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submitted 1 month ago by Hammerjack@lemmy.zip to c/cyberpunk@lemmy.zip

This isn't exactly a recommendation for BloodNet, it's more of me just complaining that it's the only cyberpunk vampire property I'm aware of. And the gameplay looks really boring, with barely any vampires involved.

You'd think a filthy neon-lit undercity full of high-tech low-lifes would be perfect hunting grounds for vampires, yet I don't know of any real cyberpunk vampire stories.

I don't consider Ultraviolet to be an especially cyberpunk movie, or for hemophages to be vampires. Also the movie is bad. Are there any Shadowrun novels with vampires, maybe? Seems like that would fit pretty well.

I tried googling for other cyberpunk vampire stories just in case I was forgetting something and I guess there's a Cyberpunk 2020 expansion called Night's Edge which has vampires in it. That's cool, although I'd prefer a narrative story.

In my search I also found a new series called The Cybernetic Vampire which I'm hoping is exactly what I'm looking for. But the kindle book is only one dollar and it's 650+ pages long. I'm pretty wary if the author thinks his 650+ pages of effort are only worth one dollar, but I'll probably give it a try given my lack of any other choices.

Do you know of any other cyberpunk stories that feature vampires?

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[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 8 points 1 month ago

Huh... Until this post, I thought Ultraviolet was the only vampire cyberpunk media in existence.

[-] Hammerjack@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago

And how depressing is that?? For Ultraviolet to be the best example of cyberpunk vampires. So disappointing.

[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The one good thing I always keep in mind about Ultraviolet is that it was better than Aeon Flux and even felt more like the Aeon Flux cartoon than the AF movie did.

Although that might be even more depressing if you're a hardcore Aeon Flux fan.

[-] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Daybreakers is a debatably cyberpunk vampire movie. The corporate exploitation vibes are spot-on

[-] Hammerjack@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago

I would say Daybreakers is definitely a sci-fi vampire movie (of which there also aren't many) but I personally wouldn't call it cyberpunk. Maybe there's a twist I don't remember, but I thought the corporation was simply trying to keep up with demand, not that they were doing anything outright evil to increase profits.

[-] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 month ago

They were farming and oppressing humans and trying to monetize/monopolize artificial blood, IIRC. Been a long time since I last saw it, though

[-] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 3 points 1 month ago

That's the one I was thinking of.

[-] JTskulk@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

The Firefall series kinda fits the bill. The first book is called Blindsight, the second Echopraxia. It's maybe not so much cyberpunk in that society is mostly absent from the books, but it is in the future with some crazy technology and there are vampires.

[-] Orangerot@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 month ago

I think of "Blade" when I think of vampire movies. But probably won't fit the cyberpunk genre..

[-] Hammerjack@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

Yeah, as much as I enjoy Blade, I don't think there's any way I could justify it being cyberpunk. At least there's !vampires@lemmy.zip for those movies!

[-] Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

The Dresden Files vampires don't exactly fit, but you did make me think of White court/Red court vampires

[-] wildncrazyguy138@fedia.io 2 points 1 month ago

One of my favorite podcasts was on this subject, it’s worth a listen. https://www.stephenwinter.me/adventures-in-america

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What is Cyberpunk?

Cyberpunk is a science-fiction sub-genre dealing with the integration of society and technology in dystopian settings. Often referred to as “low-life and high tech,” Cyberpunk stories deal with outsiders (punks) who fight against the oppressors in society (usually mega corporations that control everything) via technological means (cyber). If the punks aren’t actively fighting against a megacorp, they’re still dealing with living in a world completely dependent on high technology.

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