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Video Game: Bloodnet
A gothic, cyberpunk graphical adventure with RPG elements. Blends vampires and William Gibson surprisingly well.

Long-term netrunners gradually lose the ability to take the virtual out of virtual reality. You are one such runner, Ransom Stark, implanted with an A.I. chip that helps you keep reality real. It also, rather fortuitously, helps resist other mental influences, such as being bitten by a vampire. But only for a while...

You must gather a party and find a way to free yourself of the curse before the chip is overwhelmed.


  • Awesome, but Impractical: Jerry-rigging flamethrowers or Bio-Tech sounds great in theory, but the tendency for jury-rig weapons to explode makes them extremely dangerous (and disarms the user!) that the player is better off with a Shotgun - which does more damage then the flamethrower.
  • Aerith and Bob: Hanging out on scenic 175th Street are Phracktle K. Oss, Auntie Matter, Phree Thaught, Nai Hillistick and Chuck.
  • Cybernetics Eat Your Soul: Ransom Stark and streetgangs frequently argue about whether cybernetic implants destroy or enhance the user's humanity. A number of characters have had their brains fried by a combination of designer drugs and cybernetic implants -it is set in the futuristic New York ghettos and the modifications are typically illegal and unmoderated - but a cybernetic implant is helping to prevent the main character becoming a vampire and others are being used to cure a variety of mental illnesses. So, it's a combination of this trope and A.I. Is a Crapshoot.
  • Cyberpunk
  • Dummied Out: Several items and skills mentioned in the manual are either no where to be seen (such as higher levels of Cyberlegs), or just not implemented properly such as lock-picking and medicinal.
  • Historical-Domain Character: Elvis Presley is an optional team member.
  • Point-and-Click Map: It has a map of New York with several markers on it, with more appearing as the game progresses; clicking on a marker brings up a list of all the locations in that area.
  • Punny Name: Sis Konfigg, Holograham and on, and on...
  • Sycophantic Servant: Renfield. He really loves serving vampires, even when they dislike other vampires and just want a cure, he'll still kiss up while following orders.
  • The Corruption: Ransom Stark has an instant-kill bite attack, but each use of it decreases his humanity a little and brings him closer to the Nonstandard Game Over (in addition to the normal decrease of his humanity with time).
  • The Renfield: The aptly named Renfield's purpose in life is to serve vampires.
  • Vampire Refugee: Ransom's Stark choice is to find a cure or lose himself to the thirst.
  • Viewers Are Geniuses: Numerous references to Franz Kafka and Friedrich Nietzsche throughout the story.
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