Cyber Shock: A Discussion Podcast About All Things Cyberpunk

Things discussed: Vurt, Vurt RPG, Blade, Inception, The Matrix, Her, Upgrade, Altered Carbon, Glass and Gardens, Solarpunk anthology, Cli-Fi, Beyond Cyberpunk: New Critical Perspectives, A Cyborg Manifesto,

Cyberpunk 101: Defining Cyberpunk

Cyberpunk 101: The Death and Rebirth of Cyberpunk

Cyberpunk 101: The Truly Novel in Cyberpunk Literature

Article on various sub-genres of cyberpunk.

Due to recording issues you’ll notice that Hamish’s audio isn’t coming through until around 12 minutes in, apologies for that!

In this episode Banana Chan, Kira Magrann, Hamish Cameron, and Fraser Simons talk about unappreciated gems of cyberpunk. Some are little known, some underrated, and some just deserve more love. From novels to anime to movies.

Cyberpunk discussed: Upgrade, Sense8, Johnny Mnemonic, Almost Human, Continuum, Mardock Scramble, Remember Me, The Red Strings Club, He, She & It, Storming the Reality Studio, The Glitch Logs, Cybernetic Punk, All Systems Red, Darling in the Franxx, Tetsuo, Videodrome, Bound, The Matrix, Elysium,

Tangential things: Justice League, Aquaman, Birds of Prey, Saw, Raymond Chandler, Red Harvest, Yojimbo,

Fraser, Kira, and Hamish Discuss Cyberpunk 2077 and it’s progenitor, ‘Cyberpunk’, in it’s various pen-and-paper RPG incarnations.

References: Cyberpunk 2077 Trailer, "Today's Cyborg Is Stylish": The Humanity Cost Of Posthuman Fashion in Cyberpunk 2020, published in 'Cyberpunk and Visual Culture', Cyberpunk 2020, Cyberpunk V3.

Waypoint Radio E3 episode, Cyberpunk 2077 E3 Ttrailer, Cyberpunk 2077 2013 trailer, Polygon Article, The Sacred and the Profane.

Music by Drumurboy