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Cyberpunk Horror: A List of Man and Machine Terrors
Cyberpunk, as an intersection of man and machine, can take abstract forms, digging deep to force nightmares to the surface. Some from the west, a few gems from Japan–there are just a handful of cyberp...
Last Week in Cyberpunk 7/15/16
Ridley Scott’s legacy dominates the headlines this week with news about both of the upcoming Alien films, as well as more news about the sequel to Blade Runner. Cyberpunk Now The head of the FDI...
1979’s Alien Is Part Of The Cyberpunk Zeitgeist
At first glance Ridley Scott’s Alien, from 1979, is easy to dismiss from discussions about cyberpunk. When perceived as a movie about an alien stalking the crew of a spaceship, I can understand ...
The Legacy of the Long Tomorrow
The Long Tomorrow by Dan O’Bannon and Jean “Mobius” Giraud is a 16-page comic from 1975 that changed science fiction forever. It became a visual reference for some of the most famous...
Reconciling the Predator Franchise with Cyberpunk
The Alien franchise, from Ridley Scott and Dan O’Bannon, is generally accepted to be cyberpunk. There is even evidence that Blade Runner and the Alien franchise take place in the same universe. ...
The Tyrell-Weyland Connection
Cities locked in perpetual night, populated by nameless silhouettes eating prepackaged food. Reminders of corporate masters and a dying planet circle overhead, projected from technologies that rival t...
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