Monthly Archives: April 2014
World Building: BattleFrames
With BattleFrames, we diverge a little from classic cyberpunk tropes, and into Anime territory. BattleFrames were first discussed here. Cyberpunk-styled Anime, such as Ghost in the Shell and Mobile Police Patlabor, heavily inspired aspects of Glass Shadows. Additional inspiration came from reading about military exoskeleton projects. Thus was born the BattleFrame. These series mixed classic […]
#RPGNet Interview transcript
[19:32] <+Paul_Caughell> Hi everybody, My name is Paul Caughell. Together with the currently-still-on-his-way-home T. Dave Silva, my Co-author, I have created the Glass Shadows RPG, which we’re here to answer questions about tonight. [19:33] <+Paul_Caughell> Glass Shadows provides updated take on classic cyberpunk and transhumanist ideas. Designed to inspire strange and fun stories, Glass Shadows […]
#RPGNet Interview with Paul Caughell and T. Dave Silva
Click the link to see a Q&A session we attended with Dan Davenport on the #RPGNet IRC Channel! http://gmshoe.wordpress.com/2014/04/24/qa-paul-caughell-t-david-silva-glass-shadows/
World Building: The Datasea and Hackers
Of all the Cyberpunk concepts one of the most iconic is cyberspace. Even cybernetics take a backseat to the way the net defined the genre. We first talked about the Datasea here. Glass Shadows ramps up the Net. Here, the Datasea is a ubiquitous, always on, wireless network which permeates all aspects of modern life. […]
World Building: Genegineering
It’s time to look at alternatives to Cybernetics. We originally discussed Genegineering here. Genegineering began with the concept of cloned bodies, available for sale or rent for digitized human consciousness. Thus was born the idea of the Kevin™ and Kate™ model clones, their faces representative of a generically wholesome brand name. However, life would be […]
World Building: Cybernetics
Cyberpunk and Cybernetics have been a mated pair from the beginning. I had a number of goals when it came to cybernetics and Glass Shadows. In addition to the traditional chrome and steel, I wanted to offer an alternative to implanting hardware. We call it Genegineering, more on that next week. We originally covered cybernetics […]
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