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Cyberpunk (collectible Card Game)
''Cyberpunk: The Collectible Card Game'', also known as ''Cyberpunk, the CCG'' and ''Cyberpunk CCG'', is an out-of-print collectible card game designed by Peter J. Wacks, based on R. Talsorian Games' dystopian near-future role-playing game ''Cyberpunk 2020''. Publication history ''Cyberpunk CCG'' was designed by Peter J. Wacks, using the ''Cyberpunk 2020'' RPG setting licensed from R. Talsorian. Wacks claimed that "The CCG is built to play pretty much exactly like the RPG." The "2013 Edition" (set in the year 2013) was released in December 2003 as a limited edition. Two months later, in February, 2004, the "2020 Edition" (set in the year 2020) was released. Setting The world of ''Cyberpunk 2020'' presents a darker vision of the near future, inspired by cyberpunk writers like William Gibson, Bruce Sterling, and Neal Stephenson, and movies such as ''Blade Runner'', ''Johnny Mnemonic'' and ''The Matrix''. Gameplay The main goal of ''Cyberpunk CCG'' is to achieve victory by acc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Mnemonic (film)
''Johnny Mnemonic'' is a 1995 cyberpunk action film directed by Robert Longo in his feature directorial debut. William Gibson, who wrote the 1981 short story, wrote the screenplay. The film, set in 2021, portrays a dystopian future racked by a tech-induced plague, awash with conspiracies, and dominated by megacorporations and organized crime. Keanu Reeves plays Johnny, a data courier with an overloaded brain implant designed to securely store confidential information. Takeshi Kitano portrays a yakuza affiliated with a megacorporation attempting to suppress the data; he uses his in-house psychopathic assassin played by Denis Akiyama to do so. Ice-T and Dina Meyer co-star as Johnny's allies, a freedom fighter and a bodyguard, respectively. It was shot in Canada; Toronto and Montreal filled in for Newark and Beijing. The project was difficult for Gibson and Longo. After they struggled for years to finance a low-budget adaptation of Gibson's story, Sony greenlit ''John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tap (gaming)
A collectible card game (CCG), also called a trading card game (TCG) among other names, is a type of card game that mixes strategy game, strategic deck building elements with features of trading cards. The genre was introduced with ''Magic: The Gathering'' in 1993. Cards in CCGs are specially designed sets of playing cards. Each card represents an element of the theme and rules of the game, and each can fall in categories such as creatures, enhancements, events, resources, and locations. All cards within the CCG typically share the same common backside Work of art, art, while the front has a combination of ownership, proprietary artwork or images to Embellishment, embellish the card along with instructions for the game and flavor text. CCGs are typically themed around fantasy or science fiction genres, and have also included Horror fiction, horror themes, cartoons, and sports, and may include licensed intellectual property, intellectual properties. Generally, a Player (game), pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
