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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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Yah.
No home game consoles before the NES? Crazy talk.
But OK, yes, Tron was amazing for when it was made. Getting it for my jellyfin rn
He's also Japanese. Did Japan have access to shit like Pong and Atari when they were new? It's not like he could have just gone onto Amazon and imported them easily; internet was largely just something universities had, and again, maybe not even in Japan. Not to mention the WWW didn't even exist until the early 90's.
So, Japan had access to TONS of video games at the same time the US did, starting in the mid-70s, wayyy before the NES. Some were even from Nintendo.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_TV-Game
Not every country can say that, but these two definitely did. His statement makes no sense.
Oh shit. I knew Nintendo made toys and physical games before the NES (I mean, they're well over a hundred years old and were making playing cards for Hanafuda when they started), but this is the first time hearing about any video games they had before the NES. :O
I wanna play one...