I've always felt that Mirror's Edge presented a more accurate of a cyberpunk dystopia than the ur-example Bladerunner. The city in that is like a perfectly run Singapore, with only hints of riots and war in the past, and data couriers being the only opposition to the system. Our tyranny will be clean and commercialized, because that's what sells. I used to think it would look "family friendly" too but in a society that's conditioning us to accept MAPs and tranny story hour, that's gone out the window.
Well, yes.
Because we've already got the cyberpunk dystopia.
We just didn't get the aesthetic with it, and people resent that.
We were looking FORWARD to eating ramen at a stand on a trash filed street on a rainy, neon lit night.
I've always felt that Mirror's Edge presented a more accurate of a cyberpunk dystopia than the ur-example Bladerunner. The city in that is like a perfectly run Singapore, with only hints of riots and war in the past, and data couriers being the only opposition to the system. Our tyranny will be clean and commercialized, because that's what sells. I used to think it would look "family friendly" too but in a society that's conditioning us to accept MAPs and tranny story hour, that's gone out the window.
It is a beautiful new world we are getting. I was hoping to atleast get some fancy new commercialized tech...