made Electronic Music. Now She Builds Worlds. 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z Her first book, the cyberpunk Moxyland, took on corporate branding in a tense, claustrophobic tale of technology run rampant. Why we're watching: Lauren Beukes 2013-04-28T07:00:06Z Lauren Beukes is a South African author of "cyberpunk" science fiction whose novel Zoo City brought her very widespread acclaim, and a major publishing deal for upcoming novel The Shining Girls. The best young sci-fi novelists 2013-04-15T11:51:22Z As Soderbergh directs it, The Knick has a lot to say with and about illumination, from the dank interiors of overfilled tenements to the blinding cyberpunk glare of the operating room. REVIEW: The Knick 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z The hyperbole that accompanies much of today's output – "expansive", "immersing", "emotive" – was first fully realised in its shadowy, cyberpunk world. Deus Ex: Human Revolution ? review 2011-08-20T23:05:24Z He spent three years discussing a film version of William Gibson's cyberpunk novel, Neuromancer, before deciding he could not make it his own. Centre stage 2010-04-17T23:07:00Z “The Trojan Girl,” a fleet-footed cyberpunk thriller, conjures a gang of digital entities, artificial intelligences gone rogue, roaming a virtual universe and seeking access to a greater reality. The Fantasy Master N.K. Jemisin Turns to Short Stories 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z In this classic work of modern cyberpunk, a hacker faces down a powerful artificial intelligence orbiting Earth. Perspective | 23 adult books for teens who are ready to read beyond the YA shelf 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z Mr. Shields asks in a passage that is itself an unacknowledged reworking of remarks by the cyberpunk author William Gibson. Arts & Leisure Preview: Reading and the Web: Texts Without Context 2010-03-17T23:19:00Z It is little surprise that cyberpunk has proved irresistible for many film-makers over the decades since the term was coined, by the author Bruce Bethke, in the early 1980s. Digital love: why cinema can't get enough of cyberpunk 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z As with the cyberpunk novels of William Gibson, her work pointed to a terrifying future where technology is less freeing than debilitating. Artist of the week 97: Lee Bul 2010-07-21T15:15:00Z She glides through the grungy, cyberpunk future of Killjoys with feline grace, and amid a cast of US and Canadian actors, her faintly growly British accent makes her stand out even more. Forget blockbuster movies – Killjoys is a summer thrill ride right here on TV 2017-07-04T04:00:00Z The remake of Ghost in the Shell, directed by Rupert Sanders, will be the first big-budget outing for cyberpunk since the Matrix films. Digital love: why cinema can't get enough of cyberpunk 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z Our reviewer, Laura Miller, praised many of the collection’s cyberpunk thrillers, alien tales and “good old-fashioned science-fiction yarns shot from new angles.” New in Paperback: ‘Crudo’ and ‘How Long ’til Black Future Month?’ 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z A double bill of the surreal, brutal and stylish Japanese films that put the punk into cyberpunk. This week's new DVD & Blu-ray 2012-10-05T23:04:03Z This is a common feature of cyberpunk films: the pioneering of visual effects technologies to create new worlds, such as the “bullet-time” technique that was developed for The Matrix. Digital love: why cinema can't get enough of cyberpunk 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z Nestled near the top of a sugar maple tree was a Eurasian magpie nest that resembled a cyberpunk porcupine, with thin metal rods sticking out in every direction. ‘They’re Outsmarting Us’: Birds Build Nests From Anti-Bird Spikes 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z He is currently finishing his fourth title; a cyberpunk meets western speculative fiction novel that explores the concepts related to a shattered nation after a neofascist takeover and second civil war. The making of a right-wing martyr 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z New York native Rivera made his own debut with the 2008 cyberpunk sci-fi parable “Sleep Dealer,” using genre to explore timely themes of globalization, migration and technology. LA Vanguardia: The Latino innovators, instigators and power players breaking through barriers 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z You can get a few more glimpses of the slick cyberpunk action in the two previously released trailers here and here. Netflix’s Cyberpunk: Edgerunners anime gets September release date in new trailer 2022-08-30T04:00:00Z Now it’s time to shake things up again with the launch of Destiny 2: Lightfall on February 28th, with its new cyberpunk world, new Strand subclasses, and much more. Destiny 2: Lightfall is a battle of light vs. dark in a cyberpunk world 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z The game’s infamous release in December 2020 redefined the term “cyberpunk” to mean “unfinished, buggy and unplayable video game.” Perspective | As a cancer patient, ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ frees me from my mental prison 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z These videos could almost be outtakes from Ridley Scott’s cyberpunk classic, Blade Runner. Games like Stray and Endling are creating more realistic animals 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z We so often use punk things — cyberpunk, steampunk — to just refer to an aesthetic. A conversation on radical acts with award-winning sci-fi author Becky Chambers 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z Having everything to lose, he chooses to stay alive by becoming an edgerunner — a mercenary outlaw also known as a cyberpunk. Watch the first trailer for the Cyberpunk: Edgerunners anime 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z The last time we saw Stray, the open-world cyberpunk game where you play as a cat, it had been delayed. Stray, the cyberpunk cat simulator, is now coming out in July 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z What does one do in a cyberpunk cat simulator, you might ask? Cyberpunk cat simulator Stray has been delayed to summer 2022 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z Zooming in from the future, singer and actor Janelle Monáe explains why she expanded her album ‘Dirty Computer’ into a cyberpunk story collection. Janelle Monáe comes out as nonbinary and shares their rather unique pronouns 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z Eventually we found ourselves outside in a cyberpunk carnival. Crashing Elon Musk’s Cyber Rodeo at the Texas Gigafactory 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z Yura Zhdanovich, founder and game director at Sad Cat Studios, leads a team of around 20 people who are working on a cyberpunk adventure game, Replaced. Microsoft's mega-deal worries small video game makers 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z If you read cyberpunk — William Gibson, etc. — those writers imagine a future where such technologies are ubiquitous. The metaverse is already here — and it’s full of Pokemon, Niantic CEO John Hanke explains 2021-12-14T05:00:00Z There’s even LED light bars to complete the cyberpunk aesthetics. Tesla announces all-electric $1,900 Cyberquad for kids 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z Released last month by Iceberg Interactive, it joins a glut of cyberpunk games from the past couple of years, and it doesn’t add any single standout innovation to a pretty familiar formula. Midnight Protocol is a cyberpunk hacking RPG that cuts out all the filler 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z That might sound a bit like a ’90s cyberpunk fantasy, but it’s not really all that outlandish. Analysis | Need a new monitor for your computer? You can wear one on your face. 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z Attempts at scripts similarly swayed back and forth between multiple writers, some envisaging a bubble-gum universe, while Joffe instead backed a cyberpunk aesthetic. Mario: Can Chris Pratt help Nintendo solve the puzzle of video game films? 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z Modern cyberpunk is both a broad vibe and a specific retro-future setting Unfortunately, much of this saga feels extremely rote. Cyberpunk 2077 is huge, ambitious, and safe 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z In “one of the stranger ironies” of the company’s history, Lepore writes, these works transformed Pool into “an idol and prophet” for the counterculture heroes and cyberpunks synonymous with the personal-computing revolution. Review | The forgotten tech company that tried to sway the election — in 1960 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z It makes sense, practically and aesthetically, for their “cyberpunk metal” to be built with software. 'There's something to scream about': Bring Me the Horizon's pandemic political awakening 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z In 1997, Square Enix released the original Final Fantasy VII, a futuristic cyberpunk epic with multiple characters and twisting plotlines that became one of the most beloved titles in the Final Fantasy series. Like Old Hollywood Movies, Video Games Get a Polish for New Audiences 2020-08-01T04:00:00Z In 2012, Wilson’s cyberpunk thriller “Alif the Unseen” earned rave reviews, and won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel and the Middle East Book Award for Youth Literature. Muslim women are building new worlds in science fiction and changing the confines of the genre 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z The loosely defined cyberpunk genre began as a grounded alternative to space operas and post-apocalyptic wastelands, heavily influenced by hardboiled fiction. Cyberpunk 2077 is huge, ambitious, and safe 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z And Transmetropolitan, a cyberpunk comedy about a crusading journalist – and perhaps his most famous work - inspired artists, writers, reporters and several of the women speaking out against him. Women speak out about Warren Ellis: 'Full and informed consent was impossible' 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z And yes, in case you were wondering: this is, indeed, cyberpunk. If you want to buy a decommissioned nuclear reactor control panel, I’ve found one for you 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z But it’s meant to evoke cyberpunk themes like the blurring lines between man and machine — or, in this case, animal and machine. In case you’ve ever wanted a cybernetic lynx skull Bluetooth speaker, there’s a Kickstarter for that 2020-03-23T04:00:00Z Through Caleb, we see this gilded cyberpunk world through working-class eyes, and few eyes are as good at charismatically conveying constant internal suffering than Paul’s. There is hope for Westworld, but you’re going to have to stick it out 2020-03-16T04:00:00Z Twenty years on, the Wachowski sisters’ cyberpunk dystopia feels a little dated but their vision of the future is fun to revisit. Never read Middlemarch or listened to Wagner’s Ring cycle? Now’s your chance 2020-03-15T04:00:00Z He wanted to write a story like those of William Gibson, the godfather of cyberpunk, whose characters struggle to survive in dystopian worlds ravaged by the bad decisions of past generations. Former Viking Kluwe targets bullying in young-adult novel 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z The bracelet is like an anti-smartwatch, both in its cyberpunk aesthetic and in its purpose of defeating technology. Activate This ‘Bracelet of Silence,’ and Alexa Can’t Eavesdrop 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z Best known for his cult 1990 cyberpunk debut, “Hardware,” Stanley returns to the director’s chair with the H.P. How Nicolas Cage helped Richard Stanley return to directing with 'Color Out of Space' 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z “Nova,” later published as a book, proved to be highly influential—a progenitor of the cyberpunk movement. N. K. Jemisin’s Dream Worlds 2020-01-20T05:00:00Z I read a joke the other day that went something like: your cyberpunk dystopia name is just your actual name because the corporations have already won. Go read this New York Times exposé on smartphone location tracking because it’s worse than you think 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z Nearly four decades ago, William Gibson published a short story called Burning Chrome in Omni magazine, and with it, he birthed cyberpunk. Go read this New Yorker profile of William Gibson, the father of cyberpunk 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z Another coat, long and indefinably gray-green, was seductively sinister—the most cyberpunk object I’d seen in Gibson’s home. How William Gibson Keeps His Science Fiction Real 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z It’s rude to play with your food at the Thanksgiving dinner table, but exceptions can be made if you’re sculpting newly announced cyberpunk pickup trucks out of your tubers. The Tesla Cybertruck is even better when it’s made of mashed potatoes 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z The launch of the Cybertruck, which Musk has described as “a really futuristic-like cyberpunk, Blade Runner pickup”, suffered a very public setback when its “armored glass” windows shattered in a much-anticipated unveiling. Elon Musk: 150,000 orders for Tesla cybertruck despite disastrous launch 2019-11-23T05:00:00Z Musk had previously described the vehicle as a “really futuristic-like cyberpunk, Blade Runner pickup truck”. Elon Musk's net worth plunges $768m in a day after cybertruck fiasco 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z Musk told Tesla fans and customers to dress in cyberpunk attire, and they did, with many sporting trench coats, colorful LED glasses, homemade outfits, and light-up sneakers. Tesla Cybertruck first ride: inside Elon Musk’s electric pickup truck 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z Gibson was far from the first sci-fi writer to explore computers and their consequences; a movement, soon to be known as cyberpunk, was already under way. How William Gibson Keeps His Science Fiction Real 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z His Tesla pickup passion project is every bit “the futuristic-like cyberpunk, Blade Runner pickup truck” Musk said it would be. Elon Musk’s Cybertruck is here, and so are the jokes 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z In March, Musk called it a “cyberpunk truck”. Tesla to unveil long-hyped 'cyberpunk' electric pickup truck 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z In March, Musk called it a “cyberpunk truck.” Tesla picks a fight with Detroit by going after the pickup market 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z Blair Witch was released last week by the Polish studio Bloober Team, best known for cyberpunk detective game Observer and the Layers of Fear series. Blair Witch is a horror game that really feels like getting lost in the woods 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z Fans were able to play it for the first time, Square Enix finally unveiled the release date, and it even turned its show floor booth into a life-sized re-creation of the gritty cyberpunk metropolis Midgar. Final Fantasy VIII gets another chance at the spotlight with new remaster 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z The world we built isn’t as cyberpunk as making your phone the ultimate source of your data truth, but it is a lot more practical. Samsung’s DeX isn’t the first attempt at turning your phone into a laptop 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z Like its 1994 predecessor System Shock, it’s a cyberpunk game overstuffed with powers and weapons — you play as an unnamed soldier on a faster-than-light spaceship seemingly overrun by parasitic aliens. System Shock 2 helped define survival horror — but it’s still in a league of its own 2019-08-11T04:00:00Z Not everything about our weird cyberpunk future is disturbing, of course. Should we worry about the robots and mind-reading apps remaking our world? | Alex Hern 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z Where white western cyberpunk tends to isolate its characters, gloomily alienated individuals moving through hi-tech future cities, Thompson’s characters exist in vivid networks of kinship and friendship groups. From Black Panther to Tade Thompson: why Afrofuturism is taking over sci-fi 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z Searching for new ideas, they turned to Gibson, whose early short stories and 1984 novel Neuromancer had become defining texts for the movement known as cyberpunk. How William Gibson’s Alien III changes the Aliens world 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z The Deus Ex series, which is set in a similar cyberpunk world, tried to explore oppression with an ill-advised “mechanical apartheid” storyline. Cyberpunk 2077 doesn’t look weird enough to be edgy 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z Unlike scads of other cyberpunk games, including the upcoming Cyberpunk 2077, there’s no room for hip countercultural rebellion in System Shock. System Shock 2 helped define survival horror — but it’s still in a league of its own 2019-08-11T04:00:00Z Musk echoed previous claims about how the truck will look “cyberpunk” and like it’s come from a “sci-fi movie.” The biggest news from Elon Musk’s Tesla shareholder meeting 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z Moisty Mire experienced a drought and turned into a desert, while Tilted Towers was completely destroyed and rebuilt as a cyberpunk metropolis after the volcano erupted. Fortnite’s island is a virtual world layered with history 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z Like a lot of great cyberpunk movies before the age of CGI, this early mainland kehuan impresses with its high kitsch, low-budget, imaginative approach. The Wandering Earth and China's sci-fi heritage 2019-04-28T04:00:00Z Musk has said that Tesla should be ready to unveil its futuristic 'cyberpunk' pickup sometime this year, but has not confirmed when it will go into production. Elon Musk calls Ram pickup 'puny' in response to parody Twitter account 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z But for everyone else, it’s just a gorgeous vision of a cyberpunk future. Unity’s latest demo is a gorgeous sci-fi short starring a lifelike virtual hero 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z It’s not hard to imagine Fortnite turning into a place where the ads are unobtrusive yet ubiquitous, like in those hallucinogenic cyberpunk movies of the past. The attention economy is dead 2019-03-03T05:00:00Z I really believe in the power of fiction to change outcomes... but then again, the tech industry looked at the inequality, desperation, and malaise of cyberpunk and went, “Cool, I want that.” Leigh Alexander on finding joy and connection online 2019-01-16T05:00:00Z But while I was reading Foundryside, I couldn’t help but imagine that the book was essentially a cyberpunk novel, trapped in the clothes of an epic fantasy. Foundryside is a cyberpunk adventure wrapped in an epic fantasy novel 2018-12-23T05:00:00Z Her characters often find themselves at the end of systematic injustice, and her stories, a mix of cyberpunk, epic and urban fantasy, hard science fiction, and more, critique modern life. Our favorite science fiction and fantasy books of 2018 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z For decades, the idea of plugging a brain into a computer has been a mainstay of cyberpunk fiction, not biotechnology. How to Control a Machine with Your Brain 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z If you have heard the term “cyberpunk” but not known what it means, this book is a great example — lots of technology in a dystopian setting where private corporations rule everyday life. In Richard K. Morgan's 'Thin Air', Mars feels almost familar - Los Angeles Times 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z Lisbeth, a volatile cyberpunk vigilante propelled by her own demons of abuse, remains a great character in search of a decent plot. Review: Claire Foy trades Elizabeth for Lisbeth 2018-11-07T05:00:00Z The show harkens back to the ‘70s and ‘80s, thanks to its cyberpunk aesthetic and themes that touch on a lot of the class struggle. Best anime of 2018 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z It’s an epic, breathtaking novel that’s as much cyberpunk as it is fantasy. Our favorite science fiction and fantasy books of 2018 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z Nonetheless, his encounters with the global financial markets, before and after the 2008 collapse, and his earlier immersion in science fiction and cyberpunk culture, put him in a quasi-apocalyptic frame of mind. The Prophets of Cryptocurrency Survey the Boom and Bust 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z Usually with “cyberpunk” there is a juxtaposition between advancements in science and setbacks in social order. In Richard K. Morgan's 'Thin Air', Mars feels almost familar - Los Angeles Times 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z Keith Ape, for instance, animates his music videos with a bold cyberpunk aesthetic, while the lyrics to Higher Brothers’ Made in China cleverly subvert perceptions of their country as just the factory of the world. 'My eyes looking Korean': can Asian rappers defeat stereotypes? 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z With this game, CD Projekt Red is drawing from a long tradition, one that — unusually — is named right there in the title: cyberpunk. What is cyberpunk? 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z There’s a fair amount of neon, as per usual with cyberpunk stories, but it’s too early to tell what the overall story is here. Watch 48 minutes of Cyberpunk 2077 gameplay in 4K 2018-08-27T04:00:00Z In playing the cyberpunk heroine with a foggy memory and precise combat skills, Salazar connected to her deep and multi-dimensional humanity. In Robert Rodriguez's futuristic 'Alita: Battle Angel,' a new kind of action heroine is born 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z It was William Gibson who popularized cyberpunk with his debut novel “Neuromancer” back in 1984, and you can see the influence that seminal novel has had since, up to and including “Thin Air.” In Richard K. Morgan's 'Thin Air', Mars feels almost familar - Los Angeles Times 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z Where Altered Carbon was a neo-noir cyberpunk story that focused on the consequences of wealth inequality, Broken Angels is a very different book that moves toward military science fiction and space opera. Netflix has renewed Altered Carbon for a second season 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z Before “cyberpunk” You can trace the roots of cyberpunk back through multiple generations, but the first definite milestone in its development was the book Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? What is cyberpunk? 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z The show harkens back to the ‘70s and ‘80s, thanks to its cyberpunk aesthetic and themes that touch on a lot of the struggles of lower classes. Best anime of 2018 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z But where “The Foreigner” was restrained, “Bleeding Steel” is a cartoonishly crazy, completely nonsensical cyberpunk action flick that is torturous to behold, and well below Chan’s caliber. Review: Cyberpunk actioner 'Bleeding Steel' is not Jackie Chan's finest moment 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z Night City doesn’t necessarily look all that distinctive; the neon lights and rain-slicked streets of cyberpunk are everywhere today, and I didn’t see much that made Cyberpunk 2077’s setting stand out. Cyberpunk 2077 is part RPG, part shooter, part GTA-style mayhem 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z It’s the prototype of a product called CTRL-kit, and it looks like a cyberpunk bandolier bracelet. I tried the wristband that lets you control computers with your brain 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z The movie’s night-drenched cityscape, lit by plumes of flame from industrial towers and skyscraping video billboards, set the visual template for most cyberpunk going forward. What is cyberpunk? 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z This is a brutish, efficient and well-executed slice of cyberpunk action horror with a silly streak. ‘Upgrade’: Man and machine merge in futuristic revenge thriller 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z The film’s strange cyberpunk tone, its epic dystopian sets and combination of computer-generated effects and traditional animatronics were groundbreaking and remain visually arresting – but none of it had very much to do with Super Mario. 'The stench of it stays with everybody': inside the Super Mario Bros movie 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z Here is the upside, in my estimation: Maybe it looks kind of cyberpunk. Tap is the wearable keyboard nobody asked for 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z While Netflix recently released its dark, gritty cyberpunk show Altered Carbon, Lost in Space could be aimed more at a family audience. Netflix’s Lost in Space reboot begins streaming on April 13th 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z Depending on who you listen to, cyberpunk became a case of — to borrow another of the mantras from 2020’s rulebook — “style over substance.” What is cyberpunk? 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z “Upgrade” is a brutish, efficient and well-executed slice of cyberpunk action horror with a silly streak. ‘Upgrade’: Man and machine merge in futuristic revenge thriller 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z The set designers imagined Dinohattan as a gritty cyberpunk metropolis populated by tattooed bikers, gangsters and strippers. 'The stench of it stays with everybody': inside the Super Mario Bros movie 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z On my way to meet Richard Morgan, I pass a poster for Altered Carbon, the new Netflix series based on his hardboiled cyberpunk novel about a future Earth where humans can transfer into different bodies. Altered Carbon author Richard Morgan: 'There’s no limit to my capacity for violence' 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z It has all the superficial hallmarks of a cyberpunk classic like Blade Runner, but it would have been far better cyberpunk without them. Netflix’s Altered Carbon misses the point of cyberpunk 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z “For myself, the most interesting cyberpunk focuses on what it means to be human in a world that wishes to convert you into a corporate asset,” says Ashley Yawns, writer at nerd-culture site Timber Owls. What is cyberpunk? 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z Altered Carbon is based on the 2002 novel by Richard K. Morgan, a grim cyberpunk future where technology allows people to transfer their consciousness from one body to the next — if they can afford it. Immortality isn’t all it’s cracked up to be in Altered Carbon’s violent cyberpunk future 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z Throughout, the film maintains the noirish and cyberpunk themes of the original. ‘Blade Runner 2049’ review (4K UHD) 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z The game itself is a very cinematic 2D adventure game with some very strong Blade Runner influences, in which players navigate a cyberpunk city with strict class divisions. The 39 games we can’t wait to play in 2018 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z This undercuts the themes of social division and class consciousness that Altered Carbon is supposedly exploring, and cyberpunk’s general penchant for vibrant, complex settings. Netflix’s Altered Carbon misses the point of cyberpunk 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z “I personally think that any cyberpunk work worthy of the name needs to show that dehumanizing, unequal relationship of power and politics as part of its makeup,” says Pondsmith. What is cyberpunk? 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z Like much of the cyberpunk genre, Altered Carbon is steeped in the noir tradition, with familiar tropes like the reluctant detective, the femme fatale, and a case that’s more complicated than it seems. Cyberpunk novel Altered Carbon is headed for Netflix with its razor-sharp indictment of the 1 percent 2017-12-23T05:00:00Z Netflix debuted a new trailer for its upcoming cyberpunk show, Altered Carbon, introducing the main story for the show: after he’s murdered, Earth’s richest man hires an ex-soldier to track down his killer. A new trailer for Netflix’s Altered Carbon introduces an improbable murder 2017-12-10T05:00:00Z The trailer offers up some glimpses of the novel’s cyberpunk world: there’s plenty of neon lighting, some action, and Kinnaman explaining, “The danger of living too many times: you forget to fear death.” Here’s the first trailer for Netflix’s Altered Carbon 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z But that aesthetic, paradoxically, is why Altered Carbon fails, as both good television and good cyberpunk. Netflix’s Altered Carbon misses the point of cyberpunk 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z Litzsinger’s Netrunner — which is ending later this year — is one of the most politically aware incarnations of cyberpunk ever to exist. What is cyberpunk? 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z Neon cityscapes and gritty cyberpunk lowlifes were well-worn tropes even in 2002, but Morgan’s book captures the edge that top-tier authors like William Gibson and Bruce Sterling honed in their own formative books. Cyberpunk novel Altered Carbon is headed for Netflix with its razor-sharp indictment of the 1 percent 2017-12-23T05:00:00Z Adi: I’m happy Blade Runner 2049 was so comfortable getting away from always-dark cyberpunk Los Angeles, while still managing to capture Blade Runner’s distinctive style in the scenes that were set there. Was Blade Runner 2049 worth the 35-year wait? 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z While Burroughs doesn’t appear to have been involved in Scott’s Blade Runner, he did have a major influence on the cyberpunk genre — he was a favorite author of William Gibson, who published Neuromancer in 1984. How Blade Runner got its name from a dystopian book about health care 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z Image: Netflix Films like Blade Runner and classic cyberpunk novels like Neuromancer, helped transform science fiction by imagining how new inventions would intersect with existing culture, particularly outside respectable bourgeois society. Netflix’s Altered Carbon misses the point of cyberpunk 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z Whereas many cyberpunk works have stuck to the narrow focus on U.S., What is cyberpunk? 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z Where traditional cyberpunk stories often depict a bleak future in which massive corporations hold the power, Morgan puts a human face on wealth inequality. Cyberpunk novel Altered Carbon is headed for Netflix with its razor-sharp indictment of the 1 percent 2017-12-23T05:00:00Z Snow Crash will be an adaptation of Neal Stephenson’s classic cyberpunk novel, which follows Hiro Protagonist, who delivers pizza by day and by night is a warrior in the virtual reality world Metaverse. Amazon is developing three new sci-fi shows in an attempt to find the next Game of Thrones 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z The trailer was revealed during Good Morning America, and shows some new details about the upcoming cyberpunk thriller. Blade Runner 2049’s latest trailer promises to reveal the future of humanity 2017-07-17T04:00:00Z Early cyberpunk posits that technology will shape humanity, but that ordinary people will also shape technology, and that much of the future will simply be a remixed version of the present. Netflix’s Altered Carbon misses the point of cyberpunk 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z Sterling was something of a figurehead in the cyberpunk scene, earning the nickname ‘Chairman Bruce.’ What is cyberpunk? 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z The novel is a cyberpunk mystery that delves into issues about wealth and power, and it’s the perfect source material for a prestige television series. Cyberpunk novel Altered Carbon is headed for Netflix with its razor-sharp indictment of the 1 percent 2017-12-23T05:00:00Z He was once renowned for his cyberpunk style, his rebellious streak, and a fiery temper that was often compared to Jobs’s. The secret origin story of the iPhone 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z The creators describe the setting as a “two-dimensional cyberpunk open world,” with four unique districts to explore. Watch the gorgeous new trailer for cyberpunk adventure The Last Night 2017-06-11T04:00:00Z Netflix’s new science fiction TV series Altered Carbon ticks all the boxes for a modern-day cyberpunk series. Netflix’s Altered Carbon misses the point of cyberpunk 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z The ruling powers of cyberpunk worlds are almost always immense corporations who control access to technology. What is cyberpunk? 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z Its cynical take on human behavior puts a cyberpunk face on the idle excesses of the super wealthy, a theme that feels more relevant than ever in 2017. Cyberpunk novel Altered Carbon is headed for Netflix with its razor-sharp indictment of the 1 percent 2017-12-23T05:00:00Z That said, while Tokyo 42 plays with the themes of cyberpunk in a number of ways, there was one area where the team was sure it didn’t want to change things up. Inside the stylish, cyberpunk future of Tokyo 42 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z Yet like its sleek, cybernetic protagonist, it’s haunted by a fundamental defect - a bug in the system - that can’t be dispelled, that doesn’t pass, despite the considerable cyberpunk splendor of Sanders’ eye-popping visual feast. Review: Dazzling ‘Ghost in the Shell’ is lost in translation 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z As cyberpunk author William Gibson once said, the future is already here — it’s just not very evenly distributed. The historic truth about science fiction from H. G. Wells to Star Trek 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z The once-molten form of cyberpunk was beginning to cool into something more solid. What is cyberpunk? 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z The studio then followed that up with a similarly successful game based on Tomb Raider, and today sees the launch of another turned-based adventure, this time set in the cyberpunk future of Deus Ex. Enter the studio turning Deus Ex and Lara Croft into awesome mobile games 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z The futuristic soundtrack is fantastic, and the miniature levels really nail the angular, cyberpunk look first introduced by Human Revolution in 2011. Deus Ex’s cyberpunk future makes for a brilliant puzzle game 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z The bar is a safely familiar place to touch the future’s bleeding edge, and the perfect symbol of the cyberpunk genre’s “low life and high tech” ethos. A talk with the creators of cyberpunk bartending simulator VA-11 Hall-A 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z On a whim, I typed in "cyberpunk" in the Audible search bar to see if there's something I've missed. What is LitRPG and why does it exist? 2016-05-28T04:00:00Z And Hideo Kojima, who had created the cyberpunk game Snatcher a decade earlier, took elements like cybernetics and artificial intelligence and applied them to the hugely successful spy game Metal Gear Solid. What is cyberpunk? 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z Though its influences are clear, in the beginning the team at Reikon was reticent about using the word "cyberpunk" to describe Ruiner. How the gritty world of Ruiner blends cyberpunk and sci-fi 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z It's very "cyberpunk" to jack into a virtual room with a total stranger and be shown a grainy video that will scar you for life. I saw something horrible and wrong in VR 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z We’re also getting eerily close to the cyberpunk works we admire so much in real life, but not many have realized that yet. A talk with the creators of cyberpunk bartending simulator VA-11 Hall-A 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z The series, as part of the then-burgeoning cyberpunk genre, explores globalization, the body, and consciousness in the postmodern world through the lens of technology. Scarlett Johansson’s Ghost in the Shell casting is even worse than it seems 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z How many of the above examples are ‘true’ cyberpunk, however, is debatable. What is cyberpunk? 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z The dashing mechanic, for instance, was deemed more sci-fi than cyberpunk by some. How the gritty world of Ruiner blends cyberpunk and sci-fi 2016-05-06T04:00:00Z It will be less wild, less cyberpunk, and less likely to involve the transmission of highly illegal content. I saw something horrible and wrong in VR 2016-05-02T04:00:00Z This ought to sound familiar, because the whole thing is a deeply self-conscious pastiche of cyberpunk tropes. Technolust is the concentrated dose of cyberpunk VR has been waiting for 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z The Rift is full of clever and thoughtful touches, starting with the delightfully soft rubberized carrying case it ships in, which makes the whole thing feel like a cyberpunk hacker’s console. Oculus Rift review: Virtual reality is always almost here 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z The writers who laid the foundation of cyberpunk looked at the accelerating pace of change in the late 20th century, and understood that technology would forever be an inseparable part of the human experience. What is cyberpunk? 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z The series is based on Altered Carbon, a cyberpunk detective novel from author Richard K. Morgan. Netflix is making a cyberpunk detective series 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z Expect the same blend of stealth, combat, and cyberpunk augmentations, only on a much bigger scale, and with more freedom to tackle problems however you want. The 44 games we can't wait to play in 2016 2015-12-27T05:00:00Z Sure, Ready Player One is in the works, but that's not the kind of self-consciously gritty cyberpunk I'm talking about here. Uncanny Valley is a super stylish short film about how VR will destroy us 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z Think about the thing that usually happens in cyberpunk stories and you’ll probably guess both. Black Ops 3 Is the Best Call of Duty in Years 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z Yawns was a prominent voice in the Twitter discussions following Cyberpunk 2077’s E3 reveal, weighing up the game’s politics and in particular its presentation of body augmentation, a key component of cyberpunk. What is cyberpunk? 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z Framing a period medical drama like a paranoid cyberpunk thriller on the order of Mr. Robot is a stroke of genius on Soderbergh's part, amplified gloriously by Cliff Martinez's Tron-like score. Review: Can The Knick cure its own dark protagonist? 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Right now, a big perk of using VR for basic activities like watching TV and attending meetings is getting to pretend you live in a cyberpunk dystopia. Here's how to fix last night's virtual reality presidential debate 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z Bets may be taken as to the length of time that will expire before this tsunami of political money ends up in the pockets of break-in burglars, wiretap experts, surveillance magicians, and cyberpunks. Gary Hart: America's Principles Are in Danger of Corruption 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z I superhumanly plummet dozens of feet to the ground, then slink beneath thrumming drones surveilling a guttering cyberpunk metropolis. Black Ops 3 Is the Best Call of Duty in Years 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z Transistor is a beautiful cyberpunk game that launched on PS4 and PC last year. The Weekender: DARPA Robots, racing drones, and science frauds 2015-06-13T04:00:00Z Its beautiful, isometric cyberpunk world coupled with an incredible turn-based battle system made the game an instant classic when it launched on PS4 and PC last year. One of the PS4’s best indie games is now on iOS 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z With its isometric, cyberpunk styling, Invisible, Inc. is yet another completely new turn for the studio. Invisible, Inc. turns being a spy into an incredible strategy game 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z It also self-consciously avoids the black-and-neon palette of a stereotypical cyberpunk game. Net neutrality is now a video game 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z Yes cyberpunk, as in grim, industrial sci-fi where people jack into computers with their minds and virtual reality lives up to its billing. Black Ops 3 Is the Best Call of Duty in Years 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z Max hosted music video shows; Max interviewed celebrities; Max hawked New Coke; Max Headroom became US network television’s very first cyberpunk series. Max Headroom: the definitive history of the 1980s digital icon 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z It's because cyberpunk transformed science fiction by rooting it in our past and present. Blade Runner Reality shows us that we've always lived in the future 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z Players are recruited by an NSA-like organization to solve cyberpunk puzzles and complete cryptic hacks. What to do, see, and read this weekend 2015-03-21T04:00:00Z They may do a good job but with something as big as Ghost in the Shell, surely you’d want someone with experience at dealing with sci-fi and cyberpunk. Hollywood Loses The Plot With Its 'Ghost In The Shell' Movie Casting 2015-01-05T05:00:00Z The Gear VR's catalog draws partially from existing Oculus Rift experiences — among other things, at launch, you'll be able to explore the solar system with Titans of Space and play cyberpunk hacking game Darknet. Samsung's Gear VR is the first virtual reality headset you might actually want to buy 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z The show’s quirky brand of cyberpunk struggled in its debut, coming in 26th for the night despite a strong lead-in from Moonlighting. Max Headroom: the definitive history of the 1980s digital icon 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z Two years later, his first and most famous novel, “Neuromancer,” helped launch the cyberpunk genre. William Gibson: I never imagined Facebook 2014-11-09T05:00:00Z In The Peripheral, the new stunner by cyberpunk godfather William Gibson, the reader is treated to a look at the future. Neuroscientists Say They Discover ESP -- But Is That A Good Thing? 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z Asked about his ideological leanings, he said: “cyberpunk.” Western Observer Finds Himself a Protagonist in Hong Kong’s Protest Drama 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z Science fiction author William Gibson’s work, from cyberpunk classic Neuromancer to his more recent, less overtly futuristic novels, is usually more concerned with smart cultural analysis than plotting the mechanics of new technology. William Gibson interview: time travel, virtual reality, and his new book 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z I seemed to gravitate towards the Supremacy group, who worked to combine alien and human influences to build a cyberpunk future of half-digital humans, whose late-game bonuses would turbo-charge my economy. 'Civilization: Beyond Earth' takes the strategy series out of the stratosphere 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z I would still like to be able to interface directly with the internet, but this line of argument was sensible enough that I’ve basically abandoned the dream of a widely-available cyberpunk upgrade. Give me wearables or give me iWatch. Just promise that my pants won't crash 2014-09-09T04:00:00Z The science fiction writer William Gibson told me many years ago that his cyberpunk dystopias should always be read as commentaries on the present. Pop culture’s newest apocalypse: Visions of a smartphone dystopia 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z As if predicted by 1980s cyberpunk literature, it's a future where gritty street culture finds new uses – and misuses – for our increasingly pervasive technology. Tech tattoos: do you love Pac-Man enough to get it inked on your bum? 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z It's "a short, moody, cyberpunk adventure game in the spirit of Flashback and Blade Runner," the developers explain, and that description is pretty accurate. Play this: 'The Last Night' is two minutes of dark cyberpunk fun 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z When I back an independent cyberpunk project, I'm thinking 'I want to be a patron of this thing'. Kickstarter: a platform for investment, philanthropy or shopping? 2014-06-23T04:00:00Z Video games more often imitate sports than invent them, but Speedball 2 is a glorious exception, a futuristic cyberpunk amalgamation of handball and ice hockey that reward violence and accuracy in equal measure. The 30 greatest British video games 2014-06-03T04:00:00Z Beyond the obvious novelty and good looks, things proceed in a cyberpunk hacking style. 'Transistor' Only Sings On PlayStation 4 And Vita 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z And then we’re in a cyberpunk dream of ads that float next to us as we walk, getting between us and the other people, our every movement mined for Big Data. Raph Koster on Facebook-Oculus: You’re Just Another Avatar in Someone Else’s MMO 2014-03-27T17:00:20Z He plowed that money into old VR systems, an obsession born of cyberpunk novels such as Snow Crash. With Oculus Rift and Project Morpheus, a Virtual Battleground May Finally Be Here 2014-03-19T13:24:08Z “Cyberspace” was popularized by novelist William Gibson, father of the literary genre known as cyberpunk. What Is War in the Digital Realm? A Reality Check on the Meaning of "Cyberspace" 2013-11-26T19:45:07.990Z A spin-off from the hugely popular 2011 cyberpunk shooter, The Fall tries to cram all that was good about the original on to a mobile device – and does pretty well, given the limitations. Apps round-up: Deus Ex: The Fall; Tiny Thief – review 2013-07-20T23:04:04Z The goings-on of the twisted personages who populate cyberpunk lit have nothing on the ingenious scheming of the spammers and the scientists dedicated to shutting them down. Spam: A Shadow History of the Internet [Excerpt Part One] 2013-06-18T16:45:00.147Z It was Watch Dogs, a new 'IP' from Ubisoft, an open-world cyberpunk adventure set in an alternative Chicago ruled by a pervasive computer system. Watch Dogs preview: story details and more 2013-05-10T13:48:34Z Still, this is only two missions, and we're yet to scratch the surface of Danners story; certainly The Package hints at some pretty astonishing cyberpunk city environments, with towering buildings and labyrinthine neon-drenched road ways. Killzone: Mercenary – hands-on preview 2013-01-31T00:01:03Z In this cyberpunk view of society, “high tech” meets “low life,” as individuals find themselves marginalized and alienated from society at the same time that digital technology surrounds them. Are we building a techno dystopia? 2012-07-24T22:00:00Z For over two decades, I’ve been proud to say that Cyberpunk’s been the gold standard of what it means to be a true cyberpunk game. 'Witcher 2' Developer CD Projekt RED Working On 'Cyberpunk' RPG Based On Pen And Paper Game 2012-05-30T22:07:20Z Taylor was at the event, showing off the awesome Frozen Synapse, a critically acclaimed simultaneous turn-based strategy title based in a dark cyberpunk future. Gamesblog Indie Social report 2012-02-13T16:25:10Z Punk bands, for their own or their songs� names, have purloined PKD phrases; cyberpunk fiction copped his attitude. Richard Corliss: That Old Feeling: You Know Dick 2011-03-04T14:50:00Z Sterling is best known as a sci-fi author, helping to spearhead the cyberpunk genre in literature. 3 Must-See SXSW Keynote Speakers, Pt. 3 2011-01-07T19:52:00Z The pieces I create are for cyberpunk/goth outfits. Saving grace 2010-04-29T14:16:00Z But over all that time we haven’t found the right team to bring our cyberpunk world to full digital life — until now. 'Witcher 2' Developer CD Projekt RED Working On 'Cyberpunk' RPG Based On Pen And Paper Game 2012-05-30T22:07:20Z With these cyberpunk basics you can navigate through all the sub-genres. The Cyberpunk Fakebook On the one hand, self-described cyberpunks too often seem to be shallow trendoids in black leather who have substituted enthusiastic blathering about technology for actually learning and *doing* it. The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0, 24 Jul 1996 You are considered the true father of cyberpunk. William Gibson Interviewed On the other hand, I didn't write this book in order to squeeze every last nickel and dime out of the mitts of impoverished sixteen-year-old cyberpunk high-school-students. The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier Similarly, the computer and Internet galvanized certain strains of both the pagan and the grassroots 'do-it-yourself' countercultures as the 'cyberpunk' movement, which was dedicated to altering reality through technology, together. Open Source Democracy You couldn't ask for better guides to faking cyberpunk than these two utterly accomplished Bay Area fraudsters. The Cyberpunk Fakebook This term derives from cyberpunk SF, in which it was used for the act of plugging an electrode set into neural sockets in order to interface the brain directly to a virtual reality. The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 Now it is a very fashionable thing to say: wearing cyberpunk outfit or behaving cyberpunk has become hip: you see it on MTV. William Gibson Interviewed Like my "cyberpunk" colleagues in the U.S. and Canada, I've never been entirely happy with this literary label—especially after it became a synonym for computer criminal. The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier People who developed internet applications in this way were called cyberpunks or hackers, and their antics were often equated with those of Wild West outlaws, hippies, Situationists and even communists. Open Source Democracy You can hop on the cyberpunk bandwagon and coast for a long, long time. The Cyberpunk Fakebook The lifestyle and goals of the true cyberpunk are carefully guarded secrets in a life *totally devoted* to coolness and secrecy. The Cyberpunk Fakebook Finally, I think that cyberpunk is one of these journalistic terms, that media like to rely on. William Gibson Interviewed If "cyberpunk" books were being banned by federal police in my own home town, I reasonably wondered whether I myself might be next. The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier We'll give you a more elaborate guide to basic cyberpunk gear. The Cyberpunk Fakebook You think cyberpunk is just a leather jacket, some chrome studs, and fully reflective sunglasses? The Cyberpunk Fakebook He was very well-known in the Austin board community under his handle "Johnny Mnemonic," which he adopted from a cyberpunk science fiction story by William Gibson. The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier I am aware that most young writers are delighted being considered cyberpunk authors. William Gibson Interviewed Not only did she kindly reply to me, but, to my astonishment, she knew very well what "cyberpunk" science fiction was. The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier Sixty people attended, myself included—in this instance, not so much as a journalist as a cyberpunk author. The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier The true cyberpunk might tuck a *cellular-modem laptop* under a spiked leather arm, and a *laser pointer* in the upper zip pocket. The Cyberpunk Fakebook Dark, cynical, morbid cyberpunk that I am, I cannot avoid considering some of the darker implications of "decentralized, nonhierarchical, locally empowered" networking. The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier The cyberpunks had a strong following among the global generation that had grown up in a world of computers, multinational networks, and cable television. The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier Naturally, he knew far more about computer-intrusion and digital skullduggery than any previously published cyberpunk author. The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier As that generation matured and increased in strength and influence, so did the cyberpunks. The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier Or, a true cyberpunk may look just like YOU. The Cyberpunk Fakebook Prominent among them was the Mentor, a gentleman who, like most of his friends in the Legion of Doom, was quite the cyberpunk devotee. The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier The raid, known as the "Cyberpunk Bust" in the science fiction community, was winning a great deal of free national publicity both for Jackson himself and the "cyberpunk" science fiction writers generally. The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier The Secret Service had seized a computer to stop the publication of a cyberpunk science fiction book. The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier |
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