Nov 8, 2020 · Subgenres of Cyberpunk? I saw one other post that spoke about this from 3 years back but didn't seem to go beyond the AI-based cyberpunk or the Matrix for that matter. I'm very much interested in the various aesthetics of the cyberpunk subculture but was more curious about the one that's linked to neon lights, futuristic cities.

Nov 14, 2021 · Pondsmith's Cyberpunk, Cyberpunk 2077, and Cyberpunk Red, owe a lot to Gibson's high tech/low life motif. But a subgenre? No. I always saw the low life aspect of cyberpunk to be inherent to its appeal from the very beginning. Those media titles that ditch the low life part are fine, but they are the newer versions of cyberpunk.

Apr 8, 2020 · I recommend looking into my favourite cyberpunk sub-genre nowpunk, where in cyberpunk aesthetics, themes and motifs are crafted out of the real world we live in today (although can include some near future tech so long as they have stick to real world aesthetics like for example Watch Dogs, Orphan Black or Children of Men).

Aug 18, 2021 · Cyberpunk is a subgenre of science fiction with a focus on ‘high tech and low life’. Most of the settings associated with this genre are set in an urban dystopian future. This genre mainly features advanced technological and scientific advancements associated with artificial intelligence, robotics and cybernetics.

Sep 24, 2020 · Cyberpunk produced in the 21st century has consequently needed to be set further into the future and with more advanced technology, to allow it to keep exploring future possibilities instead of feeling a bit much like quasi-contemporary drama. e.g.

Jan 28, 2014 · As far as I know, there are only a few punk genres. Cyberpunk (generally distopian, computery future), Steampunk (late 1700's to early 1900's - Steamboy is a good example), Dieselpunk (1920s-1950s), Clockpunk (related to Steampunk but with wind up, potentially before Steampunk, time wise), Biopunk (generally futuristic, often …

I think Miami Nights 1984 belongs in the classic list for sure. I don't know if it qualifies as a synthwave subgenre, maybe retrowave if anything, but I have a whole playlist called Synthwave-Sax. It's usually crispy synths alongside or ending with a sick saxophon

Jun 15, 2018 · The "punk" in solarpunk and post-cyberpunk are based on acknowledgement of the nihilism of movements like base-cyberpunk and instead rebelling by addressing other systems of the world, with a core of solarpunk being that it subverts the systems that would prevent a brighter, sunny future, and being successful. Another point:

Mar 25, 2021 · Walter Jon Williams writes in a lot of subgenres, but his Hardwired, Solip:System, Voice of the Whirlwind, and On Angel Station are classic cyberpunk. In particular, the collection Mirrorshades: The Cyberpunk Anthology has several of the cyberpunk stories I mentioned that aren't set in a near-future corporate hegemony, from before the genre ...

Feb 17, 2019 · Bladerunner, quintessential Cyberpunk, doesn't use 1980s technology, but it uses technology people in the 1980s thought would exist in the future. 2020 because that's the year after Bladerunner takes place. Cyberpunk in an extension of 80s+ computer technology in the exact same way Steampunk is an extension of 1800s steam tehnology.