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The High Tech Low Life Podcast: A Cyberpunk Media Retrospective

Sep 24, 2025

For our centennial episode we have the pleasure of recapping Denis Villeneuve's 2017 sequel to Blade Runner: Blade Runner 2049.  Thirty years after the original and Deckard is back up to his old blade running tricks, and this time he has a hot new sidekick you might recognize, The Gray Man himself: Ryan Gosling.  We are...


Sep 17, 2025

In our final double digit episode ever, we cover 2015's moody and sleek Ex Machina.  This movie features a baby Domhnall Gleeson, a robot Alicia Vikander, and an Oscar Isaac that can really "get it", despite his toxic personality. A beautifully shot and acted film and might I say handsomly recapped by your hosts.

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Sep 10, 2025

The Final Installment of our Shadowrun Lore extravaganza!  

The High Tech Low Life Podcast is a retrospective of cyberpunk fiction across all forms of media. Film, Television, Literature, Games, and Music are all on the table. In each episode we will revisit the property, it's influences, it's prescience, and enshrine...


Sep 3, 2025

Dean and Ben are back to continue helping us dig into the lore and timeline of the Shadowrun table top roleplaying game.  This week we finish up the pre-game timeline and get into first edition and some second edition shenanigans.  And oh yes, we've got bug spirits, if that's what you're into you sick freak.  It's me. ...