Retrofuturism
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Retrofuturism
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#2I think of Bioshock when I see that word
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#3I’d be curious if there is someone designing art or tech in this style.
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#4I think of Bioshock when I see that word
Agreed, as in: Steampunk is actually a form of retrofuturism
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#5I’d be curious if there is someone designing art or tech in this style.
Cyberdecks[0] come to mind. There seems to be quite an active modding scene; I remember seeing a few Pi-based ones recently.
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#6I think of Bioshock when I see that word
Agreed, as in: Steampunk is actually a form of retrofuturism
The Wikipedia article does describe steampunk as a high-profile example.
Also interesting to note the two non-distinct forms of retrofuturism: "the future as seen from the past" and "the past as seen from the future". Steampunk is an example of the latter.
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#7I’d be curious if there is someone designing art or tech in this style.
Zillions of people. Usually it gets called steampunk (18xx) or dieselpunk (193x-194x). 195x-6x futurism usually ends up going very Googie. And we’re starting to see 70s/80s retrofuturism, mostly I’d say the word associated with that is vaporwave.
More art than actual tech, and most of the tech is one-off hand-built stuff.
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#8my favorite style of art!
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#9I’d be curious if there is someone designing art or tech in this style.
Zillions of people. Usually it gets called steampunk (18xx) or dieselpunk (193x-194x). 195x-6x futurism usually ends up going very Googie. And we’re starting to see 70s/80s retrofuturism, mostly I’d say the word associated with that is vaporwave. More art than actual tech, and most of the tech is one-off hand-built stuff.
Would cyberpunk count as 90s retrofuturism? Or have we decided it hits too close to home for present times?
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#10I’d be curious if there is someone designing art or tech in this style.
Zillions of people. Usually it gets called steampunk (18xx) or dieselpunk (193x-194x). 195x-6x futurism usually ends up going very Googie. And we’re starting to see 70s/80s retrofuturism, mostly I’d say the word associated with that is vaporwave. More art than actual tech, and most of the tech is one-off hand-built stuff.
Cassette Futurism for the '80s. https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CassetteFuturism