I am running a Shadowrun splat in the Genesys tabletop system right now so I’m there with you!
I am running a Shadowrun splat in the Genesys tabletop system right now so I’m there with you!
I will have to check out Cloudpunk cause this totally flew under my radar, cause it looks very interesting.
I have never heard of Back-Up and it’s really cool to hear about a non-English or Japanese Cyberpunk inspiration!
The original Deus Ex was one of the first cyberpunk games for me! Human Revolution was also a good game.
Nice I’ll have to look those up!
I still need to watch Stand Alone Complex, cause I loved Gits.
Cowboy Bebop is definitely Cyberpunk IMO, I haven’t seen Serial Experiments or Patlabor before.
I didn’t mention it but yeah Edgerunners hit SO hard and is also one of my favorites. It really showed the people on the outskirts being ground down by the system aspect of the genre. It also helps that it was an absolutely gorgeously made Anime.
Now that I’m home, here are links to all the artists I mentioned.
Industrial Cyberpunk suggestions
Nine Inch Nails - The Becoming
Author & Punisher - Nihil Strength (this one is cyberpunk in more ways than one, as he makes his own industrial instruments)
Ministry - Land of Rape and Honey
My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult - After the Flesh (The band and this song was featured in the Crow, which is where this video get’s it’s footage from.)
Lead Into Gold - Hard Won Decay
Gary Numan - My Name Is Ruin (if you want a real crazy contrast, this is the same guy who did https://youtu.be/Im3JzxlatUs. He’s been doing music since like 1978 and after NIN became a thing, he went industrial and has a great catalog, 23 albums since 1978.)
Trip-Hop cyberpunk suggestions
And as a bonus one of Massive Attacks members solo career Tricky - Evolution Revolution Love
Electronica/techno/EDM Cyberpunk suggestions
The Glitch Mob - I Need My Memory Back
Danger - 19:00 (He does mostly tracks without lyrics, which are amazing, but I love this track.)
EBM (Electronic Body Music) Cyberpunk suggestions
I do 3d printing, dable in tech projects like making a Pirate Box, and hoping to build myself a Cyberdeck at some point once I get a few more parts and print the case for it.
Absolutely going to also say the Industrial genre as others have said, that’s my go to. Bands like Nine Inch Nails, Author & Punisher, Skinny Puppy, 3TEETH, Ramstein, early Ministry and My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult , Lead Into Gold, Venus in Aries, Gary Numan. All of these get my blood pumping and make me want to move in the dystopian hellscape we live in that’s moving towards cyberpunk every day.
Another genre I feel like really has a Cyberpunk vibe is early Trip-hop, specifically Massive Attack.
Also some electronic bands, like The Glitch Mob, Danger, and The Prodigy give me that same cyberpunk energy.
Finally an offshoot of the Industrial and punk genres, EBM, Electronic Body Music, with it’s grinding melodies and it’s pounding beat give me the cyberpunk vibe. Example bands that I personally like are Nitzer Ebb and Street Fever.
Personally I’ve totally stopped using Reddit. Now that the scroll bug is fixed on the instance I have my account on, there’s no reason NOT to use this instead. Also it’s nice to see that when you make a thread, that thread matters since it’s not going to get lost in the mess of posts due to all the bots and karma farming. It feels more like your actually contributing to a community here.