Comments on: Doctor Babinski’s Lycanthropic Remedy Kit

By: CSS Envy | aSKer

CSS Envy | aSKer — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:36:56 +0000

You are a very smart person!

By: Steampunk Blows My Mind « Josh Kramer Blog

Steampunk Blows My Mind « Josh Kramer Blog — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 23:55:14 +0000

[...] But what really impresses me are the steampunk mods that people make. Usually, someone is taking a current piece of technology and outfitting it to be steampunk, or they are creating something that works in the realm of steampunk, like this machine that determines if you are a werewolf and attempts to cure you. But it’s the first group that is really impressive. Sometimes the creations are simple, like this flatbed scanner that looks like a book, and sometimes they are superfluous, like this telegraph sounder rigged to report from an RSS feed in morse code. But there are times when they mods just wring your imagination out to dry, like Datamancer’s Steampunk Laptop. Holy shit. [...]

By: Dr Victor Karlosi

Dr Victor Karlosi — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 02:15:52 +0000

I thoroughly enjoy every tidbit. Brilliant! And the attention to detail is greatly appreciated.

By: Harko

Harko — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:20:51 +0000

I’d rather rate things on a scale of “historically oriented” vs “fantastically oriented” steampunk or something like that. Mostly it’s because I sometimes want things to looks as age-fitting as possible (read: more than necessary), while still retaining that fantastical element.

Thus, if I had it, I’d change the tubing to something more historically accurate. But that’s just me.

On whole, it’s a splendid addition to my private virtual inspiration gallery, Mwahaha! e.g. good work.

By: FiannaBear

FiannaBear — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 01:38:20 +0000

Well thanks Doctor. I didn’t have enough problems and now I need to worry about some zealot running around trying to jab me with a needle in order to “cure” me.

By: Nishan Stepak

Nishan Stepak — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 23:44:55 +0000

What a wonderful contraption. I certainly hope Doctor Babinski has a way of subduing werewolves soon. He is going to need it if he is publicly blogging about it.

By: Jake of All Trades

Jake of All Trades — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 02:38:48 +0000

Biopunk?!?! Good Cogs, there's a new one everyday!

I love this device, though. Perhaps cover the controversial tubing in cloth, so as to end discussion and seat it solidly in the category of "Steampunk as all getup"? Golly gee, it is magnificent...

By: Solus

Solus — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 21:47:33 +0000

Actually I don’t see Biopunk as a subclassification of Steampunk but a class on its own and that is why I mentioned it. I actually agree on you with what makes something Steampunk. This just fuses Biopunk and Steampunk in one and I find it more leaning towards Biopunk, just like the game Bioshock is not only Biopunk but also Retropunk becauseof the 1950′s setting… but that is off-topic although I would love to see a “Steamshock” game

By: Kirt Dankmyer

Kirt Dankmyer — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 18:40:42 +0000

I gotta agree with A.R. White on this one. The whole point of Steampunk is a Victorian feel, not something strictly historical. If it was strictly historical, it wouldn’t be Steampunk.

By: A.R. White

A.R. White — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:41:58 +0000

I find it so disconcerting that there are so many people obsessed with subclassifying steampunk into things like “biopunk” or “dieselpunk,” and to me, it smacks of elitism. All that you really need to do to make a steampunk idea is give it the fingerprints of Victorian scientific romance, and beyond that, the details scarcely matter.