after writing this out I realized there's probably more as all of these (if I remembered correctly) originated out of science-fiction (or just fiction) literature

also sidetangent: I could be wrong but doesn't the Final Fantasy series have ties to solarpunk or is this wrong? (kinda feels close but not quite)

going back to your main point I still don't think the punk conjuntion is an overused trend, cyberpunk I could agree on based on the plethora of book, tv shows, movies, and games but for the rest I'm still unconvinced

[–] _jonatan_@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PunkPunk

[–] Rozauhtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

can’t say I’ve personally heard of anything else having the “punk” postfix conjunction besides steampunk and solarpunk

Atompunk, cyberpunk, dieselpunk, tidalpunk, lunarpunk, biopunk... All they in common is they are visions of a possible future packaged in a coherent astetic.

also sidetangent: I could be wrong but doesn’t the Final Fantasy series have ties to solarpunk or is this wrong? (kinda feels close but not quite)

Depends on the game, 10 is kinda post-apocalyptic tidalpunk, 7 and 8 are definitely dieselpunk and 9 is basically steampunk with magic.

[–] recursive_recursion@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

What they all have in common is that they're visions of a possible future packaged in a coherent aesthetic.

huh I didn't think of it that way till now but that's a pretty succinct definition of the genre!

Depends on the game, 10 is kinda post-apocalyptic tidalpunk, 7 and 8 are definitely dieselpunk and 9 is basically steampunk with magic.

totally fair and I'll have to revisit this comment in between my breaks
thanks!🤗