Cyberpunk is all the rage! With CD Projekt Red’s Cyberpunk 2077 and Seth’s minor obsession with Shadowrun we’ve been chomping at the bit to dive into this genre. Seth and James discuss the implications of this genre on worldbuilding, what makes a story truly cyberpunk and how to uncover the all-important fairycake. Also, much discussion of anarchy, liberty spikes, and technophilic dystopias abound.
Slight update: It looks like Cyberpunk 2077 has been postponed until September.
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