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Title: "Flavor" questions
Post by: Vandal Noire on <08-02-16/1543:27>

So getting ready to start a new group into the world and its been awhile since ive hosted and it got me thinking what do others watch, listen or read to get into the flavor of SR?

What are some of your staples to watch and read, or music you write adventures too?

Title: Re: "Flavor" questions
Post by: Jack_Spade on <08-02-16/1559:57>

My personal favorites:

Watch: Dredd with Karl Urban - if you have seen it you know why, if not... what are you waiting for? Go watch it!

Read: Takeshi Kovac  (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeshi_Kovacs)

Music: Combichrist - Get Your Body Beat (https://vimeo.com/13232546)

Title: Re: "Flavor" questions
Post by: RowanTheFox on <08-02-16/1617:04>

*cracks knuckles*

Movies
Bladerunner (of course!)
Aeon Flux
Ultraviolet
The Matrix
Johnny Mnemonic
Ghost in the Shell
Freejack
Appleseed
Appleseed: Ex Machina
Repo! The Genetic Opera

Books
Snow Crash -- Neal Stephenson
Neuromancer - William Gibson
Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? - Philip K. Dick
Altered Carbon - Richard K. Morgan
Count Zero - William Gibson
Tea From An Empty Cup - Pat Cadigan
Blood Music - Greg Bear

Music
The Enigma TNG
Switch Trailer Music - Surger
Rodney Spence - Fallout
J.T. Peterson - Cybran Collapse
Swoon- Instakill
Thunderstep Music - Entering the Warzone
ICON Trailer Music - Her Skull Cast Visions
Xtortion Audio - Untouchable
Epic North Music - Battlescars
Blue Stahli - Retribution
Blue Stahli - Death Hammer
The Secession - Death Jester
Position Music - Fatalist
Sons of Pythagoras - One Man's Thunder
Hi-Finesse - Downfall
Hi-Finesse - Radius
Hi-Finesse - Slowly Into The Light
Killer Tracks - The Current
Tom Player - Gravity
Extreme Music - Do You Feel Alive?
Extreme Music - Never Surrender
Extreme Music - This Is For The Fallen
Foxworth Hall - The Wolf

My music playlist alone can go 12 hours without repeating, so I'll stop here.

Title: Re: "Flavor" questions
Post by: Spooky on <08-06-16/0103:10>

See the "books to read" thread and "movies to watch" thread here. all good suggestions there.

Title: Re: "Flavor" questions
Post by: Thanael on <08-09-16/1615:48>

Books:
Read William Gibson and also the Shadowrun novels (new and old)

Title: Re: "Flavor" questions
Post by: firebug on <08-10-16/0510:36>

The TV series Leverage is basically Shadowrun with a close-to-real-life setting.  You can even look at the people involved and say "hacker, face, street sam, infiltrator..."

For music I actually listen to a lot of trip hop and other urban-sounding music.  Beyond just being what I like, of course.  Artists like Beats Antique, Gramatik, occasionally Massive Attack, and a variety of instrumental versions of rap songs.

'Cat Skillz' by Beats Antique (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9rPdSC_eXw)