1 | -> ''"Anything that can be done to a rat can be done to a human being. And we can do most anything to rats. This is a hard thing to think about, but it's the truth. It won't go away because we cover our eyes. THAT is cyberpunk."'' |
2 | -->-- '''Bruce Sterling''' |
3 | |
4 | -> ''"The inevitable collision of punk sensibility -- the unrest, the rebellion -- with desk-top computers."'' |
5 | -->-- '''Pat Cadigan''' |
6 | |
7 | -> ''"Small minds play big time games, and everybody else pays."'' |
8 | -->-- '''Music/{{Devo}},''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nf8OmnRIBvA Some Things Never Change]] (the theme for a video game based on Literature/{{Neuromancer}}) |
9 | |
10 | -> ''"We've got the corporate control, news as entertainment, hacker revolutionaries, and class warfare of your typical cyberpunk future but somehow missed out on the android servants."'' |
11 | -->--'''Creator/CTPhipps''', [[http://unitedfederationofcharles.blogspot.com/2017/01/top-signs-were-living-in-cyberpunk.html Top Signs We're Living in a Cyberpunk Future]]. |
12 | |
13 | -> ''"The key pillars of the cyberpunk genre are advanced technology, dystopian society, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking trenchcoats]]."'' |
14 | -->-- '''Jane Douglas''', ''WebVideo/OutsideXbox'' |
15 | |
16 | ->''A glaring neon glow illuminates this street\ |
17 | Breathe in these human vapors, sweat and heavy heat\ |
18 | High tech cathedrals rise and fall in great ravines\ |
19 | Colossal steeples to the gods in the machines\ |
20 | Broken body built anew\ |
21 | Spirit lingers, torn in two\ |
22 | Metal fingers grip my heart so cold\ |
23 | Fossil fuels to slavery, political duplicity\ |
24 | Every great commodity's been sold\ |
25 | Slave to the new black gold\ |
26 | There's a heartbeat under my skin\ |
27 | Search my electric soul\ |
28 | For the hidden man within...'' |
29 | -->-- '''Music/MiracleOfSound''', "[[VideoGame/DeusExHumanRevolution The New Black Gold]]" |
30 | |
31 | ->''In the year 2091, pervasive advancements in technology and computerization haven't changed human nature. Playing with people's lives has never been more fun.'' |
32 | -->-- '''Opening''', ''VideoGame/{{RUINER}}'' |
33 | |
34 | ->"Computers are running everything these days. Before long, human beings aren't even gonna have a say. So now I equip people with knowledge. The knowledge to make a computer do what you want, on your terms." |
35 | -->--Ghast, ''VideoGame/{{EXAPUNKS}}'' |
36 | |
37 | -> ''We're the light in your screens, we're the lead in your veins\ |
38 | Then you wake from your dreams so we can sell them again\ |
39 | In the light, we distract with the shiny and new\ |
40 | So you’re blind to the fact that the product is you\ |
41 | So let your brain dance and replay the dream\ |
42 | But don't drown in the data stream\ |
43 | 'Cause we see where you are and we see where you go\ |
44 | 'Cause we know what you own and we own what you know'' |
45 | -->-- '''Music/TheStupendium''', "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bem_d49NBLc THE DATA STREAM | Cyberpunk 2077 Song feat. Cami-Cat!]]" |
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