Subj : Re: Excellent (IMHO) Cyberpunk documentary
To   : Renagademaster
From : phiax
Date : Mon Nov 22 2021 19:19:10

Yeah, I saw that and enjoyed that as well. Actually using some of it to check
out some more obscure films that I missed.

One thing that got a little hat tip (the reference to cyberpunk as a
subcultural identity and defining a cyberpunk as someone who wears a portable
scanner) was the Mondo 2000/cyberdelic/cryptopunk scene of the 90s. I collect
Mondo 2000 (and other media by R U Sirius and others in that scene) and it is
something that isn't well researched or represented. I mean, the echoes of it
are in things like Boing Boing (especially the editors), the EFF, etc. Fuck,
even Dr. Timothy Leary wrote a full book on Cyberculture and the
tranformations of self, society, and culture that internet/vr/cheap
accessible tech/remix culture/etc. could bring about.

I mean, it is certainly more "side quest" material, as opposed to books,
movies, and games, but still participatory media (and there were more than a
couple scans from the magazine in the documentary).

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