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Comment by theshrike79

4 days ago

This book and the Cyberpunk 2020 RPG ignited my love for Cyberpunk in general when I was a kid and it hasn't waned since :)

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loudmax  3 days ago

I must be a few years older than you are. It was the original Cyberpunk (set in 2013, published in 1988) that did it for me.

One of the things I remember about the game was that it came with a suggested book and film list. Reading all those books, and tracking down the recommended films was something of a quest for me and my friends. That last part sounds trivial, but if your local video rental store didn't happen to have a copy of 1982's art-house weirdo indie film Liquid Sky, it was a real challenge.

grantmuller  3 days ago

Yes! and Shadowrun! I remember just binging William Gibson after that, until Johnny Mnemonic, Hackers (the movie), and Strange Days, came out. What a great decade.

  • antod  3 days ago

    When The Matrix came out and before I saw it, I thought it was a Shadowrun aware reference to cyberspace rather than the twist of it being 'reality'.

  • theshrike79  3 days ago

    Shadowrun's world is in my top5 favourite RPG worlds ever

    But the system... A Physical Adept rolling like 42 d6's is just redonkulous :D