Welcome to Cyberpunk Book Club, where we look at the wide range of video games in the genre, play through a 3-hour slice and discuss the themes and ideas it presents. All art is political, and cyberpunk is one of the most commentary-heavy genres out there – let’s discuss it!
Detroit: Become Human is one of several ‘interactive dramas’ directed by David Cage, initially released on Playstation 4.
In the near future, service androids are commonplace. Used by humans worldwide, they’re increasingle near-indistinguishable from ordinary people. But just how human are they? David Cage is… infamous for his implausible and problematic character writing and hoo boy is it no different with this game at all.
On this episode is Nathan, Ruben, Will, Paolo and Sam.
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The Neon Caster character art was drawn by Anna P. Finn.