Cyberpunk is one of those genres that is clearly defined by it’s elements. It’s always got some form of post humanism, some form of technology corrupting society, some form of secret cabal that controls the rest of the world, some form of societal degradation, and always, always there has been a massive shift in the economy to either total collapse, or brink of collapse with everything controlled by the aforementioned secret cabal.

I know that most of these posts on cybperunk have been concentrating on technology that already exists, and me calling out the scoffers who claim bullshit on the tech. Well, what about the societal concepts as well? Having been paying attention to the crap that’s going down both here and abroad lately, it’s beginning to make me seriously think that perhaps Ben Elton, William Gibson and Masamune Shirow were onto something. (more…)

April 30, 2010 7:00 pm

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May 1, 2010 2:00 am

Steampunk is really starting to pick up in a big way in Australia. Good thing too, considering how we missed out the first time around, and only really caught on to the end of the Art Deco period for design.

From what I can gather, Clockwork Carnival is not quite a club night, not quite a festival and not quite performance art. There will be fashion displays, live piercing, a couple of events, and then some good old thumping of the subwoofer courtesy of DJs Voodoo, Cy B Netic, Antochrist & Casiono. (more…)