Researcher Breaks Down Cyberpunk Video Games
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Date: 2022-07-06
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MrVvulf
15: 10 For a historical perspective one what can happen when private corporations (i. e. mercenaries) are used for large scale -security- operations, look to years 1350 - 1650 Italy.
The -Condottiero- were prevalent throughout much of Europe, but the city states of Italy (Milan, Florence, Genoa, etc) offer great examples of what can go wrong. Entire regions were basically held hostage and extorted for -protection money-.
Edit: Also, thanks so much for mentioning -Metropolis-. Perhaps the single most important movie of science fiction.
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15: 10 For a historical perspective one what can happen when private corporations (i. e. mercenaries) are used for large scale -security- operations, look to years 1350 - 1650 Italy.
The -Condottiero- were prevalent throughout much of Europe, but the city states of Italy (Milan, Florence, Genoa, etc) offer great examples of what can go wrong. Entire regions were basically held hostage and extorted for -protection money-.
Edit: Also, thanks so much for mentioning -Metropolis-. Perhaps the single most important movie of science fiction.
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midnightmosesuk
The whole idea of -uploading- your consciousness is completely impossible. You have to ask yourself, what is it they're uploading? It's not like you'll close your eyes as a human and open them again as pure data, it will be a digital copy of your mind, but is it actually you? What happens to the original? Is it destroyed? I don't think I'd be comfortable with having my mind destroyed to provide a template for a copy that isn't actually me.
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The whole idea of -uploading- your consciousness is completely impossible. You have to ask yourself, what is it they're uploading? It's not like you'll close your eyes as a human and open them again as pure data, it will be a digital copy of your mind, but is it actually you? What happens to the original? Is it destroyed? I don't think I'd be comfortable with having my mind destroyed to provide a template for a copy that isn't actually me.
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replayXstudio
Too much confusion in this video about what -Cuberpunk- is vs -The Future-. Cyberpunk isn't just defined by technology or the net. Bladerunner doesn't have an extended focus on all things being connected. Neither does Akira and there are numerous other examples. Just being futuristic isn't cyberpunk. There is an aesthetic that goes along with it and this video completely overlooks that. Deus Ex is NOT Cyberpunk
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Too much confusion in this video about what -Cuberpunk- is vs -The Future-. Cyberpunk isn't just defined by technology or the net. Bladerunner doesn't have an extended focus on all things being connected. Neither does Akira and there are numerous other examples. Just being futuristic isn't cyberpunk. There is an aesthetic that goes along with it and this video completely overlooks that. Deus Ex is NOT Cyberpunk
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Nomad
My only thought is the idea of militarization in these worlds like. how does one govern a society based around various levels of enhancements? If I was a police officer (even with possible implants of my own) I would like the best protection I could get considering weapons are concealable within prosthetics which negates most of the early warnings of an actual engagement like someone drawing a gun for example
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My only thought is the idea of militarization in these worlds like. how does one govern a society based around various levels of enhancements? If I was a police officer (even with possible implants of my own) I would like the best protection I could get considering weapons are concealable within prosthetics which negates most of the early warnings of an actual engagement like someone drawing a gun for example
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TheTwistedSpartan
There's a conversation in Cyberpunk 2077 with the Bhikku brothers after -losing my religion- quest and can be met near Megatower H8. Basically they thank V and he asks them about his situation and the philosophy behind and engram being a copy of a person or the person's soul and the Buddhist outlook on the difference and it's SUPER interesting
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There's a conversation in Cyberpunk 2077 with the Bhikku brothers after -losing my religion- quest and can be met near Megatower H8. Basically they thank V and he asks them about his situation and the philosophy behind and engram being a copy of a person or the person's soul and the Buddhist outlook on the difference and it's SUPER interesting
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bjsmith503
I think the story of Pinocchio might be one of the older stories to influence robot oriented science fiction. The relationship between creator and a creation made in the image of the creator, the creation's quest for meaning and morality, a soul if you will. You can see the influence in Bladerunner, the works of Asimov, A. I, etc.
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I think the story of Pinocchio might be one of the older stories to influence robot oriented science fiction. The relationship between creator and a creation made in the image of the creator, the creation's quest for meaning and morality, a soul if you will. You can see the influence in Bladerunner, the works of Asimov, A. I, etc.
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Kasper
Fascinating stuff! The game -Remember Me- would've been perfect for this analysis too. Lots of unique storytelling and novel as well as intertextual cyberpunk elements. Pressen, Sensen, Memorize, H30, Neo-Paris, Leapers, robotics, etc. And the game's take on the climate crisis is also interesting.
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Fascinating stuff! The game -Remember Me- would've been perfect for this analysis too. Lots of unique storytelling and novel as well as intertextual cyberpunk elements. Pressen, Sensen, Memorize, H30, Neo-Paris, Leapers, robotics, etc. And the game's take on the climate crisis is also interesting.
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Croz
I would like to add there are definite differences between -western- style Cyberpunk compare to Eastern (mostly Japanese) style Cyberpunk. Cyberpunk 2077 kinda somewhat in-between, while games like Deus Ex is definitely a brutalist Western Cyberpunk.
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I would like to add there are definite differences between -western- style Cyberpunk compare to Eastern (mostly Japanese) style Cyberpunk. Cyberpunk 2077 kinda somewhat in-between, while games like Deus Ex is definitely a brutalist Western Cyberpunk.
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Wolfferoni
If you want to play an indie, side-scrolling cyberpunk game, Dex is solid. It doesn't look nearly as good as these AAA games but as my first cyberpunk game, boy was it fun. Finished it in 2 days. Wish it was an open world game.
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If you want to play an indie, side-scrolling cyberpunk game, Dex is solid. It doesn't look nearly as good as these AAA games but as my first cyberpunk game, boy was it fun. Finished it in 2 days. Wish it was an open world game.
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Mark
The example of biohacking that your man used in Mankind Divided is really bad, because Rucker wasn't attacked, he was poisoned with a toxin that targets the gene that rejects augmentations, this also affects non augmented people
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The example of biohacking that your man used in Mankind Divided is really bad, because Rucker wasn't attacked, he was poisoned with a toxin that targets the gene that rejects augmentations, this also affects non augmented people
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