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 critics point to Nicholas Refn’s Drive as having given synthwave widespread attention. “The film,” writes […]
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 reflections of the other—the relation between organism and machine has been a border war.” – […]
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 until September. Yet, in terms of cyberpunk games, 2077 is merely the AAA response to […]
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 their previous game The Witcher 3 and the more general resurgence of cyberpunk […]
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 we living in the future imagined by the dazzling and oppressive cityscapes of Blade […]
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Successfully funded
We’re very pleased to announce that our latest Kickstarter campaign has been successfully funded, reaching 150% of its goal. Thank you again for the amazing support! This campaign was primarily a reprint of Cincinnati Stories, allowing us to get the book and world into the hands of yet more fans. However, there is new content […]
Live on Kickstarter
Check it: kickstarter.com/projects/cyberpunkdreams/cincinnati-stories-an-illustrated-cyberpunk-collec That’s right: we’re currently live on Kickstarter with a follow-up of the success Cincinnati Stories. But this is more than just a reprint. We’ve releasing Outside Edges, an additional collection of four short stories set in the cyberpunkdreams world. So if you backed before, here’s your chance to explore more of the story. And […]
Delivery complete
It look a little longer than promised, but the delivery for the Cincinnati Stories Kickstarter is now completely complete. The last item to be done was the EPUB version of the book, which many other rewards being sent out earlier in the year. This was our first Kickstarter and we handled all the delivery ourselves, […]
Funded!
Our first Kickstarter, for Cincinnati Stories, has been successfully funded! We’re super excited, but there’s also a lot to do to finish off all the illustrations and stories and to put the whole thing together. We’ll keep you posted via the Kickstarter page. It’s an amazing feeling to have one’s first Kickstarter fully supported, let […]