Steampunk to broad?

[supasora]

Archem is the one who hit it closest to home.
And if you want to see one of the best Steampunk definitions out there, go find a copy of Arcanum: of Steamworks and Magick Obscura.
Best Steampunk game out there, IMPO.
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Despite there being very scant few games that can qualify as Steampunk.

they need more steampunk games.

[fruckert]

Indubitafiably justificied.

[Angel Walter]

they need more steampunk games.

There's a PS2 game called "Steambot Chronicles" that's pretty steampunk.

Also, I agree on the aisrship front. The way I see it, Steampunk can be set from the beginning of steam-power forward (you can get around that by changing when steam became the main power source). But it needs to have more than just an airship or two. Another common feature is imagining the possibility if discarded scientific theories from the period were true.

[fruckert]

Spontaneous life?
Hmm...
*notes to try to insert that into Myrdia*

[supasora]

Yeah. I guess steampunk is becoming trendy though and people are trying to jack up the meaning. Mad Max is apparently steampunk because a bunch of alternative people were problably like "Wow I like the style of this movie, we should call it deisel punk and make that a part of a sub genre of steampunk!" I liked it better when it was about steam in a victorian setting. Mad Max is not steampunk...

[Archem]

That's ****ing post-nuclear. Gawd.

[supasora]

just google "steampunk mad max" and one of the first results is an article where a chick thinks she's steampunk 'cause she dresses like mad max. I'd put a link but Im lazy.

[Angel Walter]

just google "steampunk mad max" and one of the first results is an article where a chick thinks she's steampunk 'cause she dresses like mad max.

1. I'll check it out!
2. How does dressing as someone from a post-apocalyptic civilisation in which steam does not feature make you STEAM-punk? AGH! I feel sick just thinking about it. We need to DO something about this!

[supasora]

1. I'll check it out!
2. How does dressing as someone from a post-apocalyptic civilisation in which steam does not feature make you STEAM-punk? AGH! I feel sick just thinking about it. We need to DO something about this!

From a "steampunk" persons perspective... "Well... they dress cool..."

[Darkfox]

Overall, steampunk is in the technology. Not just in the way of dressing. The definition is not so rigid, but Mad Max isn't steampunk.

[fruckert]

Plus, MAD-MAX IS POST-APOC, WHICH IS VERY FAR FROM STEAMPUNK.
*coughs*
Sorry, I'm allergic to stupid, it irritates my throat.

[Archem]

Overall, steampunk is in the technology. Not just in the way of dressing. The definition is not so rigid, but Mad Max isn't steampunk.

I'm sue the time period is important, since many other time periods have alternative fuel sources that replace steam. For example, we use electricity for everything.

[fruckert]

Electricity was available during Victorian times =P
They just didn't use it for as much stuff as we do now, because the technology wasn't there yet, because it was freshly discovered for the uses at the time.

[Archem]

Exactly my point. It wasn't as refined/readily available as it is today, so alternate fuel and power sources were used.

And to break a possible attempt at contradiction: We use many fuels to create electricity, which is what we use. Kind of like how we use fossil fuels to create gasoline for our vehicles: Nobody puts unrefined oil to make their cars go. **** doesn't work.