 NYC2123 - Online cyberpunk comic, Where's my Wi-Fi medula? |
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 Aug 18 2005, 12:23 PM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 639 Joined: 22-April 02 Member No.: 2,638  |
Found it over on Boing Boing. I've only read a few panels so far, but it definitely sounds like something the demented freaks on DS would like ;).
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Aug 18 2005, 12:38 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 745 Joined: 26-July 03 From: Montréal, QC, Canada Member No.: 5,029 |
Wow, this is actually significantly less cheesy than I feared it would be. :) Thanks for the link!
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Aug 18 2005, 02:41 PM
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panda! Group: Members Posts: 10,331 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242 |
this is nice, damn nice!
i loved the way she was dealing with the net. kinda like a mix between gibson and present day. staying on the outside rather then going inside but still having that old school matrix feel :P |
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Aug 18 2005, 02:41 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 944 Joined: 19-February 03 Member No.: 4,128 |
Nice!
Subtle too, 60 frames, and only one gun in sight. Can't wait for September now. |
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Aug 18 2005, 02:48 PM
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panda! Group: Members Posts: 10,331 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242 |
btw, did people notice the kicks towards open source?
the drug patch was under GPL for crying out loud :D combo that with anything open source being illegal and i was laughing my sanity out :silly: and the coffin nails had varying levels of hash in them, cute. and that smoke "alarm" telling people about it being illegal to smoke inside ;) i wonder if that applyed to private apartments to :P this baby is cyberpunk indeed, just like cyberpunk is supposed to be. as in a present day commentary by taking everything a generation or two into the future and giving it a dystopian spin :cyber: |
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Jun 13 2006, 09:19 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 216 Joined: 6-August 03 From: Polish Ghetto Member No.: 5,342 |
http://www.nyc2123.com/
Friend'o'mine told me about it. It's really cool. But not updated lately :( . |
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Jun 13 2006, 09:53 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,095 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Ontari-airee-o Member No.: 1,115 |
check out the other links in http://forums.dumpshock.com/index.php?showtopic=12762
I have a few more to add in there. |
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Jun 13 2006, 10:10 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 11,410 Joined: 1-October 03 From: Pittsburgh Member No.: 5,670 |
it's really good. the only thing that i don't really like is how "fresh off the headlines" the details are. Wi-Fi, Blackwater--most of the terminology is modern, as opposed to futuristic. i mean, the comic is set more than a century in the future, y'know?
but that's a nitpick. the comic's damn good. |
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Jun 14 2006, 01:00 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 134 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Seattle Member No.: 1,525 |
I am afraid I'll have to differ, mfb. The comic has its moments for certain. It is also certainly better than no comic. Overall, I would say it is worth a read. However, it is a little too "Gibson" for my taste. You know, "Mix one part buzz word with one part pseudo technical term and finally one part depressed character who is also apparently the best ever. Shake and package with noir delivery." Gibson was pretty cookie-cutter even at his best. So I am not really making a compliment.
I mean, the Black Death? Dispersed by Cloned Fleas, on Cloned Rats? Does the next story arc have Neo Nazis or a return of Stalin v2.0? Additionally, echo your comment about headline grabbing. Still, to any reading this who have not taken a look at it, I would give it a try. It is not long enough at this point to really become grating for its flaws so it is overall enjoyable if you just accept the fact that it is going to be somewhat of a groaner most of the way through. The good moments it does have are worth looking at. |
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Jun 14 2006, 01:12 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,479 Joined: 6-May 05 From: Idaho Member No.: 7,377 |
Thanks for cueing me into this, I enjoyed it.
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Jun 14 2006, 02:10 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,507 Joined: 27-January 05 From: ...and I'm all out of bubblegum Member No.: 7,021 |
Nice homage (or extended middle finger, depending on your perspective) to Lucas in that 5th set.
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Jun 14 2006, 02:19 AM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,013 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
I'm afraid that, like Raskolnikov, I will also have to differ. Maybe it's because I've been exposed to this way the hell too much recently, but what I've read thus far reads like tripe from someone who desperately needs their Slashdot account canceled. Not that we've seen any editions of games with that problem recently. ~J |
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Jun 14 2006, 04:50 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,901 Joined: 19-June 03 Member No.: 4,775 |
I'm afraid I have to agree with Kage. I found it enjoyable, and it does certain things pretty damn well, but overall, the writing isn't great, and there is too much I Just Read About That On Digg.
However, in its defence, it is just about infinitely better than any other cyberpunk webcomic I have ever seen. |
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Jun 14 2006, 10:16 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 216 Joined: 6-August 03 From: Polish Ghetto Member No.: 5,342 |
Platinum - thx for link :)
EDIT: And I don't like that critique by Kage. I often heard similiar things about Shadowrun. IMHO - either you "buy everything that they sell" or negates whole product. me think, NYC is good product (and really great thing, if you count open source licence ;) ). |
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Jun 14 2006, 10:57 AM
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Shadowrun Setting Nerd Group: Banned Posts: 3,632 Joined: 28-June 05 From: Pissing on pedestrians from my electronic ivory tower. Member No.: 7,473 |
Yeah, I think that was the point of, "Not that we've seen any editions of games with that problem recently." |
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Jun 14 2006, 01:12 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,013 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
Though I disagree with that entire premise, in this case it's irrelevant—IMO, the buzzword bingo is bad enough to, indeed, negate the entire product and then some. ~J |
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Jun 14 2006, 02:34 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,013 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
File Marilith under modern-day.
If you want to see how a normal group interacts, there's always 8-bit theatre… ~J |
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Jun 14 2006, 03:11 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,095 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Ontari-airee-o Member No.: 1,115 |
Added it ... and moved UFX to modern day as well. (doesn't ufx write Marilith ?)
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Jun 14 2006, 03:14 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,013 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
Doubt it. Same guy who does Krakow Studios, though.
~J |
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Jun 14 2006, 10:13 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 216 Joined: 6-August 03 From: Polish Ghetto Member No.: 5,342 |
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Jun 14 2006, 11:55 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,013 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
That made no sense whatsoever, but that's ok.
~J |
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Jun 15 2006, 03:22 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,095 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Ontari-airee-o Member No.: 1,115 |
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Jun 15 2006, 06:36 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 11,410 Joined: 1-October 03 From: Pittsburgh Member No.: 5,670 |
i dunno. i mean, maybe my expectations are just lower than y'all's, when it comes to comics. when i see story elements like "zomgz teh blakc deths!!1!" i just accept that it's retarded and keep going. the art's neat, the dialogue's pretty good, the story ideas aren't too bad (with the caveat that the specific details are distractingly unfuturistic). if it were a novel, or god forbid, a game setting, i'd apply different standards, i guess.
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Jun 15 2006, 11:30 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 134 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Seattle Member No.: 1,525 |
Maybe you are just missing some of the dialogue gems. For instance, when the experienced old-school team leader asks the hacker how she can watch so many channels at once (because apparently he does not have exposure to brain implants?) and she replies "parallel processing." He reposts, quite cleverly, "Whatever."
The "Whatever," reply is a little too common in the strip for me. They use it whenever they want to have a character make exposition but not turn it into an actual conversation. There are better ways to insert exposition. |
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