Bodymods and Mirrorshades: A Cyberpunk Primer

With just a few days between us and the madness and splendor of E3, the internet’s collective nerd scream over CD Projeckt Red’s Cyberpunk 2077 is still whistling through server farms the world over. The game promises groundbreaking design, maps, and playstyle, but right now viewers are either openly frothing at the mouth or reserving judgement as we lick the old wounds still left by No Man’s Sky. More than likely, a bit of both.

Because we won’t be getting more than a trailer and descriptions of an hour of gameplay (which… really? We’re not gonna see…