Blade Runner is an awesome movie. So is The Matrix. In fact, lets just say all sci-fi movies are cool.
In that case, then this sci-fying of Paris is also pretty damn cool.
The art comes from a new French PS3/Xbox game called
Adrift, from the French studio Dontnod. There's not much word on the game so far, but if a picture says a thousand words - well, then there are a lot of words on the game so far.
The synopsis, taken from Dotnod's
website, seems pretty reminiscent of soon-to-be-released game Deus Ex: Human Revolution:
Neo-Paris 2084,
Augmented reality and memory manipulation have taken control of peoples' lives.
You can now digitize, buy, sell or trade your own personal memories. The last remainders of intimacy have been swept away, in what appears to be a simple extension of the development of social networks and geolocation at the beginning of the 21st century.
The "surveillance society" has been accepted by the citizens themselves, in exchange for a few technological benefits. It is a reality that no one even thinks of challenging anymore.
This memory-based economy gives an immense yet uncontrollable power to a handful of people…
That said, it sounds pretty awesome. I'll sure be keeping an eye out for it.
