Question of the Day, August 2, 2010
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I am really not a fan of any of the "punks", whether they be steam/cyber, or whatever. Nothing against them in particular, just the fact that everybody on the internet fucking loves it, and they can be rather annoying about it, just turns me off to the whole idea.
...and the art style usually looks pretty stupid to me.
...and the art style usually looks pretty stupid to me.
I love it. In fact almost anything with the 'punk' suffix tends to float my boat, cyberpunk being the favourite.
That being said, it can on occasion be a way of shoehorning 'inventiveness' into an otherwise ordinary story or setting. Therefore, I'm very pleased that it's one genre that the mainstream (especially movies) hasn't cottoned onto yet and ruined.
That being said, it can on occasion be a way of shoehorning 'inventiveness' into an otherwise ordinary story or setting. Therefore, I'm very pleased that it's one genre that the mainstream (especially movies) hasn't cottoned onto yet and ruined.
I love steampink.
Here is some Dr. Steel for you steampunk lovers!
http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=6C7alYiQep8&playnext=1&videos=HjHkoLYH1ko
Here is some Dr. Steel for you steampunk lovers!
http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=6C7alYiQep8&playnext=1&videos=HjHkoLYH1ko
I love it, cyberpunk may be the more visually colourful, but Steampunk is for sure the thinking man's punk.
It would be nice to see more of it in games though...
It would be nice to see more of it in games though...
Because 99% of steampunk is just adding on unnecessary dials and knobs. It looks fucking atrocious, and yet everyone says "It's so great and awesome!" Why?Blue-State said:
There's a reason steam was replaced as a power source, and that's because it's shit. So you can't even pretend it's viable.
Most of the time people don't do it right[footnote]But when they do, it can look good. But that is the case with everything, and goes without saying.[/footnote] yet people still say it's awesome simply by the fact that it has the word steampunk in the name. I could poo on a clock, throw some gears on it and spraypaint it bronze, and I would have half the internet salivating over it. It's like most super-modern art. Fucking pretentious and pointless.
Steampunk is among my favourite styles, especially dress-wise. I need me a long pale coat and some goggles, just for the hell of it. 
I enjoy it. I love the rustic and old-timey feeling it gives off with the gears and the copper colors.
One thing that bemuses me about Steampunk is that it's often set during the "Empire" where England controlled most of the world, allegedly. I don't think I've ever seen a truly "American" steampunk or a "Japanese" steampunk.
Australian's had it during Mad Max and the like but can anyone point me towards an "American" steampunk that isn't post-nuke or Wild West?
Australian's had it during Mad Max and the like but can anyone point me towards an "American" steampunk that isn't post-nuke or Wild West?
Love the art, but the only representative I've read of the fiction was "The Difference Engine" back in 1996, give or take a year, and I disliked that book. The first third was dull, the second third was pretty good, and the last third seemed superfluous. Felt like the story ended two hundred pages before the book did. And the epilogue was just gibberish.
