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The guys who made the song "Word Up".
Yeah, I don't think I heard that song (I just keep thinking of that "the bird is the word" song).
What year was it a hit?
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The guys who made the song "Word Up".
Yeah. I guess they wanted it to be a humorous *Wink Wink Nudge Nudge* that this is a semi-retroclone of MERP.Against the Darkmaster has to be one of the worst names for an RPG ever.
Mid 80's. But the Korn remake was in mid-2000's.Yeah, I don't think I heard that song (I just keep thinking of that "the bird is the word" song).
What year was it a hit?
Mid 80's. But the Korn remake was in mid-2000's.
Down with the Sickness is Disturbed.Well, 1985 I think my favourite song was probably "Rubber Ducky in the Tub" if that gives a clue to how tuned-in I was to pop culture at that age
I know of Korn, but I think I've only ever heard two of their songs - "Twisted Transister" and "Down with the Sickness", both from films
Disturbed's frontman is David Draiman, you've had to see this by now.Well, 1985 I think my favourite song was probably "Rubber Ducky in the Tub" if that gives a clue to how tuned-in I was to pop culture at that age
I know of Korn, but I think I've only ever heard two of their songs - "Twisted Transister" and "Down with the Sickness", both from films
Fun fact, Draiman fronted Korn for a song from the film Queen of the Damned.Down with the Sickness is Disturbed.
What the hell are even the last two pages of this thread?
One I think we've all failed.An advanced online Voight-Kampff test
One I think we've all failed.
The guy in Cameo and Darth Vader do have something in common!The man wore a cod piece in the 80s, what more do you need to know.
I know now why you cry. But it's something I can never do.Ha Ha Ha. That must be one of your Human jokes
No, I think the Terminator rpg is by Nightfall Games, not Free League. ;)I know now why you cry. But it's something I can never do.
I liked Richard Cheese's cover of Down with the Sickness
Ah a great musical montage moment in the Dawn of the Dead remake by Zach Snyder.
A nice article, but it really just boils down to: the mood of the movies is really important for the genre's drama... which is... true, I guess?Here's a recent piece on the Blade Runner rpg: "Why the Blade Runner RPG will stand apart from the cyberpunk crowd"
Here's a recent piece on the Blade Runner rpg: "Why the Blade Runner RPG will stand apart from the cyberpunk crowd"
Really? That's interesting. Which elements are you talking about? Just curious, since Philip K. Dick is usually cited as a key writer when it comes to the emergence of cyberpunk.I don't really even think of Blade Runner as cyberpunk. It is near future (at the time) dystopian science fiction, but doesn't really have any of the elements of "cyberpunk," at least when it comes to how I have always heard and used that term.
I mean, other than a few additional setting details, Altered Carbon could be said to be close- you could run BR in Altered Carbon easily.A nice article, but it really just boils down to: the mood of the movies is really important for the genre's drama... which is... true, I guess?
I don't see how that couldn't be done with other game systems though. Then again, I was wrong about Free League's Alien, so there's that!
Only sentence in that article that actually says anything about RPGs... "I’m not entirely sure how this cinematic technique would translate into a roleplaying game".Here's a recent piece on the Blade Runner rpg: "Why the Blade Runner RPG will stand apart from the cyberpunk crowd"
Philip K. Dick is more of Proto-Cyberpunk, he's part of the New Wave of Sci-Fi that led to the Cyberpunk writers themselves. For example, Blade Runner has no hint of free AI's controlling computer networks (or even the concept of an internet), there's little merging of man and machine with cyberware (although replacing people entirely with Replicants isn't quite the same thing), there's a sense of Mega-Corporations, but not necessarily the demise or lessening of Government power in response. It's certainly on the way, but not quite there, still in the seminal stage before many of the signature elements are present.Really? That's interesting. Which elements are you talking about? Just curious, since Philip K. Dick is usually cited as a key writer when it comes to the emergence of cyberpunk.
I met Gibson back in my bookstore days. He says he never got into Philip K. Dick. He said that Alfred Bester and Thomas Pynchon (specifically Gravity's Rainbow) were his big inspirations. There is no question that Dick was influential on the genre as a whole, but it isn't a straight line.Philip K. Dick is more of Proto-Cyberpunk, he's part of the New Wave of Sci-Fi that led to the Cyberpunk writers themselves. For example, Blade Runner has no hint of free AI's controlling computer networks (or even the concept of an internet), there's little merging of man and machine with cyberware (although replacing people entirely with Replicants isn't quite the same thing), there's a sense of Mega-Corporations, but not necessarily the demise or lessening of Government power in response. It's certainly on the way, but not quite there, still in the seminal stage before many of the signature elements are present.
True, Sterling’s biggest influence was Ballard, I believe. But the New Wavers in general were major influences on the Cyberpunks.I met Gibson back in my bookstore days. He says he never got into Philip K. Dick. He said that Alfred Bester and Thomas Pynchon (specifically Gravity's Rainbow) were his big inspirations. There is no question that Dick was influential on the genre as a whole, but it isn't a straight line.
The guy who coined “the street finds its own uses for things” is upset someone added fantasy to Cyberpunk (even though Gibson flirted with it himself). Gibson’s a cast-iron prick, but I still like his novels.Once I found out Gibson's opinions on Shadowrun, I stopped caring about his opinions on cyberpunk.
It always seemed to me to add to in-setting immersion. Look at how far down the rabbit hole people go when getting a new phone, video card, or whatever. They’re gonna be at least as consumeristic as that for body replacements.The one thing that attracts me, kinda, to a Blade Runner game is the possibility it might not devolve into the same 'do a job, get paid, upgrade... repeat' that every cyberpunk game I've played seems to fall into. The fixation on guns and equipment has really put me off that sub-genre, despite once having a lot of enthusiasm for the whole 'near-future dystopia' thing.
Shopping Simulation Games (SSGs) don't much appeal to me. I'm glad the Director's Cut left out that whole sequence where Deckard goes to the mall looking for cute shoes.Look at how far down the rabbit hole people go when getting a new phone, video card, or whatever. They’re gonna be at least as consumeristic as that for body replacements.
Really? That's interesting. Which elements are you talking about? Just curious, since Philip K. Dick is usually cited as a key writer when it comes to the emergence of cyberpunk.
I can definitely understand Gibson here, though. Given the time when this happened, it would feel more like "Big Elf" taking over than "the street". You got a genre where you can "say a few things", and wham-bam, it's Shannara-fied complete with covers by people who should stick to van sides and camaro hoods.The guy who coined “the street finds its own uses for things” is upset someone added fantasy to Cyberpunk (even though Gibson flirted with it himself). Gibson’s a cast-iron prick, but I still like his novels.