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Nowpunk, Mr Robot & The Importance of Representation in Cyberpunk

Cyberpunk has given creatives a medium to explore and discuss the possibilities of the future, the dangers and prospects of technological advancement, corporate corruption and much more. But like many...

Nicola Griffith - Slow-River (Gollancz, S.F. Masterworks, 2013 - detail)

Clean water cleanses the Self – a review of Slow River by Nicola Griffith

In Slow River we follow the destiny of Frances Lorien “Lore” van de Oest, youngest child of the world-famous van de Oest dynasty and heiress to the family’s corporate empire. Based in their native Net...

Cyberpunk Mon Amour: What The Genre Misses About The Real Future Of Sex

For a genre that often really tries to ground itself in, if not a realistic, then at least a vaguely probable future, cyberpunk misses more than it hits when it comes to human sexuality: especially co...

Read Only Memories, Video Game Review [5/10]

Early on in “Read Only Memories”, a point and click game reminiscent of Hideo Kojima’s 1988  game“Snatcher”, a personal assistant robot acting as your sidekick asks you what pronouns you go by. You ha...