{"id":5617,"date":"2022-05-04T09:37:19","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T07:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/04\/citizen-sleeper-review-an-evocative-cyberpunk-survival-sim\/"},"modified":"2022-05-04T09:37:19","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T07:37:19","slug":"citizen-sleeper-review-an-evocative-cyberpunk-survival-sim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/05\/04\/citizen-sleeper-review-an-evocative-cyberpunk-survival-sim\/","title":{"rendered":"Citizen Sleeper review \u2013 an evocative cyberpunk survival sim"},"content":{"rendered":"

PC, Mac, Xbox, Nintendo Switch; Fellow Traveller
<\/strong>A decaying cyborg with a human mind struggles to survive aboard a space station in a superbly written, if not exactly original, slice of scuzzy sci-fi<\/p>\n

If your brain were copied and placed in a robot body, would it have human rights? That\u2019s the thorny issue at the heart of Citizen Sleeper, a game set on a run-down space station called Erlin\u2019s Eye in the far-flung future. In this reality, AI is strictly controlled and artificial beings that achieve sentience are hunted down and destroyed, Blade Runner<\/a>-style. But \u201cemulated\u201d humans known as sleepers offer a loophole, being neither fully artificial nor fully human.<\/p>\n

Nefarious megacorporations will pay desperate volunteers handsomely for the right to emulate their brain. The person\u2019s memories are then excised before their cloned mind is pitched into a robot body and worked remorselessly. Sleepers are a classless entity owned by a corporation, who have no idea of who they once were yet retain human feelings.<\/p>\n

Citizen Sleeper is out on 5 May; \u00a317.99<\/p>\n

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\nPC, Mac, Xbox, Nintendo Switch; Fellow TravellerA decaying cyborg with a human mind struggles to survive aboard a space station in a superbly written, if not exactly original, slice of scuzzy sci-fi
\nIf your brain were copied and placed in a robot body, would it have human rights? That\u2019s the thorny issue at the heart of Citizen Sleeper, a game set on a run-down space station called Erlin\u2019s Eye in the far-flung future. In this reality, AI is strictly controlled and artificial beings that achieve sentience are hunted down and destroyed, Blade Runner-style. But \u201cemulated\u201d humans known as sleepers offer a loophole, being neither fully artificial nor fully human.
\nNefarious megacorporations will pay desperate volunteers handsomely for the right to emulate their brain. The person\u2019s memories are then excised before their cloned mind is pitched into a robot body and worked remorselessly. Sleepers are a classless entity owned by a corporation, who have no idea of who they once were yet retain human feelings.
\nCitizen Sleeper is out on 5 May; \u00a317.99 Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PC, Mac, Xbox, Nintendo Switch; Fellow TravellerA decaying cyborg with a human mind struggles to survive aboard a space station in a superbly written, if not exactly original, slice of scuzzy sci-fi If your brain were copied and placed in a robot body, would it have human rights? That\u2019s the thorny issue at the heart …<\/p>\n

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