Conference season (the first post PhD)
“You must enjoy all that time off in the summer.” I am not sure just how many times I have explained to my parents that summer is, for those research-orientated, just as busy as the rest of the year. Conference season starts in full force, and it’s also time to catch up on all of…
The third and (maybe) final year
Reflecting on what it means to be in the final year of the PhD.
Checking in before third year
I have, inevitably, been remiss with updating the blog and promoting my own biopunk work. Too busy to play games, too busy to update my own website. Yet, given that the third and (potentially) final year of the PhD will soon be upon me, it felt about time to check whether I could remember my…
Reflections on the first year of a PhD
The time is drawing closer, the time where I will be officially into my second year of my PhD, only I have no real idea of where that time has gone. Working at home during a pandemic certainly does not help separate the days but time feels more defined by books. Time before the Foucault…
A big few weeks ahead for biopunk games
Waiting for biopunk games can feel a bit like waiting for a bus. Nothing for a while, and then all of a sudden three rock up. The next few weeks are going to be huge for fans of the biopunk subgenre. Here are some of the games just around the corner: New Pokémon Snap (out…
How biopunk is Mass Effect?
If I intend to research Mass Effect as a work of ‘biopunk’ then it seemed logical to figure out just how many plots ticked the biopunk box. Unfortunately, this meant doing the one thing I hate the most: compiling spreadsheets. It was a necessary evil. Mass Effect has so many plots, plot devices and themes…
Cyberpunk 2077 – a complicated emotional journey
Confronting suicide [Content note: discussion of suicide, transmisia, misogyny and ableism] “Make sure the choice is yours” everyone in Cyberpunk 2077 keeps repeating. V walks over to the table, picks up the pills and the gun, and goes to the roof to ponder the next move. And it is a big decision, because at this…
The best biopunk stories of 2020
It’s been a strange year for biopunk fans, as a global pandemic dominated our lives for almost all of the year. Suddenly, the type of plots we love to read became a frightening reality we had to live with. But that did not stop a plethora of biopunk stories being released in 2020, or dampen…
Relevant Roundup #3
Cyberpunk 2077 comes under scrutiny After a poor launch with refunds being offered for digital copies and accusations of transmisia in the game, Cyberpunk 2077 has been one of the biggest disappointments of the year, for anyone who actually believed the hype. Things have gone from bad to worse in recent days, as management were…
Relevant Roundup #2
A look at some of the discussions on biopunk and gaming. TMNT: The Last Ronin Forrest C. Helvie (at Gamesradar) reviews the first issue of the latest instalment to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series. The Last of Us 2 and when the audience outgrows their characters Maddy Myders reviews The Last of Us 2,…
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