Will Eidos Bring Cyberpunk Epic to PS3?
As the world spirals in a toilet bowl of economic uncertainty, we are witnessing a resurgence of the cyberpunk genre. These perpetually dark and gritty fictional worlds show us the inevitable outcome of technology and capitalism run amok, and for the most part, it isn’t pretty. Only the curvaceous silhouette of a rubber-clad heroine or the chiseled jaw line of a hard-boiled antihero distract the eye from the wrecked metropolises that hulk over the future landscape. The last time that cyberpunk was in fashion it was the early 1980s: capitalism was on a bit of a tear thanks to Reagan-era deregulation, and the personal computer craze started by a bunch of geeks in Silicon Valley was about to revolutionize the whole world. There was, as now, a prevailing uncertainty about exactly where the planet was headed. 2009 will see the release of two important entries in the cyberpunk canon. First, Director Joseph Kahn is filming a cinematic adaptation of the book that really launched the mainstream
As the world spirals in a toilet bowl of economic uncertainty, we are witnessing a resurgence of the cyberpunk genre. These perpetually dark and gritty fictional worlds show us the inevitable outcome of technology and capitalism run amok, and for the most part, it isn’t pretty. Only the curvaceous silhouette of a rubber-clad heroine or the chiseled jaw line of a hard-boiled antihero distract the eye from the wrecked metropolises that hulk over the future landscape. The last time that cyberpunk was in fashion it was the early 1980s: capitalism was on a bit of a tear thanks to Reagan-era deregulation, and the personal computer craze started by a bunch of geeks in Silicon Valley was about to revolutionize the whole world. There was, as now, a prevailing uncertainty about exactly where the planet was headed. 2009 will see the release of two important entries in the cyberpunk canon. First, Director Joseph Kahn is filming a cinematic adaptation of the book that really launched the mainstream
