cyberpunk
A science fiction genre. Basic themes include the dehumanizing effects of technology, and the accompanying societal breakdown. Think dark and dirty, with lots of wires and neon.
Cyberpunk is a postmodern dystopian genre noted for its focus on ”high tech and low life". The name is a portmanteau of cybernetics and punk, and was originally coined by American science fiction author Bruce Bethke as the title of his short Sci-Fi story Cyberpunk, written in 1980.
Cyberpunk can cover numerous themes and motifs but generally involve reflecting on the current anxieties of society and amping them up to an extreme; things like mass surveillance, corporate monopolization, climate change, mass media, artificial intelligence and any other themes can thus be accomodated by a cyberpunk setting.
For the series of the same name, see Cyberpunk (series).
Notable Cyberpunk franchises
# (Numbers & Symbols)
A - F
M - R
* Cyberpunk (series)
** Cyberpunk 2077
** Cyberpunk Edgerunners
* Cyber City Oedo 808
A - F
G - L
* Midnight Eye Gokuu
* Neuromancer
* Ninja Slayer
* PLUTO
* Policenauts
* Psycho-Pass
* RoboCop
* Snatcher
* Serial Experiments Lain
* Shadowrun
* STRAY (game)
* Techno Police 21C
* Total Recall
* VA-11 Hall-A
See also
* Cyborg
* Steampunk
* Dieselpunk
* Biopunk
* Post-Apocalypse
* Cyber fashion
* Tag group:Technology
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