Inspirational Links Thread

[Rob Lang]

I thought it might be a good idea to group all the Cyberpunk Revival inspiration links in one thread. If you have any links you think are worthy, add them here.


Taken by a friend of mine this morning, low fi and high tech meeting head on.


(Posted from another thread)

Charter Cities are where a corporation builds an entire city - sanitation, homes, offices and so on.


Has some superb graphics showing how cities are growing in the developing world and China. Will give you another perspective on slums.


"...finds the world’s squatter sites -- where a billion people now make their homes -- to be thriving centers of ingenuity and innovation" - really well worth a watch. Highly recommended!


. Serious Akira-esque stuff (via tadk)

[SheikhJahbooty]

Here's some more of my inspiration



And here's just something I thought was cool, in case you need something futuristic for skaters because you loved the skate courier from Snow Crash.



In the video the dude takes them off road, in the grass!

[Chainsaw Aardvark]

First of all, here is a recent about how our relation to telecommunications is still changing.

Secondly, from the ever addictive TV-Tropes Wiki comes their entry on complete with inspirational media, and links for more information on Post-Cyberpunk, CyberSpace, "PunkPunk", and a host of other elements (as wikis are wont to do).

And of course, a pair of links for some of the larger CP-2020/203X sites out there, if you need more lessons about what the old punk was like. and

[WittyDroog]

Here's a list of that could provide inspiration (I'm a film dork).

Some of the choices on the list are the weakest definiton of the term, and there's a lot of "that-there-animes", but a lot stuff on that is good.

If you're into absolutely batshit insane stuff for your game, give Tetsuo: The Iron Man a watch. It doesn't make a lick of sense but it's a hell of a fun ride with an .

[SheikhJahbooty]

Life imitates art.

[madunkieg]

The preface to the Mirrorshades anthology, pretty much a manifesto of sorts:

[Chainsaw Aardvark]

A group of interesting that would not be out of place in our games.

offers plenty of zeerust-y goodness for those who want to think about automated houses, monorails, domed cities and the like. is another good place for that retro-punk flavor.

[misterecho]

A video on real cybernetics is medicine

[Spacemouse]

Okay, I'm not 100% sure this link qualifies as "inspirational", but the descriptors "intriguing" and "mesmerising" do spring to mind. I just stumbled onto the service on , and thought that whatever your subject, this is bound to provide an unexpected insight to it, as well as a laugh or two, which is always a good thing.

To make it somewhat relevant to this board, here's what it says on . (For example: "Keeton is approachable but sometimes." Wisdom!)

[WittyDroog]

I typed in "What is a man?" and did not get the answer I expected.