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So, I kind of want to solo a cyberpunk game and as part of my prep, I wrote up a spark list to inspire some ideas. I didn't want to use a lot of the same cyberpunkish words that are prevalent, although I did incorporate some. Instead, I looked at cyberpop band names and albums and used those as my main word-source.
These are the ten words they sparked:
Sophie's Quest - this sounds like it could be a band. Or a tv show. Or a VR game. I'm thinking their music would be retro. A sort of soft counterpoint to the harsh futuristic world? Or if it's a show or a game, it's a historical romance set somewhere romantic like Scotland or Wales. Maybe Australia?
Industrial Fungi - there are a surprising amount of industrial uses for fungi in the present and their use and versatility witll probably only increase in the future. I can see genemoded fungi being an expensive commodity. Maybe something corporations and nations would kill to possess?
Pink Bitch - this is a brand name. Started as female street ware and now it's a couture brand for the rich and tragically hip. Real fashionistas wouldn't be caught dead wearing this trash.
Kyoto Brigade - a terror group maybe? Something militaristic. A legendary merc company?
Electric 13 - I have no idea. Maybe mysteriously significant graffiti showing up around the world? A sort of cyberpunkish 'Killroy Was Here?' Reference to a secret global conspiracy akin to the Illuminati? Or maybe just the Top 13 Electricity producers in the world. Again, I have no fucking idea.
Trevor Pink - Obviously, some kind of entertainment program host. With a name like Trevor Pink how could he not be? Popular across all levels of society. Maybe a trusted and beloved social commentor, able to gently put the corporations and governments in their place? I'm getting Ceasar Flickerman vibes off of him.
Cyborg Bomber - Just what the name says. A person with explosive cybernetics. But maybe not. Maybe instead of blowing things up, they release a fatal burst of viral malware that can disable or destroy critical cyberstructure nodes? That sounds more interesting than human bombs, at any rate.
Electric Yellow - A color. A drug. A virtual drug? Maybe something people download through their eyes that affects their brains if they've got cyerware? There'd probably be really good shit for the rich and dangerous bootleg copies for the poor. Maybe the good stuff is legal but the bad copies are illegal?
Cyber Brigade - Cyber means something very different to me, but I'm a fossil. I'm thinking this is a slang term for VR sex workers, as a group. Desperate people getting lonely, horny strangers off in VR for cash. Not a great term. Akin to 'otaku' in Japan. "Oh man. Did you hear? Stella's hit rock bottom and joined the cyber brigade!" Probably legal. Probably safer than flesh-to-flesh sex in a lot of places.
Android's Shadow - This is a bar. It is definitely a bar. The kind of dive that caters mainly to vets and mercs. Dank. Dirty. Dimly lit. No food except bar snacks and no whores you'd wanna fuck skin-to-skin. A place you come to drink and do business and then get the fuck out and take a long hot bath with plenty of sanitizing soap.
Hmmm.
These are the ten words they sparked:
Sophie's Quest - this sounds like it could be a band. Or a tv show. Or a VR game. I'm thinking their music would be retro. A sort of soft counterpoint to the harsh futuristic world? Or if it's a show or a game, it's a historical romance set somewhere romantic like Scotland or Wales. Maybe Australia?
Industrial Fungi - there are a surprising amount of industrial uses for fungi in the present and their use and versatility witll probably only increase in the future. I can see genemoded fungi being an expensive commodity. Maybe something corporations and nations would kill to possess?
Pink Bitch - this is a brand name. Started as female street ware and now it's a couture brand for the rich and tragically hip. Real fashionistas wouldn't be caught dead wearing this trash.
Kyoto Brigade - a terror group maybe? Something militaristic. A legendary merc company?
Electric 13 - I have no idea. Maybe mysteriously significant graffiti showing up around the world? A sort of cyberpunkish 'Killroy Was Here?' Reference to a secret global conspiracy akin to the Illuminati? Or maybe just the Top 13 Electricity producers in the world. Again, I have no fucking idea.
Trevor Pink - Obviously, some kind of entertainment program host. With a name like Trevor Pink how could he not be? Popular across all levels of society. Maybe a trusted and beloved social commentor, able to gently put the corporations and governments in their place? I'm getting Ceasar Flickerman vibes off of him.
Cyborg Bomber - Just what the name says. A person with explosive cybernetics. But maybe not. Maybe instead of blowing things up, they release a fatal burst of viral malware that can disable or destroy critical cyberstructure nodes? That sounds more interesting than human bombs, at any rate.
Electric Yellow - A color. A drug. A virtual drug? Maybe something people download through their eyes that affects their brains if they've got cyerware? There'd probably be really good shit for the rich and dangerous bootleg copies for the poor. Maybe the good stuff is legal but the bad copies are illegal?
Cyber Brigade - Cyber means something very different to me, but I'm a fossil. I'm thinking this is a slang term for VR sex workers, as a group. Desperate people getting lonely, horny strangers off in VR for cash. Not a great term. Akin to 'otaku' in Japan. "Oh man. Did you hear? Stella's hit rock bottom and joined the cyber brigade!" Probably legal. Probably safer than flesh-to-flesh sex in a lot of places.
Android's Shadow - This is a bar. It is definitely a bar. The kind of dive that caters mainly to vets and mercs. Dank. Dirty. Dimly lit. No food except bar snacks and no whores you'd wanna fuck skin-to-skin. A place you come to drink and do business and then get the fuck out and take a long hot bath with plenty of sanitizing soap.
Hmmm.
