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[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Just play Deus Ex to see the potential ramifications. That and I know things go to the lowest bidder and I know what developers are like….

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

One of many futuristic "dystopias" that actually ended up being far too optimistic compared to reality.

"This plague...the rioting is intensifying to the point where we may not be able to contain it."

"Why contain it? Let it spill over the schools and churches, let the bodies pile up in the streets. In the end they'll beg us to save them."

Reality: "In the end they'll refuse to be vaccinated anyway."

[–] [email protected] 10 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Saw an interview with Warren Spector where he said if he was making Deus Ex today, it would be completely different, since the game they made back then would look like a documentary.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Cyberpunk dystopias are depressing because we have all of the bad stuff (corporations running everything) and none of the cool stuff (cybernetic augments).