BLADE RUNNER

Alexis Ong Nov 18, 2020. 8 minute read

Fear of a Yellow Planet: Why We Need to Actually Understand Cyberpunk

This December, two things are bound to happen. First, CDPR will release Cyberpunk 2077 to its rabid fanbase of gamers amid concerns about labor practices at the notoriously crunchy studio. Second, we’ll see a lot of talk about race in the game, which, by virtue of its name, has become conflated with the…

John Warren Mar 12, 2020. Less than a minute

Fanbyte Morning News March 12, 2020

Here’s your audio roundup for this morning’s news! Direct link here or use the embed below. You can find our Morning, Evening, and Sunday edition short podcasts on the Fanbyte FM feed of your favorite podcatcher.

You Can Now Play the Blade Runner Game on Modern PCs

It’s time to go back to far-off, futuristic, rainy, dystopian streets of Los Angeles, November 2019 — the 1997 game adaptation of Blade Runner is now playable via ScummVM, the open-source classic adventure game loader. Westwood’s game sees players take on the role of detective Ray McCoy as he attempts to…

Jordan Mallory Jan 28, 2019. 2 minute read

5 Other Collaborations for the Mountain Goats to Consider

Today the Mountain Goats announced a new concept album in partnership with Wizards of the Coast, makers of Dungeons and Dragons and Magic: The Gathering. The album, In League with Dragons, comes out April 26 and you can listen to the first single here. Spoilers: It’s real good. A Mountain…