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Acid Techno: Drugs, squats, and protest

Cyberpunk music. Which tones and rhythms embody Cyberpunk? Which style defines the genre? As a Cyberpunk, which sound pulses relentlessly through your brain? Vaporwave perhaps? Maybe some Drum and Bas...

Dystopia as a State of Mind

Somehow, human society has limped its way into 2020. Last year was a particularly prophetic one as far as cyberpunk goes– both Blade Runner and Akira, both staples of the genre, take place in 20...

Last Week in Cyberpunk 11/30/18

Happy Shitgiving! Hope you punks out there had a tolerable holiday. This Last Week in Cyberpunk we are giving you news from this week and last week, covering injustice, genetic engineering, and some n...

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A Cyberpunk’s Take on Drug Culture

We’ve seen a lot of changes in 2018, many of them for the worse. There are constant reminders that the shadow of corporate and governmental fascism hangs over us. Technological anxiety grows as automa...

Hallucinations For Accelerated Mutants — A Mondo 2000 Retrospective

It’s difficult to explain Mondo 2000 to someone who hasn’t experienced it before. That’s really what I would call it at the end of the day: an experience. Like a hallucinogenic trip, or a roller coast...

Utopiates – Be Someone Else

Josh Finney and Kat Rocha’s Utopiates by title alone tells you what this comic is about. One of the reasons that opiates are so addicting is that they instill a feeling of well-being in the user...

Narcopolis Review

Summary Cyberpunk films are no stranger to presenting worlds where there are an abundance of options for escaping reality in favor of one more pleasant. In the future of “Narcopolis,” esca...