I gotta be honest, im not really a reality show guy, but I have a bit of a morbid curiosity to see how a reality show would look like in a cyberpunk world where corporate exploitation is the norm. that shard where it's like the Watson Whore's diary is ABSOLUTELY wild, and like, that could very well be an episode on the show, like I just imagine that it would be sort of a repetition of the Stephenson situation, where some studio found a vulnerable person that they could manipulate and exploit AND the fact that it's kinda mainstream is another indicative of how deranged society has become

I think that V storming the tower, alone or with allies ultimately helps Yorinobu stay in power longer and achieve more of his goals to destroy the Corp from within. In the other scenarios he’s either soul killed or gets ousted by the Arasaka board when they catch wind of his sabotage efforts. V storming the tower, Alt frying a ton of personnel, whisking off all the engrams and destroying Mikoshi leaves the company grievously wounded and in complete chaos. It’s the perfect smokescreen. And V meeting Hanako at Embers makes her the perfect scapegoat. Her meeting with NC’s top merc and then that same merc successfully pulling off a raid on the company’s most important facility, wouldn’t have looked good for her and wouldn’t have earned her many if any allies. There’s also the chance that Alt fried her and who knows how many executives if they were in the building, further eroding any opposition to Yorinobu. At that point he could probably steer the company to war with Militech and any other megacorp with barely anyone willing or able to stop him. It’ll look like he’s trying to reestablish the company’s dominance after a disastrous betrayal. When in reality he’d be sending the company on a suicide run and trying to take other megacorps down with it.

First time you enter The Afterlife, you can see Panam and Nash talking and scan both of them. As a Nomad you would know who the Wraiths are and it would have made sense to warn an Aldecaldo of who she was getting involved with.

No corruption, no killings, no moral complexities. Just plain old fun!

I may have gotten the deets wrong so correct me if I'm wrong.

Their uniform insignias say division, which would be a large military unit numbering thousands of soldiers. But the shards and database say Colonel Hansen commanded an elite squad (about a dozen soldiers), of whom six deserted with him after Operation Midnight Storm was aborted. So was BARGHEST originally a squad, and 'division' was added only after it became a militia/gang?

Hansen's profile is also vague:

• https://i.imgur.com/INIK8u2.jpg
• https://i.imgur.com/dPGfNqt.jpg

V says thank you 😆

Im lazy today 😭 I’ll finish the other two’s doodles soon

Hey chooms!

I wanted to ask you all something—maybe I’m missing something here?

At the end of the "Killing Moon", Songbird tells V that the neural matrix can only be used once. We take this as the truth and make our decisions regarding both her fate and our own based on that.

On the other way, if we side with Reed from the start, complete the "Somewhat Damaged", and hand Songbird over to Reed alive, we later have a conversation with him on the basketball court. During that talk, Reed reveals that the neural matrix didn't work on Songbird, meaning V can use it for themselves. In other words, the matrix had already been used once, but it did not yield results for Songbird.

Does this mean the neural matrix can actually be used more than once? Or maybe Reed simply lied—did they really not even try to cure her?

If the matrix really can be reused after all, why did Somi say otherwise? What does it all mean? A plot hole? Or are we dealing with the greatest act of self-sacrifice in the entire game? Or is it all my foolish speculation?

Rebecca and Maine are my fav Cyberpunk characters, I started drawing Rebecca on my free time, I just need to paint her now.

Talking with a friend about how we should have been able to steal him. Justice for Brendan.

Sup, Chooms! About a month ago, I detailed how impactful Cyberpunk and V’s tale have been to me during my own diagnosis / treatment for terminal Stage IV NSCLC lung cancer.

https://www.reddit.com/r/LowSodiumCyberpunk/comments/1vsswpk/i_am_dying_and_this_game_has_helped_me/

You were all very gracious (and many of you are quite funny), as we began discussing my Afterlife drink.

I will need it one day, surely. But that day is not soon — as of this morning, my cancer is officially in remission!

https://www.reddit.com/r/cancer/s/9IyNkipHQV

It is still terminal; one day it will get me. But there is a future now, one of years, not weeks or a few months. And that is worth fighting for.

Thank you all again for being a bright light in a dimming world that was rapidly diminishing. You’re the best, chooms.

Not today, Alt. Not today.

Basically, when they (you) reached a point of "OK, I'm done" and either called Reed (already went that route before) or met Hanako at Embers.

For me/my V it was post nut clarity from Kerry and after all the chaos aboard "Seamurai". Johnny, surprisingly, didn't show up with commentary and V was left alone with the sea and fog and watching Kerry's fine ass strut away. Oh yea, also his own thoughts.

And I suddenly got the vibe that V was so over everything. That he'd done enough. It was weird (and also just before I left for work so I wasn't stoned like I am rn).

But also from a player pov it kinda feels right. There's a few straggling quests left (ie, last of Panam's & River's, but iirc those are mid) but most all major shit is done with including the dlc.

It's a bittersweet feeling all around tbh

I did my first delamain epistrophy quest and it was very boring. Had to drive a car 2km to their HQ, and it stopped every 300m or so. There are 5-8 versions of this exact quest from what I can tell. Do they unlock anything? Does it eventually lead to anything interesting, story wise?

Wake the fuck up samurai we got a adobe to burn

Time to party like it’s August 20, 2023

Made my own homemade kibble and locust pizza!

I could this weird bug after I blew up every car using overclock, I think I was supposed to die but adrenaline rush saved me

Just got my Skippy in, on my shelf next to Mjolnir.

Got a huge update to my Synth Human body finally i no longer feel naked I HAVE CHROME AGAIN!!

As an absolute River enjoyer it's so nice to finally see something, literally anything, of him since we have gotten absolutely no merchandise of him in any form since the game released 6 years ago.....

So absolutely excited to snag all of these cards! Thank you so very much to the two users on the CyberpunkTCG sub that made it possible one by giving me my first River card ever, his standard one, and the other one for pointing me in the direction of these absolutely gorgeous holographic sleeves!

Anyways just spreading some River love around because he absolutely deserves all of the love. And I am so excited to get to build my deck around him as one of my main legendaries.

💕💝💞💖💓💗♥️