I hear that! It was especially good if neon-filled dystopia offered a way to be pertinent or at least meaningful in a present devoid of personality. I can make a difference to my collective or chosen tribe. I stand by the idea that saying cyberpunk is dead is akin to saying futurism is dead. It’s just that the aesthetic represented by the term requires change.

Officially staking my claim on ‘retro-cyberpunk’ as a term. I know trademarking it would embody exactly what it avoids so…meh…