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Why do we love cyberpunk? What is so special about it?

Why do we love cyberpunk? What is so special about it?

Have you ever wondered why people love cyberpunk? Let's deep dive into its stylistic origins - the form and the substance. Cyberpunk is a genre of dystopian science fiction based in a near future (or …

Categories: Thoughts
Ghost in the Shell of Hong Kong

Ghost in the Shell of Hong Kong

Have you seen Ghost in the Shell? Not 2017 action movie, but 1995 original anime. You definitely should, it's a cyberpunk classic.

Categories: Asia Hong Kong
Rich upper levels VS poor lower levels of Bangkok

Rich upper levels VS poor lower levels of Bangkok

Many sci-fi works follow the same pattern describing cities of the future - multiple vertical levels with different social-economic groups occupying each level. You know, upper levels are occupied by …

Categories: Asia Thailand
Tianjin: a cyberpunk Manhattan 30 minutes off Beijing

Tianjin: a cyberpunk Manhattan 30 minutes off Beijing

Tianjin has districts that look like were built in late 19th century London and Amsterdam or early 20th century New York City. The trick is those buildings are just 3–5 years old.

Categories: Asia China
Tianjin: a cyberpunk Manhattan 30 minutes off Beijing

Tianjin: a cyberpunk Manhattan 30 minutes off Beijing

There is a city in eastern China, where slum-like neighborhoods stand just across of financial district's skyscrapers, where chaotic markets and brothels neighbor luxurious estates and shopping malls. …

Categories: Asia China
Large Hadron Collider Operated by Monkeys

Large Hadron Collider Operated by Monkeys

Bangkok is a purest form of "High Tech, Low Life" narrative I've ever seen, because of being both super-futuristic and culturally retarded at same time.

Categories: Asia Thailand
Hong Kong Noir

Hong Kong Noir

Are you the one who loves film noir aesthetics? Urban environment, rain-soaked streets, flickering street lamps, neon signs and traffic lights. Seedy taverns, diners, and run-down buildings, …

Categories: Asia Hong Kong
The Future is Now in Guangzhou

The Future is Now in Guangzhou

Have you heard of Guangdong (also called Canton)? It is one of most developed provinces of mainland China with GDP similar to Mexico. I bet you read these lines on a device fully or partially …

Categories: Asia China
Hong Kong Alleyways

Hong Kong Alleyways

Have you ever considered alleyways as something aesthetically pleasant? Those back alleys are nothing worth exploring in most of the cities, but in Hong Kong it is a fascinating piece of local …

Categories: Asia Hong Kong
Dystopian Beijing

Dystopian Beijing

If somebody have told me I'd freak out because of armed military pointing their guns on me and I walk away through neon-lightened rainy streets, I'd tell it sounds like a cliched cyberpunk novel. But …

Categories: Asia China