Post by JM on Feb 21, 2007 10:42:35 GMT
I was browsing through the books for maybe the hundreth time and realised (in that obvious way that you don't think about even though you should have), that Australia is one of the few true locations where the ideal CyberPunk Utopia would florish.
A huge land mass, a few pockets of civilization surrounded by wastelands of both land and sea.
As a realistic Aussie CyberPunk I can see how bad the polution is going to get eventually as well as how our increasing reliance in technology is changing the way we live, so it's fairly easy to see the Nylon Angel\Parrish Plessis verson of Australia becoming a reality.
But what of the rest of the near-futuristic world? What other countries have the potential to become such haven of technology and dispair?
I'm on par with William Gibson when it comes to Japan, so much Tech and they throw all of their garbage into the sea to make new land. Perfect for cyborg design and rouge bands of genetically altered yakuza. So they get a cybernetic star.
Russia gets the next star. Full blown nuclear power already, a history of despotic reigiems to help the people feel opressed (can anybody else say The Tert), and large quantities of junkyard just begging for gangs of cyborgs and insane genetic engieers to build a home.
So who should get the rest of the cybernetic stars?
A huge land mass, a few pockets of civilization surrounded by wastelands of both land and sea.
As a realistic Aussie CyberPunk I can see how bad the polution is going to get eventually as well as how our increasing reliance in technology is changing the way we live, so it's fairly easy to see the Nylon Angel\Parrish Plessis verson of Australia becoming a reality.
But what of the rest of the near-futuristic world? What other countries have the potential to become such haven of technology and dispair?
I'm on par with William Gibson when it comes to Japan, so much Tech and they throw all of their garbage into the sea to make new land. Perfect for cyborg design and rouge bands of genetically altered yakuza. So they get a cybernetic star.
Russia gets the next star. Full blown nuclear power already, a history of despotic reigiems to help the people feel opressed (can anybody else say The Tert), and large quantities of junkyard just begging for gangs of cyborgs and insane genetic engieers to build a home.
So who should get the rest of the cybernetic stars?
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