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Italian university student with a passion for cyberpunk/sci-fi literature, comics, video games, history and science. https://linktr.ee/fra.marchini?utm_source=linktree_admin_share
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Akira is one of the best sci-fi stories ever, with the first half of the story exploring the amazing cyberpunk setting of neo-Tokyo and the race to gain control over Akira. The second half focuses on the post-apocalyptic setting and the fight to end Tetsuo's and Akira's authoritarian empire.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

No curve's exhibition "Neon Runners" at Lucca Comics 2024 showcased his love for the cyberpunk genre with an incredible collection of works depicting Cyberpunk 2077 characters and stunning artwork used as cover for Mondadori Neuromancer book celebrating 40 years since it's release.

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

Voltage High Society is a cyberpunk game with horror elements by Platonic Partnership. With the aesthetics of a retro game and fast-paced fights, you won't be able to stop playing until when the game ends. This game is still in early access, but it's already entertaining and worth playing.

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

Severed Steel by Greylock Studio is a single-player fps mixing the fast-phased gameplay of ultrakill and the settings of a Cyberpunk world. Playing as Steel, a clone who outlived her purposes, you will begin a journey of revenge against the people who betrayed you and reach Earth's surface.

submitted 17 days ago • 1 comment

Metallic Rogue is a love letter to science fiction: androids fighting for their freedom, humans colonizing the solar system and a war with aliens. This thread will analyze the stunning setting of this cyberpunk story, where human selfishness has led to the enslavement of androids

submitted 20 days ago • 1 comment

ANNO: Mutationem is a Chinese cyberpunk game by ThinkingStars. Ann is a girl with an unknown past, gifted with a mysterious power she cannot control. You will follow Ann through her adventure, fighting many enemies while trying to find her missing brother and uncover her past.

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Jackson's Star mining colony from Alien: Romulus, is one of the best examples of how movies can bring concept art to life. This place was perfect to begin the story; a gloomy place where miners are forced to work on the planet and seem to have no bright future. Only an unknown ship could change that

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Observer System Redux showed flawlessly how scary and gloomy the future can be. Blooper Team and their lead writer Andrzej Mądrzak wrote one of the best new cyberpunk stories with an horror twist. Rutger Hauer nailed his job as Daniel Lazarski, a great protagonist for this game.

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Jovantore is a dark fantasy manga written and drawn by Daniel Eichinger. The story begins in a dystopian future, when the protagonist, Rita, must deal with a mysterious ticking in her head. When she gives up about finding a cure, a mysterious lady gives her a clock, claiming that it will help her.

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Living in Nivalis is not easy, especially if you work for a company where any mistake or accident could cost your life. Rania just moved to Nivalis and got hired as a courier for Cloudpunk, a semi-legal delivery company, but she will have to survive a crumbling city and unravel the past of this city

submitted 27 days ago • 1 comment

Rebel Moon has everything you would expect from a space opera. A massive empire colonizing space, outcasts fighting for freedom, planets with unique settings, spaceships, and a lot of action. While the story doesn't feel like anything new, it kept me entertained until the end. And expect big fights.

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

"No_Coincidence" is a mind-blowing story set in a cyberpunk 2077 world. The writing and plot kept me hooked until the end. It is full of plot twists and well-written characters. Rafał Kosik did an incredible job with this novel, and Dilara Özden's cover for this outstanding book is a masterpiece.

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

Daughter of Light is a science fiction novel by Italian writer Giulio Coni. It tells the story of a young girl and her father trying to survive against a mysterious stone that is destroying Earth and a dangerous organization from another dimension. A mysterious power will allow them to face the odds

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Music is something we can listen to every day alone with headphones, but once it was something you used to listen to with friends or the whole neighborhood during block parties. Boomboxes are iconic items in both hip-hop culture and movies which have imprinted them in our minds. Univesity of Roma3.

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"Cuore" by Simone Pace is an Italian cyberpunk comic. Androids, once helped in developing cities and technology, but are now treated as enemies. A1M4, the protagonist, is on a journey to understand what caused these events. A story questioning the excessive use of technology to replace human labor.

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

May we never forget the atrocities committed in the past and learn not to repeat the same mistakes. We all live on the same planet, and regardless of our cultural or biological differences, it is important to remain united and refuse any hate or violence toward any community. Remembrance day, 2025.

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

Synduality Noir is a 2023-2024 anime set in a post-apocalyptic future on Earth, where humans use mechs to survive and fight monsters called Enders. This thread will briefly cover all the settlements in Synduality Noir's world and other aspects of the anime.

submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment