Science Fiction

Update 2.2 for Cyberpunk 2077 is being rolled out on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S!

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Inspired by rockets, a classic design.

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Cover of the book: The Exile Of Time by Ray Cummings

Send em to school in a self-flying car.

Infinity Science Fiction was an American science fiction magazine, edited by Larry T. Shaw, and published by Royal Publications. The first issue, which appeared in November 1955, included Arthur C. Clarke's "The Star", a story about a planet destroyed by a nova (an exploding star) that turns out to have been the Star of Bethlehem; it won the Hugo Award for that year.

This first cover after the magazine changed its name from Weird Science-Fantasy.

We're watching this over in Full Movies.

"Man in Space" is an episode of the American television series Disneyland which originally aired on March 9, 1955. It was directed by Disney animator Ward Kimball. This Disneyland episode (set in Tomorrowland), was narrated partly by Kimball and also by such scientists Willy Ley, Heinz Haber, and Wernher von Braun, as well as Dick Tufeld of Lost in Space fame.

Spoiler: they were left-handed

Hmmm, seems familiar...

Story: https://gizmodo.com/the-1929-rocket-car-of-upstate-new-york-453754398

Link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/x-ray_delta_one/5188944860/

LInk: https://flickr.com/photos/joebehr/4791166800

Discover the extraordinary Spirit of Tomorrow, a groundbreaking Canadian automobile created by inventor Horace Basil "Barney" Oldfield in the early 1940s. This video explores the car's innovative design, featuring a streamlined aluminum body, rear-mounted V8 engine, and advanced aerodynamics rivaling European counterparts. Learn about Oldfield's unique development process, the car's enduring legacy, and its significance in automotive history. Experience the thrill of seeing this remarkable machine in action and understand why it continues to captivate enthusiasts today.

Pantheon season 1 is being added to Netflix tomorrow, but season 2 is not (and might never be). Both seasons are on Prime Video but it is region-locked, though I'm not sure which regions it is available in.

I haven't read any confirmation, but the designs look way too similar to be coincidental.

Lemmy needs more content that isn't about US politics right now so I'm making a random post.

Started on AMC+ and now it looks like it's on Prime. I haven't watched it yet but it seems promising and the fight scene I saw looks pretty over the top and epic.

Molli and Max in the Future is a strange movie. It's basically When Harry Met Sally but set in a cyberpunk world. So the main plot of the story is the various chance encounters between Molli and Max throughout the years and eventually realizing love was right in front of them the whole time (obviously, I mean, that's not exactly a spoiler).

Not a GREAT movie, but I think it's fun, and the idea is solid.

https://www.cyberpunk.net/en/news/50920/blocktober-4-sebastian-mcbride

Source: https://twitter.com/CyberpunkGame/status/1843607583329841586

On this playthrough I've decided to just wander around Watson a bit before the heist and keep finding streets I've never seen before, even on previous playthroughs where I walked everywhere. This particular street is practically subteranian and its a shame most of the content takes place at surface level or in the main streets when there are great environments like this hidden around the place where most players will never see them.

Artist: Perororera | pixiv | danbooru

Artist: Dino | twitter | danbooru

Update 2.1 for Cyberpunk 2077 and Phantom Liberty on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S is coming out tomorrow (December 5th) around 12 PM CET.

The prophecy begins.

Not sure I totally agree with the article writer. But it provides food for thought.

If you know, you know.

“We must negate the machines-that-think. Humans must set their own guidelines. This is not something machines can do. Reasoning depends upon programming, not on hardware, and we are the ultimate program! Our Jihad is a "dump program." We dump the things which destroy us as humans!” 
― Minister-companion of the Jihad

Would you ?

From Chapterhouse Dune

Memory never recaptures reality. Memory recon-structs. All reconstructions change the original, becoming external frames of reference that inevitably fall short. —MENTAT HANDBOOK

Aside from the unfortunate name of "Virgin Punk" (which I think is a terrible name), this looks like a fairly standard anime about bounty hunters in a cyberpunk world. It could be fun.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/21720353

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New Netflix original starring Millie Bobby Brown, Chris Pratt, and Ke Huy Quan and the trailer has a slowed-down rock song. Perfect recipe for success, right??

I have no idea what this anime is about other than it appears to take place in a cyberpunk world and the main character seems to do parkour for... reasons. But it's from the creator of Cowboy Bebop (Shinichiro Watanabe) and I guess they got the director of the John Wick movies (Chad Stahleski) to choreograph the action sequences. So it'll probably be good.

She's the namesake of the Del Rey Books publishing imprint.

...but its robot designs were well ahead of the curve for the time.

About half of these are cyberpunk, most of the rest are kinda steampunk I guess. The music is sorta weak so just listen to some synthwave instead lel.

I planned this book for 20 years, spent 4 years researching, writing, editing, and narrating it. The paperback, e-book, and audio versions will be available on October 21!

The link goes to Episode 1 of the 1994 live action TV series. See this playlist for all 22 episodes of Season 1. There was no Season 2; apparently ratings weren't that good. But it's not that bad, given the limitations of its TV budget.

Finally a new action game based on Tron. Nothing against Tron: Identity but I'm not really a fan of visual novels. So I'm looking forward to this one.

As we said in the last millennum, "'Nuff said".

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/25805448

Come on now, if this had been posted in the 1980s, it'd be peak cyberpunk. Actually, it holds up today! Synthwave dudes rock.

Alternative link where I'm told the story is written better, but unfortunately has a signup wall and I'm not willing to sign up https://www.404media.co/paralyzed-jockey-loses-ability-to-walk-after-manufacturer-refuses-to-fix-battery-for-his-100-000-exoskeleton/

https://x.com/mrjakeparker/status/1839020673710305718

So I found this one season (26 episode) extremely campy sci fi TV show -- a low budget 2007 Canadian production -- called Grand Star. Watched a few episodes last night. OMG it's so terrible it is awesome.

If you like podcasts and cyberpunk then I think the HTLL podcast is pretty enjoyable. It's just two guys re-watching/re-reading various cyberpunk works and then cracking open some beers and discussing it. They aren't experts and don't provide any real new insight, they just talk about what they liked and didn't like. Also, they'll recap the plot as part of their discussion so you don't need to have seen/read the works recently.

A new animated Cyberpunk project has been announced for Netflix, and fans are already eager to return to Night City.

I used to walk past abandoned trucks out in the woods, so I wanted to capture something of that.

Patch 2.13 for Cyberpunk 2077 and Phantom Liberty is being rolled out! It includes support for AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 3 with Frame Generation. Please note that this update is PC-only!

https://x.com/retroscifiart/status/1832567605175185575

Transform yourself through grafting as you escape a vast, dying space station in this thrilling post-cyberpunk survival horror RPG from the makers of BATTLETECH and the Shadowrun Trilogy.

Altered Alma is a cyberpunk metroidvania. The kickstarter is currently active but it's already funded at 250%. Anyway, the reason I wanted to mention it is because there's a demo available on Steam and I think it's really fun (and very cyberpunk). If you're a fan of metroidvanias, I think it's got great movement, great combat, and great sprite work. And with it also being cyberpunk, I'm very interested.

It seems ridiculous to me to make a board game based on a video game based on a TTRPG... but this is really just a kickstarter (er, gamefound) so it isn't real just yet. The funding goal was hit within 10 min and has already made over a million dollars though, so I guess it'll be real soon enough...