From: | Avenger <Avenger@*******.DEMON.CO.UK> |
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Subject: | Shadowrun - is it Cyberpunk? |
Date: | Sat, 21 Feb 1998 19:31:57 +0000 |
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>What does cyberpunk have to do with Shadowrun?
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A lot. A heck of a lot. Not least is the fact that it is based upon
the cyberpunk genre. A lot of people make the simple mistake of
thinking that Cyberpunk 2020 is /the/ Cyberpunk, it isn't, it is a part
of the genre that is Cyberpunk.
Cyberpunk the word is taken from the terms Cybernetics and the 70's
generation of streetwise anarchists known as Punks.
If you want a more informative dissertation then look at.
http://www.shalako.demon.co.uk/shadowrun/cyberpunk.htm
There's a lot more said there that I don't see any point in repeating on
this list.
Shadowrun is cyberpunk by it's nature and involvement in the genre that
adheres to a particular view of the future. It is not Cyberpunk 2020,
which is a game produced by R Talsorian Games.
We /are/ playing Cyberpunk, even though it is called Shadowrun.
Shadowrun is the name of the game. Cyberpunk is the name of the whole
genre.
Hope that helps.
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