Cyberpunk
What is Cyberpunk?
Cyberpunk is a science-fiction sub-genre dealing with the integration of society and technology in dystopian settings. Often referred to as “low-life and high tech,” Cyberpunk stories deal with outsiders (punks) who fight against the oppressors in society (usually mega corporations that control everything) via technological means (cyber). If the punks aren’t actively fighting against a megacorp, they’re still dealing with living in a world completely dependent on high technology.
Cyberpunk characteristics include:
- Dystopian city setting where mega-corporations rule
- Full integration of technology into society, featuring cybernetic implants
- Outsider protagonists (punks) who often are very familiar with the technology around them
- Hard boiled detective and film noir vibes and influence
- Themes dabbling in trans-humanism, existentialism, and what it means to be human.
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You're right! Guess it's the helmets and the mouse head that got me confused.
That did get me wondering what a Deadmau5 Tron soundtrack would be like, though
That would have been pretty sick.
Been listening to a fair amount of Outrun/Synthwave. Timecop1983, Gunship, Kavinsky, The Midnight. Some of it is kind of silly, but it's a lot of fun to zoom down a backroad with the radio cranked.
A huge part of my "work music" playlist is Outrun/Synthwave, and those artists are all in there.
all the EDM heads like me would love it and EVERYONE ELSE would FUCKING HATE IT lol