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Subsurface Circular (2017)

Duration: 3:35:38

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Welcome to Cyberpunk Book Club, where we look at the wide range of video games in the genre, play through a 3-hour slice and discuss the themes and ideas it presents. All art is political, and cyberpunk is one of the most commentary-heavy genres out there - let's discuss it!

Subsurface Circular is by Mike Bithell an indie game designer with great ideas and a general theme of connection in his work, whether that's between people, robots or coloured rectangles.

In Subsurface you play as a detective robot riding on the city's robot-only train network, investigating a string of disappearances. When the world's working class is synthetic, what does that change? Are there winners and losers?

On this episode is Nathan, Paolo and Ray.

We track all our Cyberpunk Book Club thoughts in a live-updated document! Read up on our previous sessions here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Zc7Rw_sLPTy_G3kXZgPEdfTNB5_jAsIrShvSf27DNy8/edit?usp=sharing

Watch all Cyberpunk Book Club episodes in a playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxaRzslnugw&list=PLAA4-cIDsG-_Xp_SAId-Wxx47wQZbx5o2

The Neon Caster character art was drawn by Anna P. Finn - find more of her work here: https://annapfinn.carbonmade.com/

Watch The Neon Caster live on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theneoncaster

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