Cyberpunk 101

Welcome to your one-stop shop for all things cyberpunk! Cyberpunk began as a subgenre of science fiction that’s “high tech and low life.” The genre generally focuses on the conflict between hackers and corrupt governments and megacorporations, in a dystopian near-future setting. Subtexts of the genre, like in William Gibson’s prophetic novel Neuromancer, often deal with the social (and occasionally economic) impacts of new technology like cybernetics.

Originally gaining popularity in the late 20th century, cyberpunk has stood the test of time, as our present-day world starts to move more and more in the direction of the fictional worlds in the aforementioned Neuromancer and Ridley Scott’s near-prophetic film Blade Runner.

Soon after its popularity rose, Cyberpunk became a designator for the freelance computer hacker, independent of the literary genre. The author who invented this term was surprised when this occurred. Cyberpunks in this sense are fundamentally a culture of hackers whom use their technological process to augment themselves, and “fite da machine”.

This page offers the essentials of cyberpunk, what the genre means, and briefly gives guides on how to utilize the cyberpunk lifestyle.

Everyday, we are proving more and more to be in a cyberpunk dystopia.

Beyond the Basics:

Movies:

• Blade Runner (1982): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083658/
• Ghost in the Shell (1995): https://myanimelist.net/anime/43/Koukaku_Kidoutai
• Akira (1988): https://myanimelist.net/anime/47/Akira
• Existenz (1999): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAdbdUt_h9M
• Dredd (2012): https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1343727/

Games:

• Cyberpunk 2077: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberpunk_2077
• Shadowrun series: https://store.catalystgamelabs.com/products/shadowrun-sixth-world-core-rulebook
• Deus Ex series: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deus_Ex:_Human_Revolution
• Transistor: https://www.supergiantgames.com/games/transistor/
• Ghostrunner: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1139900/Ghostrunner/

Books:

• Neuromancer by William Gibson: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/538861/neuromancer-by-william-gibson/
• Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/40617/do-androids-dream-of-electric-sheep-by-philip-k-dick/9780345404473
• Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/snow-crash-neal-stephenson/1100301882
• Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40792913-altered-carbon

Art & Music:

• Cyberpunk 2077 soundtrack: https://open.spotify.com/album/1B2QrHbMox8vPXUY7rXAFp
• Perturbator: https://perturbator.bandcamp.com/music
• Carpenter Brut: https://carpenterbrut.bandcamp.com/
• Jenny LeClue art: https://ariel-s-awesome.tumblr.com/post/654255713142620160/jenny-leclue-ended-up-hitting-both-my-grew-up

Deep Dive:

Cyberpunk subreddits:

• r/Cyberpunk: https://www.reddit.com/r/cyberpunkgame/
• r/Shadowrun: https://www.reddit.com/r/Shadowrun/
• r/Cyberpunk2077: https://www.reddit.com/r/cyberpunkgame/
• r/Edgerunners: https://www.reddit.com/r/edgerunners/

Cyberpunk blogs & websites:

• Neon Dystopia: https://www.facebook.com/neondystopia/
• A Critical Look at Cyberpunk: https://cyberpunk.fandom.com/wiki/Critical_Error_%28perk%29
• The Cyberpunk Database: https://cyberpunkdatabase.net/

Podcasts:

• Cyberpunk: Down The Rabbit Hole: https://soundcloud.com/myuu/down-the-rabbit-hole
• Glitch in the System: https://open.spotify.com/show/6wc9yNagdvauJ3NJf1pwpS
• Shadowrun: Sprawl Talk: https://www.rpgpub.com/threads/shadowrun-in-the-sprawl.2371/

Explore the neon labyrinth with these sections:

• Cyberpunk:

  • FAQ: https://sizeof.cat/post/cyberpunk-faq/
  • What is /cyb/erpunk?: https://pastebin.com/pmn9vzWZ
  • How do I into /cyb/erpunk?: https://pastebin.com/5tpNFQds
  • Huge list of cyberpunk media: https://sizeof.cat/post/cyberpunk/
  • The cyberdeck: https://pastebin.com/7fE4BVBg
  • Cyberlife: https://jinteki.industries/files/cyberlife.7z
  • Bibliothek: https://www.mediafire.com/folder/4m5hd2065hde8/Bibliothek

• Reverse Engineering:

  • Getting into /re/: https://wiki.installgentoo.com/wiki/Reverse_Engineering

• Security:

  • “Shit just got real”: https://pastebin.com/rqrLK6X0
  • Cybersecurity basics: https://wiki.installgentoo.com/wiki/Cybersecurity_-_/sec/_guide
  • and armory: https://wiki.installgentoo.com/wiki/Cybersecurity_-_basics_and_armory
  • learning: https://wiki.installgentoo.com/wiki/Cybersecurity_-_Learning/News/CTFs
  • Reference books (PW: ABD52oM8T1fghmY0): https://mega.nz/#F!YigVhZCZ!RznVxTiA0iN-N6Ps01pEJw
  • PDFs: https://mega.nz/#F!zGJT1QQQ!O-8yiH845GN26ajAvkoLkA
  • EFF anti-surveillance: https://ssd.eff.org/
  • Other library: https://mega.nz/file/UCgEGAjb#rwNcnMAQCUUbSp8supsFvn9QEHCWUW86eLcZa16ZG4Y

• Privacy:

  • Tools: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/tools/
  • Hitchhiker’s Guide: https://anonymousplanet.org/guide.html
  • Hardware: https://ryf.fsf.org/products
  • Frontends: https://wiki.installgentoo.com/wiki/Privacy_friendly_frontends
  • OSINT Guide: https://inteltechniques.com/index.html
  • Firmware: https://libreboot.org/
  • RMS: https://stallman.org/facebook.html

• Hackerman General:

  • VM/CTFs:
    • http://overthewire.org/wargames/bandit/ - easy beginner
    • https://www.vulnhub.com/ - prebroken images
    • https://www.hackthebox.eu/ - super secret club
  • Huge info dump: https://hmg.neocities.org/

Stay Frosty, Choom!

Remember, the streets may be mean, but the data’s free. Now go forth and explore the neon labyrinth, glitch the system, and rewrite the future!

Don’t get lost in the neon shadows, runner. Use these resources wisely, hack the system, and carve your own path in the cyberpunk world!

Contributing:

If you have resources you think belong in this list, feel free to contribute! Fork the repository, make your changes, and submit a pull request.

Remember:

The journey into the cyberpunk world is yours to forge. Hack the system, stay vigilant, and enjoy the ride!