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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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[April Fools] Introducing a Limited Floppy Edition of Cyberpunk 2077! (www.cyberpunk.net)

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Embrace the ritual of classic game installation using 97,619 3.5” diskettes!

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago

That bit about "when a game install was an experience" or whatever the actual phrasing is, hit that nostalgia.

I remember when saved up enough from my paper route and rode to the store after school to pick up AoEII and got home and started the install on the computer I had built from spare parts. My pops got home while I was still on the first disc part of the install and sat and watched the install slides with me. When the first disc was finished and ejected, he ran to the main family pc to start the install there. I didn't play play until his install was also finished so we could both play on the LAN (with a single copy! Kids don't know!). We had just started the first game when my grandma hit me on AIM to say she was trying to call and to get off the internet.

Nostalgia like a motherfucker.