Welcome to a SpoOoOoOoky episode of Cyberpunk Book Club, where we dissect the themes behind video games in my favourite genre and dissect the still-beating hearts of our enemies! Muahahaha! All art is political, and cyberpunk is one of the most commentary-heavy genres out there – let’s discuss it!
This session we play System Shock 2! Famous as a game for its atmosphere and for it codifying many tropes in future horror and action games – from Dead Space to, uh, X-Com The Bureau – does it explore its cyberpunk themes through and through or is it just a flavour trapping for the horror ahead?
On this episode is Nathan and Paolo.
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The Neon Caster character art was drawn by Anna P. Finn.