I watched too many TikToks and had some thoughts about cyberpunk.

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Bijan Stephen

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Published on September 29, 2022 1:00:04 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51dLCOpoJZM

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Cyberpunk 2077 (2020)

Duration: 29:36

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Discussed: Pepelore, Cyberpunk 2077, Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, Neuromancer, Snow Crash, Black Lives Matter, and more.

Chapters:
I: Feels good, (every)man (03:40)
II: Yeah, I'm thinking it's cyber (09:12)
III: In the beginning... (11:25)
IV: David & Lucy (20:18)
V: How cyberpunk stories end (24:53)
VI: How this video ends (25:51) -- if you don't want to be spoiled for Edgerunners, skip to here
VII: How this video ends (true ending 105%) (28:31)

Articles referenced:

"4chan’s Pepe the Frog is bigger than ever—and his creator feels good, man" (https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/4chan-pepe-the-frog-renaissance/)
"It's Not Easy Being Meme" (https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/09/its-not-easy-being-green/499892/)
"How William Gibson Keeps His Science Fiction Real" (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/12/16/how-william-gibson-keeps-his-science-fiction-real)
"A Cyborg Manifesto" (https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/english/currentstudents/undergraduate/modules/fictionnownarrativemediaandtheoryinthe21stcentury/manifestly_haraway_----_a_cyborg_manifesto_science_technology_and_socialist-feminism_in_the_....pdf)
"How Cyberpunk 2077 Retcons Johnny Silverhand from the Tabletop Version" (https://gamerant.com/cyberpunk-2077-johnny-silverhand-retcon-tabletop/)
"The Role-Playing Game That Predicted the Future" (https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/12/mike-pondsmith-cyberpunk-2077/616924/)
"Neal Stephenson Coined ‘Metaverse’ in 1992. Now He’s Building One" (https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/06/08/neal-stephenson-coined-metaverse-in-1992-now-hes-building-one/)

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