Welcome to Cyberpunk Book Club, where we look at the wide range of video games in the genre, play through a short 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!

A fusion walking simulator/visual novel/courtroom drama, Paradise Killer is a murder mystery in a reality outside our own. Investigator Lady Love Dies descends to an incarnation of Paradise prevented from rebooting by someone murdering the council that runs it. It could be any of the Paradise's residents…