Annalee Newitz 🍜Jan 9, 2023
This just in: Dystopian science fiction will no longer be sold or streamed in the San Francisco Bay Area or Silicon Valley due to the high risk of it inspiring new tech startups. #tech #scifi
Show threadVoron
@annaleen the creator of cyberpunk I forget his name (first and only TTRPG POC author iirc in the TTRPG hall of fame) said in an interview it’s bitter sweet to read the news and realize the dystopian fiction he wrote in the 1980s & 90s is today’s reality
Jan 9, 2023 at 4:52amWeb
Show threadThe DoctorJan 9, 2023
@voron @annaleen Mike Pondsmith?
Show threadLife Sim EngineJan 9, 2023
@voron you're thinking of Mike Pondsmith
Show threadCyber YukiJan 10, 2023
@voron @annaleen There's a similar meme about it that says "Cyberpunk was a warning, not an instruction manual."
Show threadauthor_is_ShrikeTron🔠💉x5Jan 14, 2023
@voron @annaleen So not William Gibson, aka @GreatDismal? (re cyberpunk)
Show threadVoronJan 14, 2023

@annaleen @GreatDismal @ShrikeTron no Mike Pondsmith the writer of the cyberpunk game

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Pondsmith

Mike Pondsmith - Wikipedia

Show threadAnnalee Newitz 🍜Jan 14, 2023
@voron @GreatDismal @ShrikeTron Wow he's had an amazing career -- I had no idea the same person created all those games! The Cyberpunk RPG was (if you'll forgive me) a gamechanger!