tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post154134196979504668..comments2024-03-28T22:10:04.089+08:00Comments on Monsters and Manuals: The Changing Face of CyberpunkUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-92218337695883900652019-08-04T18:42:51.680+08:002019-08-04T18:42:51.680+08:00Things look very different 11 years on - although ...Things look very different 11 years on - although it depends which global megacorporations I suppose.noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-25670192474744622002019-08-02T21:56:25.461+08:002019-08-02T21:56:25.461+08:00"what self-respecting societal reject in 2008..."what self-respecting societal reject in 2008 is motivated by incoherent hatred of global megacorporations?"<br /><br />Well, that worm turned. Although I guess the hatred of information giants is not incoherent....John Bragghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02572341050529523488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-26564664248630731782008-07-01T08:23:00.000+08:002008-07-01T08:23:00.000+08:00You could be onto something, there. Might need to ...You could be onto something, there. Might need to play around a little with the stats, but possibilities, possibilities.noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-69545895343243578632008-07-01T01:06:00.000+08:002008-07-01T01:06:00.000+08:00LL-based cyberpunk...? Hmm...I don't like classes...LL-based cyberpunk...? Hmm...I don't like classes and levels outside of D&D, but Mutant Future is based on LL and doesn't have classes, so...<BR/><BR/>...hmmmmm!Dr Rotwanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16750632906878388570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-26468318401815951452008-06-30T18:47:00.000+08:002008-06-30T18:47:00.000+08:00That is a cool idea.I also like the idea of a grou...That is a cool idea.<BR/><BR/>I also like the idea of a group of Marxist revolutionaries, a little like an ultra-violent, criminal version of adbusters, ("militant anti-consumerists"?) who live outside of Inscape but hack into it to fuck around with the advertisements and stage viral attacks on capitalist targets.noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-89154984332225592462008-06-30T08:32:00.000+08:002008-06-30T08:32:00.000+08:00I think a great idea (for either one character or ...I think a great idea (for either one character or maybe the whole group?) would be to have someone who was perfectly content with their life but was sort of forced into the Edgerunner lifestyle by some sort of grand cockup. If it were my character, I'd have them replace their VR delusions with psychological ones, constantly trying to explain away all the messed up stuff they're now seeing for the first time.David Larkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04133630988557116729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-63256885576012811012008-06-30T08:15:00.000+08:002008-06-30T08:15:00.000+08:00That's what I was thinking too. You could have a g...That's what I was thinking too. You could have a good mix of the dropouts (people who just couldn't keep up with the bills and so got kicked out of technological society) and those who opt out by choice. Some of them would just be in it for the crime and the money, others might be trying to start a revolution, others might just be Inscape vandals... there are so many possibilities.noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-19427144134707896152008-06-30T07:23:00.000+08:002008-06-30T07:23:00.000+08:00Wow, that really is "made of awesome" as the kids ...Wow, that really is "made of awesome" as the kids say these days.<BR/><BR/>In the style of The Matrix or They Live, I could see doing an Edgerunner-type campaign in which the PCs willingly or unwillingly switch off their data overlays and drop out of the system. The "real world" would look much less rosy than they're used to...David Larkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04133630988557116729noreply@blogger.com