Hearing that people back in the day when Cyberpunk was still new not understanding what mega corps is feels surreal to me. Like back in the day mega corps already existed with monopolies, the concepts of these massive companies having their own security force already existed as far back as East Indian Trade company. It just feels weird that people only start learning about these concepts after 2010s, as a youngester, that seems wild to me

As long as billionaires or millionaires exist, we are going to a Blade Runner, Cyberpunk capitalist fascist world. No good billionaires exist. They have class consciousness that we in the rest of society dont by way of capitalist government propaganda since the start of the USA with our individualism to the extreme. Radical change in the workforce is required so we have a true democratic workforce that unions and co-ops wont even touch since they still operate under capitalist exploitation. Anyone that thinks capitalism will get us to a world like Star Trek, not the tech necessarily but the truly free world they have with no money,class,poverty, and bigotry, and will avoid a cyberpunk world is insane. Like most if not all popular sci-fi, it shows us right-wing conservatism,centrist liberalism that all operate under society exploitation that benefits an upper class that keeps most of the profit after expenses in order for society to be forced to survive by way of labor=pay will never get us to a democratic free world. It will always keep a huge majority of us agitated,angry,stressed while others who dont provide but only use and exploit look down on society and thrive while easily passing that wealth and class position on to the next generation. This system will keep us all divided and cause stagnation like it currently does. Our descendants will look back on our time like we do with the dark ages due to capitalism and other forms of oppression we have had. Lets stop this madness of self imposed slavery so we can all be equal and have the same access to education,healthcare, and a great life in whatever you want to do.

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So he didn't train to have this voice its kinda just like his voice but a little more exaggerated. His inflections in his voice acting are cool.

I love how the net in Cyberpunk RED doesnt really exist as we would think of it today. After the DataKrash, the net is fractured and goes back to a state analogous to the different isolated networks across the world before the unification of the different methods of networking with tcp/ip, its globalization, and the eventual creation of the worldwide web.

This guy is so cool and so smart at the same time it's fucking insane. I wish I could have shown this to my dad.

Negawatt

Mike is a living legend. (Just like Morgan Blackhand)

I wish Cyberpunk had been more present in germany back in the 1990's. We had more of a Das Schwarze Auge Community in Oldenburg (As far as i know)

Wow, this interview is an absolute treat for someone like me who's a die-hard fan of Deus Ex and cyberpunk themes! Elias Toufexis is a phenomenal actor, and his portrayal of Adam Jensen is iconic. Hearing him talk about his experiences and insights into the character and the game's world is just mind-blowing. I want to extend a huge thank you to the interviewer for asking such engaging questions and guiding the conversation in such an interesting direction. It's not every day we get to hear from someone who's played such a pivotal role in one of the most beloved cyberpunk franchises. And Elias, thank you for being so candid and passionate about your work. Your dedication to bringing depth and authenticity to characters like Adam Jensen is truly inspiring. Please, keep making more content like this, and if there's any chance of you reprising your role as Adam in future Deus Ex projects, count me in! We need more cyberpunk in our lives, and you're a big part of what makes it awesome. PLEASE, keep those electrifying performances and interviews coming! We're here for every byte of it! 🤖🎮

I've lost so many characters to cyberpsychosis, others to impossible gigs, AND HAD THE TIME OF MY LIFE EVERY TIME, thank you Maximum Mike for all the stories and fun times, they keep roling now on CP Red, and on Phantom Liberty in September

Maximum mike is awesome

Young Steve is back!

What an awesome interview, how does this have hardly any views? Elias has played so many interesting roles, here’s hoping he gets to return to Deus Ex in the future! And the game he was alluding to working on is confirmed Starfield.

Mike is such a cool dude, watching him talk about blade runner being his first big inspiration for cyberpunk really speaks to me.

I do think the interesting aspect of technology advancing is how it further the chains of control over the workforce

I fucking enjoy pondsmith killing my characters it makes me to push further and further with crazy ass results life isnt perfect why make a game that thinks it is lmfao i love the universe the characters the fellow chooms i run into and talk to about the universe of cyberpunk i guess all in all what im saying is thank you mike pondsmith you made something truely great that ive been playing since i was a child being born in the 90s i truelly lovethe running gunning as well as the mysteries and corruption throughout the many installations throughout continue to be a legend sir ill continue to be submerged in the universe

can someone please tell me where to find the glossary he was talking about at 16:37

I kinda miss 80s style Silverhand to be honest.

Leroy in disguise

I cannot express the joy it gives me to hear Mike Pondsmith cite Darmok and Jalad.

Mike's point about NASA and space ship technology is so true. I've been following CuriousMarc's KZfaq videos on the restoration of various Apollo systems, and they're having to reverse-engineer so much in order to get things back to working order, because aside from a scarce few wiring diagrams, there's very little information on the inner workings of those systems, and a lot of the people who worked on them back in the 60's and 70's, who might be able to shed some light on the tech, have since passed away. The tech they used back then, and the way it all works together is nothing short of fascinating.

This was interesting and informative, but David's volume was so low, he was very hard to hear throughout.

I've always said the most important part of cyberpunk, that sometimes gets overlooked, it's the juxtaposition of the new and the old, just like he described. And the extra layer of making you think, mandatory, even just a little.

I play Interface Zero and hope others take a look. Interface Zero is an amazing kitchen sink setting for Savage Worlds. The mechanisms works well to create cinematic action and awesomeness.

Is we getting second season or more episodes for edge runners/please bring David and Rebecca back

Don't forget once you've made all the chips and the boards and the batteries you got to send them back to China to get assembled.. and then you know send them probably back to Taiwan to get boxed.. and then.. It's like a scavenger hunt! With extra steps! But I mean.. the alternative is you could pay people reasonable wages or not take advantage of slave labor.. and that's just kind of like like you're leaving fractions of the cent on the table.. and centralized labor means potentially long-term jobs which means people are talking which means unions! Or near next to just as bad people talking.. you can't win capitalism by Thursday if you're leaving those cents on the table! And if you can't win capitalism by Thursday.. what's the point? Is it weird when I miss the fantasy capitalism of the Rockefellers and Carnegie where they were actually building something and the evils of corporatism and greed etc were were in the pursuit of something I don't know if it was a good thing but it was something LOL now it's like make it to Thursday, and if it looks like it's going down make sure you hit record on your way out so that you can see the crash and buy the dip or whatever... It's a real bad sign when in the states snake bite anti-venom has been consolidated to a point where the applications can cost over $100,000 as a norm.. or insulin.. and that's the business model of the pharmaceutical companies that's like the primary business model where the r&d has gone from 30 to 3% but the old tagline still you know runs rampant.. the drugs are expensive cuz we were doing all the stuff we're doing all this you know it's expensive and and they haven't been doing that for almost two decades certainly in the last decade as this business model took over but that's pretty much the entire business industry.. how much magic money through speculation can we make and for some reason whenever that graph of rich people's feelings takes a hit, people seem to be like it's like it's an actual thing that you actually have to do to put the real money to make up for the magic money that they lost that they made up out of the thin air.. My biggest worry about the future is not that people get paid a lot of money to do things and maybe do so in questionable means etc.. my my worry is that people are getting paid a lot of money to do nothing and solidify that as an industry, and somehow make that into a product, and doing so by questionable means..

Thanks for having us, Cyberpunk Day! This was an awesome chat; really fun to hear how everyone's building their worlds.

This was a really fun time, thank you again for having me on!

Awesome interview.

I love the real life parallels that Mike puts all over the lore, stuff that if you think about it are way closer to reality than you think.

Pondsmith looks like he could be slinging drinks with Claire..

Pondsmith's voice is perfect for radio. I loved the ingame broadcasts

So glad this man gets to see his creations come to life, and i'm very grateful for it as well. Cyberpunk 2077 is one of my top 3 games and I can't wait for the sequal

This game.....no human lexicon could capture or describe the emotional influence from this game. I'm about to turn it on as we speak.

Really cool he's got quite the active reddit account.

Wow this dudes mind is really cool to listen too. Hes got alot of interesting ideas

I find it fascinating how Mike Pondsmith crafted this world with a well thought out timeline he takes real events and then puts a spin like how one minor difference changes the course of history plus how he designs these characters and makes their backstory's is true skill in itself.

I can't find anything on this cyber six group he's talking about around 10:30?

Such a cool guy

Sad that the cerebral aspect of Cyberpunk has been utterly ignored in recent properties like the Edgerunners anime. Especially since it is the same medium as the brilliant Ghost in the Shell and Akira, and meant to be set in Mike's universe. Instead we just get flying cars, metal hands, and hyperviolence. All superficial. Too bad.

such a cool guy. Love it

He sounds exactly like my old engineering teacher from high school lmao

I wonder what he thinks about edgerunners

Dude has a great voice

He reminds me of the guy on the radio in cp2077

I love Pondsmith’s narrative and world building philosophy of focusing on how people are utilizing technology, rather than dwelling on the technology itself.

Fell in love with the game, and now deep diving more into its lore and its so nice to find out that its creator is so cool and smart.

1:16 what is the author he mentions here ?

WHO SAID IT failed ?