Going beyond synthwave
Maybe it’s just me, but synthwave seems to be everywhere. At least, in my alternative electronic bubble it does. It’s most ubiquitous in the soundtracks of films and video games. It’s possible that you’ve heard it without even realising. Many
Revolting machines: is cyberpunk radical?
“In the traditions of ’Western’ science and politics—the tradition of racist, male-dominant capitalism; the tradition of progress; the tradition of the appropriation of nature as resource for the productions of culture; the tradition of reproduction of the self from the
Four Games to Help Immerse You in Cyberpunk
Whether it actually proves to be a Witcher 3 equivalent of worldbuilding and narrative excellence, Cyberpunk 2077 has to be one of, if not the most anticipated game of 2020. Even more so now that its release has been delayed
Alienation Aesthetics: Cyberpunk and Nostalgia
The Future is Then It may be 2020, but a quick Google search for cyberpunk gives you the year 2077. Projekt Red’s dystopian RPG is surely one of the most anticipated games of the year. It is especially riding the success of
Future Anxiety: The Roots of Cyberpunk
November 2019 reached an interesting milestone, well documented by geekdom. We officially reached the month and year in which Ridley Scott’s 1982 film Blade Runner is set. So, are we living in the future now? Or, to be more specific, are