The Cyberpunk Genre: From Blade Runner to Cyberpunk 2077 | Video Essay

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  • @Vosssa
    @Vosssa  ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Check out my newest Video!
    „Steampunk: A Deep Dive into Literature, Games and beyond“
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  • @furioushuy
    @furioushuy ปีที่แล้ว +53

    I've always been obsessed with cyberpunk ever since I watched the first blade runner when I was 14, there's something magical about it. Good video, looking forward to more cyberpunk stuff.

    • @Vosssa
      @Vosssa  ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Cyberpunk is indeed a very fascinating genre. I love the looks and the visuals are incredibly strong.
      Thanks for the feedback! 🧡

    • @pewpewyadead
      @pewpewyadead ปีที่แล้ว

      same here lol

  • @brentogara
    @brentogara ปีที่แล้ว +82

    This is a pretty decent essay. I'd have liked to have seen some reference to tabletop gaming, which was, and is, a strong proponent of Cyberpunk, from the titular game by Mike Pondsmith in 1988 to later games like ShadowRun (1989 to present). The intercutting of video clips is good, and the titles are nicely done. A bit more variety in the clips would be cool, seeing the same CDPR trailer footage 3 times in five or ten minutes feels a bit overdone, but I understand that finding good material to illustrate your essay can be difficult. Overall, the only thing holding you back is an element of original research and original ideas. Relating the known state of the system is good, but this information can be found relatively easily in many places. What sets apart the best video essays is the unexpected insight or novel idea that elevates the video from "retelling" to "revealing". Of course, "There is no new thing under the sun." is a statement many *thousands* of years old at this point... but we can always hope for that elusive element of novelty that adds a comely shine to our overwrought prose. This is a very solid attempt that just needs another round of polish to find its final draft.

    • @Vosssa
      @Vosssa  ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Thank you so much for taking the time and effort to give me this feedback.
      I fully understand what you mean about the original and new ideas and appreciate your opinion and will definitely work on it so that my next videos keep rising in level.
      Jacob Geller's videos are the benchmark for perfect essays for me and I know there is still a long way to go.
      I really value your comment. 🧡

    • @thelegendofner0
      @thelegendofner0 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hi Vossa, wenn du ein Beispiel für extrem gut gemachte Essays haben möchtest, dann schau dir die von RagnarRox an. Irgendwo in der Mitte oder am Ende der Videos teilt er seine "tieferen" Einsichten über die Spiele mit. Und genau darum herum musst du deine Essays schreiben: um ein bestimmtes Gefühl, dass das Medium in dir ausgelöst hat. Deine individuelle, subjektive Erfahrung mit einem bestimmten Medium ist das Alleinstellungsmerkmal für solche Videos. Trotzdem: gute Arbeit und weiter so, jeder fängt mal an!

    • @Vosssa
      @Vosssa  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@thelegendofner0 Danke für dein Feedback! 🧡
      Ich werde mir seine Videos auf jeden Fall mal anschauen und verstehe komplett, was du meinst, mit den eigenen Erfahrungen und Gefühlen.
      In meinem neuen Video hab ich versucht etwas mehr darauf einzugehen und ein wenig meine eigene Meinung/Gefühle einzubeziehen. Du kannst es dir ja gerne mal anschauen :D
      Ich werde auf jeden Fall weiter an der Struktur meiner Videos arbeiten und mich hoffentlich immer weiter steigern ^^

    • @3choblast3r4
      @3choblast3r4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Listen man, I love cyberpunk the game and I'm grateful Mike created that world.. but if you've read the sprawl trilogy you'll realize Mike took a lot more from those books then you'd expect. For most of it he doesn't even bother to change the names. Night City, Simstims, sens/net, doll chips, AI Voodoo God worshipping gang etc etc Even in the game, the backstory of Evelyn Parker is basically Molly Million's only Evelyn's ends up real bad and Evelyn doesn't have cybernetics.
      Not that he didn't add his own thing, whole back stories for things and a whole new lore. But I understand now why William Gibson said "I never got a dime but I don't hold it against them".. I thought it was a little petty of him to say until I read through all three books and realized how much of it was actually directly lifted by Pondsmith.
      Still glad Cyberpunk red etc exist and I love the video game a ton. Do wish the name was a little more creative than just using the genre name as the name for the game. It's like calling your game Fantasy.

    • @brentogara
      @brentogara 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@3choblast3r4 so... basically what Sandy Peterson did with "Call of Cthulhu" RPG at around the same time, dropping an author's entire work verbatim into an RPG system?

  • @Vosssa
    @Vosssa  ปีที่แล้ว +21

    YOU GUYS ARE NUTS!
    20.000 Views and over 1000 likes in 2 month is unbelievable!
    I appreciate the support very much 🔥🧡

  • @ana_d_73
    @ana_d_73 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I wish there was a mention of the impact of anime and manga in cyberpunk. Akira and Ghost in the Shell have had massive impact on the visuals of genre, as well as exploring the themes of the human condition, artificially created beings, and the intersection of the two. The role of globalization and interconnectivity, "otherness", loneliness, needs and wants.
    Series like Blame!, Psycho- Pass, Ergo Proxy, Serial Experiments Lain, Alita Battle Angel, Bubblegum Crisis, Appleseed, Genocyber, etc. have kept the genre alive, and inspired countless people to dive further into it.

    • @plugshirt1762
      @plugshirt1762 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Another good one would be texhnolyze. Personally I didn’t enjoy watching it but the writing is great and the ending is phenomenal

  • @Existential_Robot
    @Existential_Robot ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Cyberpunk is really interesting to me; sure, you've got your typical genres and mediums, but color and design are really where it stands out.
    Before Bladerunner (and all the interesting media we'd come to call Cyberpunk) released, future stories and ideas had a sort of purity/sheen to them. Very flat, very uncolored, very... clean. Cyberpunk, and by extension Post-modernism really seemed to grip the world in the 80s, and I think that's fascinating to think about.
    In a darker, grittier picture of the future, *color* played a greater part in it, completely running counter to the hyper-clean, hyper-optimism of its predecessors.
    Blech, that sounded pretentious...
    "I like when future has the pretty color". That's better.

    • @Vosssa
      @Vosssa  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thats what I love about Cyberpunk in general. This gritty, rough and kinda depressive mood and atmosphere it creates.
      Makes me get scared of the future tho

    • @Existential_Robot
      @Existential_Robot ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Vosssa "The future's scary. But all risky, worthwhile endeavors are."
      My grandfather said that to me.

  • @mthom0516
    @mthom0516 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It’s a haunting genre to read nowadays because it, in a broad sense, came true. In this way, reading these old works becomes an exercise in defamiliarization. The movie Strange Days, for instance-we don’t technically have the ability to relive other people’s (or our own) memories, but social media comes close. It’s in the same ball park.

    • @Vosssa
      @Vosssa  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And who says that we wont be able to relieve memories or clone humans or find the essence to infinite life…
      I mean nobody would have ever thought that we have the technology we have now, 50 years ago.
      So what will happen in 50 years from now?
      The series black mirror always hits me with those hard questions and stories, but they are also so real that it could be happening at any time.

    • @mthom0516
      @mthom0516 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Vosssa all too true. Black mirror raises a lot of brilliant questions. I have only watched the first two seasons, but season 1 episode 2 will stay with me forever. I think that it’s fantastic commentary on social media and the influencer economy. And maybe one day we will achieve that technology, as you said, and that just further reinforces the cultural significance of cyberpunk. It’s cyberpunk all the way down! 💀

  • @darrellid
    @darrellid ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Also, the influence of Dieter and his landmark television show, "Sprockets," cannot be overstated. Liebe miene Affe-menke!

    • @Vosssa
      @Vosssa  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I never heard of it before, but I found out that it basically was a parody show about the Germans xD

  • @timothybeaulieu5103
    @timothybeaulieu5103 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Just discovered not too long ago tabletop pen-and-paper rpgs based on both Blade Runner and Altered Carbon. Got both copies and, if you like old-style rpgs, they're damned good representations of each backdrop.

    • @Vosssa
      @Vosssa  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Oh damn, that sounds cool! I personally love to play DnD with friends, so maybe the next P&P campaign could be a Cyberpunk themed one 😁 I will definitly look into it 🧡

  • @rafajanicki2456
    @rafajanicki2456 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I watch a lot of cyberpunk content on YT and IMHO this video is great. Your channel has a lot of potential and I am pretty sure you will have tens of thousands of subscribers in no time. Keep doing the great job, I wish you all the best and look forward to your future videos!

    • @Vosssa
      @Vosssa  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I appreciate your words! Thank you so much 🧡I will try my best!!

  • @kagetsuki23
    @kagetsuki23 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I used to like the genre in the past. Then when i realised the world was slowly turning into a real cyberpunk reality, it started to scare the shit out of me.

    • @Vosssa
      @Vosssa  ปีที่แล้ว

      Unfortunately, yes. Cyberpunk is more relevant than ever, especially with the incredibly fast development of A.I.
      Even body enhancements are slowly being talked about with chips under your skin etc.
      Corruption and the destruction of the earth need not even be adressed…
      The future will be scary.

    • @shorgoth
      @shorgoth 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      been saying for years that we have been in the Cyberpunk technological and social era since web 2.0

  • @blandrooker6541
    @blandrooker6541 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm glad you mentioned Bruce Sterling, others have overlooked his work.

    • @Vosssa
      @Vosssa  ปีที่แล้ว

      Bruce Sterling is for sure a mentionable cyberpunk writer. If youre into cyberpunk, his work are definitely worth checking out :)

  • @Tobipal
    @Tobipal ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome video essay bro! Hope to see you again!

    • @Vosssa
      @Vosssa  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you bro 🧡 for sure!

  • @xijinbling2373
    @xijinbling2373 ปีที่แล้ว

    Special mention to Norbert Wiener who established the science of cybernetics , in 1948 his book Cybernetics ;or Control and Communication in the Animal and Machine was published.

  • @w3irdm0nk3y
    @w3irdm0nk3y ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very well done !!! Keep it up !!!!

    • @Vosssa
      @Vosssa  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you bro! 🧡

  • @tomaccino
    @tomaccino ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love cyberpunk! Played the genre since Deus Ex and couldn't believe an awesome story in CP 2077. I still play it every week.

    • @Vosssa
      @Vosssa  ปีที่แล้ว

      Cyberpunk 2077 is a wonderful game! If only my PC could play it on high quality :‘)

  • @raphlvlogs271
    @raphlvlogs271 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    The Cyberpunk Genre is the most likely to be enjoyed by young people who are relatively unhappy cause it copes with your feelings and challenges in a certain way also it helps make you feel more mature just like how a lot of people play video games in their free time as an escape from reality

    • @Vosssa
      @Vosssa  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I like your point of view. Cyberpunk is definitely a topic where you can interpret many points of view and stories.
      It can definitely help you grow up and deal with certain situations better. Actually like many themes :D

    • @SuperGGLOL
      @SuperGGLOL ปีที่แล้ว +1

      In reality, the genre's appeal is not confined to young and/or unhappy people. Cyberpunk stories often explore themes of technology, societal impact, human nature, and power dynamics, which people from all age groups and emotional states would find interesting.
      All kinds of people might be drawn to the genre simply because of its visually captivating elements, regardless of being unhappy or happy. The visual and atmospheric aspects of the cyberpunk genre, such as neon cityscapes and technological marvels, appeal to those who appreciate unique and immersive world-building.
      It does indeed spark the curiosity amongst the minds of the youth for its charming and engaging complex moral questions, examining the potential human actions in a rapidly changing technological landscape. This is a good thing.

  • @NOTYASSINEOG
    @NOTYASSINEOG ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Keep up the good work bro

    • @Vosssa
      @Vosssa  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks man 🧡

  • @Arbiter567
    @Arbiter567 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video!

    • @Vosssa
      @Vosssa  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks man 🧡

  • @silvermoose2631
    @silvermoose2631 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great video essay! Can I ask what's the source of the image at 12:41?

    • @Vosssa
      @Vosssa  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you! Its an AI Generated Image I found on DeviantArt. Its called "Woman in neon cyberpunk clothes" by Coolarts223

    • @silvermoose2631
      @silvermoose2631 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Vosssa ​Ah, was hoping that was from a real runway show, that would have been amazing to see cyberpunk fashion become mainstream like that. Thanks for the response, still a sick image!

    • @Vosssa
      @Vosssa  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@silvermoose2631 that would be awesome yeah, I would guess there are some cyberpunk-esque runway shows, but im not into that topic :D

  • @abusaid9347
    @abusaid9347 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nice video, keep it up

    • @Vosssa
      @Vosssa  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you! 🧡

  • @bluespill
    @bluespill ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Mike Pondsmith my dude is the father of Cyberpunk

    • @Vosssa
      @Vosssa  ปีที่แล้ว

      He definitely had a big role in the gaming universe, but I wouldnt call him the father of Cyberpunk in general :D

  • @JoseFlores-nq7bi
    @JoseFlores-nq7bi ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Excellent! The future is here now with AI and instant connectivity.

    • @Vosssa
      @Vosssa  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thats true. Scary but also very exciting times are coming our way :)

    • @Human_01
      @Human_01 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@Vosssa Indeed, and I eagerly look forward to it. 👏😄

  • @grismatics
    @grismatics ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Surprisingly good video.

    • @Vosssa
      @Vosssa  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you very much! 🧡

  • @TheT3d3K
    @TheT3d3K ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I read Frankenstein and it sounds pretty much cyberpunk to me ! It was written in 1818 ^^

    • @Vosssa
      @Vosssa  ปีที่แล้ว

      Oh, thats nice to know! Frankenstein is definitly on my reading list :D
      Thanks for the comment! 🧡

  • @KurticeYZreacts
    @KurticeYZreacts ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Subbed (cause of this vid)

    • @Vosssa
      @Vosssa  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you so much man 🧡

  • @jasonking1284
    @jasonking1284 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Before Cyberpunk was .... Deus Ex...

  • @evafan84
    @evafan84 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I can understand when you say at @13:12 the Matrix isn't strictly Cyberpunk. But Ghost In The Shell? In what universe is that not considered cyberpunk? I think G.I.T.S is one of the most cyberpunk films ever made.

    • @Vosssa
      @Vosssa  ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah you're probably right, my bad haha
      many put g.i.t.s as postcyberpunk or cybertopia, but i would go along with the fact that you can basically say it's cyberpunk-eske

  • @nagruvajse
    @nagruvajse ปีที่แล้ว +1

    as a kid i was a fan of cyberpunk, since the 90s, nowadays the idea of cyberpunk is overabused by everykid that doesnt even know its origins, doesnt even understand it, all they saw was cyberpunk 2077 game, some trap and pop video clips, its seems cool lets overabuse it ,and everything related #synthwave #vaporwaveaesthetic etc, its all the same. i loved the notion of cyberpunk in Arcane cartoon TV Show. i think thats the only thing good about new stuff regarding this topic

    • @Vosssa
      @Vosssa  ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for your feedback!
      I wouldn't say that you have to know all the backgrounds and origins of every topic you like ^^ you can also just find cyberpunk beautiful and aesthetic without it being bad.
      Arcane was one of the best series I had ever seen! Am also huge lol gamer

    • @nagruvajse
      @nagruvajse ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Vosssa I am not really a lol fan, more of some older strategies like starcraft brood war, check the game named Virtuaverse. it made me happy :)

  • @karamellstudios7570
    @karamellstudios7570 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    gutes video!

    • @Vosssa
      @Vosssa  ปีที่แล้ว

      Vielen Dank! 🧡

  • @ridiculous_gaming
    @ridiculous_gaming ปีที่แล้ว

    Cyberpunk was far too bold for last generation consoles. I wish the game was delayed instead of releasing unfinished, for this massively hammered the developer team.

    • @Vosssa
      @Vosssa  ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah the release of Cyberpunk 2077 was for sure one of the most painful and discussed launches in gaming. But if I remember correctly it wasnt all the developers fault, but more the greediness of the companies... which is ironic in itself because cyberpunk discusses this exact topic xd

    • @eric_has_no_idea
      @eric_has_no_idea ปีที่แล้ว

      @Vossaa exactly. The corps did what they wanted, not what was best for people.this was such a cyberpunk appropriate release.
      You know when implants become common, corps will release it early, there will be bugs and glitches, people will be injured and die. There will be no meaningful consequences for those corps.

  • @flob8862
    @flob8862 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great video. But you need a bit of ambiance, sound to add to have a great essay! But I will follow your career with great interest.

    • @Vosssa
      @Vosssa  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thank you so much, you can take a look at my latest video, I definitely paid more attention to the sound design there :D 🧡

    • @flob8862
      @flob8862 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Vosssa no problem, it is great work keep going!

    • @JorDanTan93
      @JorDanTan93 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I enjoyed this essay…but the Chinese cyberpunk writers were writing this genre over 30 to 40 years ago before western writers

    • @Vosssa
      @Vosssa  ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@JorDanTan93 Oh, that's interesting, thanks for letting me know! 🧡

  • @ludwigvanbeethoven61
    @ludwigvanbeethoven61 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hello mei German friend!!

    • @Vosssa
      @Vosssa  ปีที่แล้ว

      Beethoven my man, how is it going? How is the wife?

  • @eauegh7660
    @eauegh7660 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beyong

    • @Vosssa
      @Vosssa  ปีที่แล้ว

      Gnoyeb

  • @LakeVermilionDreams
    @LakeVermilionDreams ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Epitome. Google the pronunciation. It's not tome like a book.

    • @Vosssa
      @Vosssa  ปีที่แล้ว

      You are absolutely right haha
      Noted! :D

    • @LakeVermilionDreams
      @LakeVermilionDreams ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Vosssa English is weird!

  • @thefatkid604
    @thefatkid604 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    CYBER TRUNK TRIED WAY TO HARD

  • @gratius8829
    @gratius8829 ปีที่แล้ว

    The Cyberpunk genera often resonates perfectly with the experiences of young people in current times. There is hardly anyone who really thinks that a better future can be possible. With crisis after crisis, capitalist decadence, people’s quality of life decreasing even in the rich countries, the accelerated destruction/alteration of the natural world, more and more perpetual wars, impressive new technologies that end up serving only to corporate greed Big tech/pharma, all around trends such as techBros grifters etc. The real world is likely becoming an uglier version of the cyberpunk fantasies but we’ll just end up being the npcs instead of the protagonist :(

    • @Vosssa
      @Vosssa  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I wanna be the main character tho :(
      Cyberpunks future is already dark and grim, but it looks like we will experience all the themes of cyberpunk in the real world soon.

  • @CaptainPilipinas
    @CaptainPilipinas ปีที่แล้ว

    𝘕𝘰𝘯𝘦 in 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 Days gives a flip about those like -/ISA (the Vektan System branch)(/ICSA?)/Hig era Humans' example, 𝘩𝘶𝘩. [silently 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘥]
    (for....er....𝘔𝘰𝘴𝘵, I 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥. a bit. that even Vekta's Diortem region is '𝘵o𝘰 f𝘶t𝘶r𝘪s𝘵i𝘤a𝘭l𝘺 a𝘥v𝘢n𝘤e𝘥' for them to Easily 𝘨𝘦𝘵 (and them would prefer the at least still Terran-bound era-like era of cyberpunk 2077's setting, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨'𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘓𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘺𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘬 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴' 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘰), etc etc. *but* 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘯.).

  • @rip13th
    @rip13th ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Cyberpunk 2077 shows a very core of cyberpunk genre.
    ....
    Capitalism destroy everything, even the game itself. And day one player like me had experience it first hand😂😂😂😂

    • @Vosssa
      @Vosssa  ปีที่แล้ว

      Very ironic in itself actually, isn't it?
      But unfortunately it's also a self-made problem... as long as people buy it and bring profit the system will continue to run

  • @CaptainPilipinas
    @CaptainPilipinas ปีที่แล้ว

    it is not working.
    what?
    𝘕𝘰𝘯𝘦 in 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 Days gives a flip about those like -/ISA (the Vektan System branch)(/ICSA?)/Hig era Humans' example, 𝘩𝘶𝘩. [silently 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘥]
    (for....er....𝘔𝘰𝘴𝘵, I 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥. a bit. that even Vekta's Diortem region is '𝘵o𝘰 f𝘶t𝘶r𝘪s𝘵i𝘤a𝘭l𝘺 a𝘥v𝘢n𝘤e𝘥' for them to Easily 𝘨𝘦𝘵 (and them would prefer the at least still Terran-bound era-like era of cyberpunk 2077's setting, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨'𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 *𝘓𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘺* 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘺𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘬 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴' 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘰), etc etc. *but* 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘯.).