Cyberpunk RED is a game set in a future where technology is everywhere, even inside people. The adventures usually happen in big cities and involve gangs, cults, or powerful companies doing bad things. Characters likely have advanced robotic parts in their bodies and use futuristic weapons. If players want a game that feels modern and realistic but takes place in a dark version of the future, Cyberpunk Red might be the game for them.
Cyberpunk RED : the Roleplaying Game of the Dark Future
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Call Number: Garden Level: PS3602.U85 A68 2015
The Spires have long protected humanity, standing tall above a world filled with noble families, steam-powered machines, and magic-wielding fighters. Captain Grimm runs a merchant ship for one of the Spires. When his ship gets stranded, he teams up with others to repair the airship, but this journey takes him on an unexpected adventure.
Call Number: Video: PN1997 .A316 2013
In a different version of 1988, the Japanese government drops an atomic bomb on Tokyo after some experiments on children go wrong. Fast forward to a different 2019, where a young leader of a bike gang battles against the government and other threats to reveal the truth and rescue his friend.
Otomo, Katsuhiro. Cover image. Akira, FUNimation, 2013.
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In the twenty-fifth century, humans live all over the galaxy and have developed a technology that offers a kind of eternal life for those who can pay for it. People can save their thoughts and memories onto a data card and switch between different bodies whenever they want. An ex-government representative wakes up in a new body and finds themselves caught up in a sinister plot.
Morgan, Richard K.. Cover image. Altered Carbon, Tantor Media, Inc., 2005.
Call Number: Video: PN1997.2 .B53 2010
A blade runner has to track down four replicants who took a ship and came to Earth to look for their creator.
Scott, Ridley. Cover image. Blade Runner, Warner Home Video, 2010.
Call Number: Graphic Novels: PN6728.C95 S94 2022
This graphic novel is set in the same world as the tabletop role-playing game. It tells the story of two thieves: one is searching for a place to belong, while the other wants to rise in the criminal underworld.
Call Number: Garden Level: PN3433.6 .F36 2022
This book looks at big cities in science fiction and fantasy.
Call Number: Video: PN1997.2 .G46 2014
In this anime film, a cyborg agent is on the trail of a person who is illegally tapping into the minds of cyborg-human hybrids. As the investigation takes unexpected turns, the agent discovers more about her own identity.
Oshii, Mamoru. Cover image. Ghost in the Shell, Starz Media, 2014.
Call Number: Video: PN1997 .M48 2002
This German film takes place in a futuristic city filled with problems and follows a wealthy man and a saintly figure as they try to unite the divided classes of the city's residents.
Lang, Fritz. Cover image. Metropolis, Kino on Video, 2002.
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Inspired by Philip K. Dick's work, this film tells the story of a detective in a futuristic world where psychics are used to identify and apprehend criminals before they commit their offenses. When one of these psychics has a vision of the detective committing a crime, he must uncover the truth before his old colleagues can capture him.
Spielberg, Steven. Cover image. Minority Report, 20th Century Fox Film Corp, 2002.
Call Number: Garden Level: PS3554.I3 A6 2007
This collection by well-known science fiction writer Philip K. Dick features a story that has inspired many other works: "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"
