NEUROBLAST / PROJECT_CYTØR

NEUROBLAST  HyperCard DiskZine is a cyberpunk-centric entertainment tech-stack zine of music, art, and game materials, built and compiled in ancient Apple HyperCard software on a vintage iMac G3 (grape) in February-March 2023. Editor: James Sime. 

Featuring: 

PROJECT_CYTØR - An original near-future agriTech body-horror tabletop rpg adventure for MÖRK BORG / CY_BORG by author / machine learning research scientist Piero Molino (@w4nderlus7) with art by pixel artist / game designer Giuseppe Longo (@Mis_BUG). Including Piero's ASCII pixel dungeon maps.  Created for inclusion in the 2023 URBN_LGND.exe Art Jam. https://itch.io/jam/urbn-lgndexe

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https://archive.org/details/hypercard_neuroblast-hypercard-diskzine

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NEUROBLAST also features:

1. Interview with August Alston, singer of sleazy 90s industrial revival band LEATHER NOT PLEATHER. 

2. An original cyberpunk-inspired Cocktail Recipe to dull your reality and expunge surplus braincells by Kirsten Baldock (@kirstenbaldock).  

3. Interview with Korey Luna (@koreyzluna) and Richard Hogben (@richhogben), electronic musicians and co-founders of the San Francisco synthesizer collective PIQUED.

4. The 2090 Travel Guide to nu-Fresno, the sprawling dystopian urban agglomeration megacity by Danger Bob da Silva (@danger_that_walks), Aaron Farmer (@robots_in_love), Kirsten Baldock (@kirstenbaldock), and James Sime (@jamessime). As seen in the upcoming Super-8  film TURN OFF THE SKY.

5. THE 200th FLOOR, an exclusive pixel-dithered mini Tech-Noir comic by author James Sime and artist Aaron Farmer (@robots_in_love). 

6. Orange Krush's examination of the classic FMV video game ANGEL DEVOID on CD-ROM running on Mac OS 8.6. 

7. LOFI LUDOLOGY, a review of science fiction boardgame LAST DEFENSE! by Milena Krayzbukh and Ben Johnson. 

8. The UNKIND REWIND, bringing to light the obscure 70s Saturday morning animated Filmation series SPACE SENTINELS. Article by Prank Records owner Ken Sanderson (@ken_sanderson).

9. Interview with tabletop and UX designer Raph D'Amico (@raphdamico) about THE ZONE, his play-to-lose surrealist horror tabletop storygame inspired by movies like ANNIHILATION and STALKER and Junji Ito's UZUMAKI comic. 

10. Comic review of MINDSET from Vault Comics, about Silicon Valley technopreners and the horror of inventing a self-help mind-control app. Review by Isotope Comics owner James Sime. 

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This issue's featured pixel / dither artists: Giuseppe Longo (@Mis_BUG), Aaron Farmer (@robots_in_love), and James Sime (@jamessime). 

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PROJECT_CYTØR (and NEUROBLAST) is an independent production by Piero Molino / Giuseppe Longo (and James Sime) and is not affiliated with Stockholm Kartell. It is published under the CY_BORG Third Party License.

CY_BORG IS ©2022 STOCKHOLM KARTELL.

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View online here: 

https://archive.org/details/hypercard_neuroblast-hypercard-diskzine