Poll: Steampunk or cyberpunk?

[Firia]

Up yers, steam power! Gimme my cyberarms, optical enhancements, and all that good stuff. I wanna be a human that looks as sleek and sexy as any product on the market, but as good if not better than olympians! Hells to the yes!

 

[Firia]

and it saddens me that so very few people understand what Cyberpunk is... Most people just guess it has to do with the futuristic setting...

I'm sad that almost twice as many voters (thusfar) prefer steampunk over Cyberpunk. I suspect that has to to with pop culture among the gaming community. Right now, for whatever reason, steampunk themes are popping up all over the place, from costumes to games, comics, to, well, I dunno. Steampunk goes largely unnoticed by me, other than its increased trend being noticed.

I wonder though, if we were to turn back the clock say, 10 years and ask the same question if we'd get the same responce. I'd have almost as much of the same popular cyberpunk books, movies, games (baring releases that came after 10 years, natch). So the content of the genre really wouldn't have altered much, but I imagine it'd be much more popular. Go back to the 80's and I would bet hard cash that it would win out every time.

So, Steampunk is popular right now for now. I hope to throw my hat into the ring of cyberpunk contributers soon. Through written and illustrated means! If my efforts if that field are popular, I may take it on to a new level!

 

[ikrit]

Much as I love Ghost in the Shell and Lain, I simply cannot resist a good zeppelin.

 

[Wutaiflea]

I couldn't choose. I love both genres.

 

[SageSteven]

I love steam-punk. It has produced great comics like girl genius and wonderful games like Mission: Red Planet (Steam Punk in space!).

http://hillep.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/tegelased.jpg

 

[Hashime]

Cyber punk, a belt made of RAM is way cooler.

 

[mr_rubino]

and it saddens me that so very few people understand what Cyberpunk is... Most people just guess it has to do with the futuristic setting...

I'm sad that almost twice as many voters (thusfar) prefer steampunk over Cyberpunk. I suspect that has to to with pop culture among the gaming community. Right now, for whatever reason, steampunk themes are popping up all over the place, from costumes to games, comics, to, well, I dunno. Steampunk goes largely unnoticed by me, other than its increased trend being noticed.

I wonder though, if we were to turn back the clock say, 10 years and ask the same question if we'd get the same responce. I'd have almost as much of the same popular cyberpunk books, movies, games (baring releases that came after 10 years, natch). So the content of the genre really wouldn't have altered much, but I imagine it'd be much more popular. Go back to the 80's and I would bet hard cash that it would win out every time.

So, Steampunk is popular right now for now. I hope to throw my hat into the ring of cyberpunk contributers soon. Through written and illustrated means! If my efforts if that field are popular, I may take it on to a new level!

I saw a bunch of people complaining how overexposed steampunk is on some article like a year ago, and I'm wondering the same thing I do now: Where is all this media you speak of where steampunk is mainstream and all the rage?
Geez, one guy was acting like steampunk had raped his mother because people dared to assume he liked steampunk just because he had a website dedicated to pulp comics from the 30s and 40s. Teh horrah.

 

[snowman6251]

I like steampunk more. Cyberpunk just feels like straight up generic sci-fi. Steampunk is both technologically advanced and technologically shit at the same time. It makes it feel unique.

 

[Marowit]

Cyberpunk...and hopefully Deus Ex Revolutions will be a good cyberpunk game with an open-ish world *shakes dice*

 

[Arachon]

I suppose that depends on the premiss: Are we considering these -punks to be full-fledged genres, thus free of certain restrictions, or are they sub-genres of sf&f?

I'd say they're subgenres, very well characterised, but sebgenres nevertheless.

 

[The Boy in the Hat]

Steampunk FTW. Ruling the world with boiled water, cumbersome flying machines and old-fashioned language

 

[Arctodus_Simus]

Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you...


Steampunk at its finest.

Magnificent

I bought a massive compilation of shorts off Amazon just for this one; also I hear there's supposed to be more? OR more being made? Or something.

One can only hope!

I believe more are being made, but they've been in production for years now...

Brill!

*holds hope in heart*

Out of curiosity, have you ever seen...


This?

Hehe, eels...

 

[Hassao]

I love steampunk and it's clothing.

 

[Crystal Cuckoo]

Cyberpunk is dirty, unclean and generally ugly... Whereas Steampunk is shiny, pristine and golden. See Blade Runner and any Steampunk text for reference.

So yeah, Steampunk all the way!

 

[Nolanp01]

I like both, as an example for Steampunk, Arcanum.
Cyberpunk, Ghost In the Shell [1st season and eh, didn't like the movies]

 

[Twad]

I like both, Ghost in the Shell is a perfect example of cyber punk and Bioshock for steam punk.
I can't decide!

Me too. Both are good.

 

[Andantil]

Schizotech.

Spoiler

but if I really have to pick a side, Cyberpunk.

 

[Sir Prize]

Steampunk, it's more interesting look like and tends to be more colourful.