what the fuck is up with "cyberpunk clothing"

[CD Clock]

I can honestly say that I've never ever seen anyone dress like that.

[AlbinoClock]

That's some lame cyberpunk poser bullshit. It doesn't count as cyberpunk unless you're actually wearing working devices. I want an eye patch with a screen in it and a wrist-mounted minikeyboard or just a cord that plugs directly into my brain. That's cyberpunk.

[LambdaClock]

steampunk is cool.

[TequilaClock]

That's some lame cyberpunk poser bullshit. It doesn't count as cyberpunk unless you're actually wearing working devices. I want an eye patch with a screen in it and a wrist-mounted minikeyboard or just a cord that plugs directly into my brain. That's cyberpunk.

Duh, of course! how could it slip out my head?

[Loki Clock]

Cyberpunk.

[Solenoidclock]

Cyberpunk is a philosophy, not a manner of dress.

[Loki Clock]

Cyberpunk is a philosophy, not a manner of dress.

No, I'm pretty sure it's a literary genre.






















...I take that back.

[MarshmallowClock]

"Punks" that carefully pick out clothes aren't punks at all.

Agreed with entirely.

People sometimes ask me why I dress so emo, but honestly jeans and a black t-shirt is constituted as emo? Wha-

[AlbinoClock]

Cyberpunk is a philosophy, not a manner of dress.

Uh, no. It's a setting involving cybernetics, oppressive corporations, and a dirty, nearly post-apocalyptic world.

[Solenoidclock]

No, I'm pretty sure it's a literary genre.

It's evolved beyond that.

Earlier cyberpunk fiction now mirrors aspects of reality, notably Snowcrash.

Influences are seen in movies and graphic art, and some really godawful techno.

New architecture is conforming to the high tech aesthetic, and society is providing the low life to populate it.

Corporations are driving towards cyber-life. Most notably, Cisco and Google.

I could go on. Cyberpunk is becoming more of a framework than a genre.

[AlbinoClock]

I don't care what people have decided to call cyberpunk after reading novels with a cyberpunk setting. This world is not cyberpunk in any way. Some people think they're dragons.

escalation of technology != cyberpunk

[MarshmallowClock]

I don't care what people have decided to call cyberpunk after reading novels with a cyberpunk setting. This world is not cyberpunk in any way. Some people think they're dragons.

escalation of technology != cyberpunk

My night-elf minions at my medieval roleplaying board would disagree.

[Solenoidclock]

I don't care what people have decided to call cyberpunk after reading novels with a cyberpunk setting. This world is not cyberpunk in any way. Some people think they're dragons.

There is a difference between cyberpunk and most other areas of fiction, and that is plausability. Cyber-culture is driving engineering, it wants to be realized.

[AlbinoClock]

There is a difference between cyberpunk and most other areas of fiction, and that is plausability. Cyber-culture is driving engineering, it wants to be realized.

I'm not saying it's impossible that we could end up in a cyberpunk culture, but it's not the case at the moment. Also, there's a difference between high technology and cyberpunk, namely the dystopian aspects.

[Solenoidclock]

I'm not saying it's impossible that we could end up in a cyberpunk culture, but it's not the case at the moment. Also, there's a difference between high technology and cyberpunk, namely the dystopian aspects.

Agreed, but the mindset is also carrying over into reality. Piracy, moral decay, corporatocracy, Japanophilia, etc, are all commonplace in society.

[AlbinoClock]

Agreed, but the mindset is also carrying over into reality. Piracy, moral decay, corporatocracy, Japanophilia, etc, are all commonplace in society.

Those are aspects of society that existed at the time of the creation of cyberpunk fiction that it put emphasis on. It hasn't really changed much since then, though there are definitely more pirates now.

[Parchment]

Steam is where all the new nerds are.

Yea, I mean, check out this totally rad mouse:




Now doesn't that just tickle your fancy.

[Kaijuclock]

albino your my favorite person in this thread

also i happen to feel we are going to be in a cyberpunk style setting in the near future, with technology taking off like it does and all the companies out there to support it and create it, corrupt government and giant megacorportations



its gonna happen, see the upside to cyberpunk over steampunk is CYBERPUNK CAN ACTUALLY HAPPEN



then again so can biopunk, and what would be a fucking shock to see


also bioshock isnt steampunk, it is biopunk, learn your literature

[FLOUNDERMAN_CLOCK]

Who here has read snow crash or neuromancer? Good shit right thars. Steampunk is cool too, play Shining Force for the sega genesis for a good example (love that game).

[Kaijuclock]

Who here has read snow crash or neuromancer? Good shit right thars. Steampunk is cool too, play Shining Force for the sega genesis for a good example (love that game).

i need to re-read neuromancer, i havent read it since the 5th grade