From:	pf_mc@*****.ca (shadows within)
Subject:	Consoles in Shadowrun
Date:	Wed, 21 May 2003 16:48:04 -0400 (EDT)

Most people in the SR universe do not have data jacks,
or any cyberware of any kind. That's stated umpteen
times. It's one of the reasons that the runners are
not your average joes, and why they have an advantage
over most others.

Most people do not have cyberdecks. First off, they're
illegal at anything higher than a base model.
Secondly, you don't need one. The average telecom
performs all the mundane functions of a cyberdeck that
your average U2C sarariman is gonna need. As for
games, Matrix games are available to any simsense user
through a trode net via their home trid unit and/or
telecom.

And yes, consoles exist. They are talked about in
Matrix, Target:Matrix, VR2, and Shadowbeat. What
console you have and what you games you own/can access
is determined by your lifestyle.

Doesn't anybody remember the games mentioned in the
orgiginal Food Fight 'adventure'? Sitting in the
corner of the Stuffer Shack were Super Manrino Bros
23, and a rip off of either Rambo and/or Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles. I don't have the book with me,
otherwise I'd give the games names. They were
hilarious.

Anyway, my point is: games exist, consoles exist,
people don't have cyberware, don't need cyberware,
don't have cyberdecks, and don't need cyberdecks.
Check out Matrix, Target: Matrix, VR2, and Shadowbeat
to find out more about consoles, and the toys in your
average SR living room. The Matrix is far more than
just the internet with a VR interface, and cyberdecks
are a hell of a lot more than just your desktop pc in
an alternate futuristic setting.

====Shadow

The future is painted on a canvas of infinite reach.

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