Repo Virtual repossesses Cyberpunk

Repo Virtual repossesses Cyberpunk

Update: 2022-05-09
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We talk about Corey J White's modern vision of Cyberpunk: Repo Virtual, reimagining the genre and its radical potential.


Topics discussed:


- Data creep


- Radical potential of games


- Firearms in smart cities


- Cyberpunk's questionable beginnings


- Opting in / Opting out


- Identity politics and data dystopia




Referenced pieces:


- Video discussing (among other things) how youtube manufactures identities:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41B5YonixBs&ab_channel=F.DSignifier

- Watched over by machines of loving grace:


https://allpoetry.com/All-Watched-Over-By-Machines-Of-Loving-Grace

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Repo Virtual repossesses Cyberpunk

Repo Virtual repossesses Cyberpunk

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