{"podcast":{"title":"Lore Watch Podcast","slug":"lore-watch-podcast-4788","podcast_index_feed_id":4788,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/6556539150cd070012089193","website_url":"http://blizzardwatch.com","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/6556539150cd070012089193/1737499828181-233880d1-1cb2-4047-863e-2abb4b8afeb2.jpeg","author":"Blizzard Watch","episode_count":432,"summary":"Every week the Lore Watch podcast explores the story and lore of Blizzard titles including World of Warcraft, Diablo, Overwatch, or any other games that interest us. Join us for an in-depth look at the evolving stories of the games we all love. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T06:20:21.086063+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lore-watch-podcast-4788"},"episode":{"title":"Neuromancer: the novel and its far reaching sci-fi influence","slug":"neuromancer-the-novel-and-its-far-reaching-sci-fi-influence","published_at":"2026-02-25T16:45:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lore-watch-podcast-4788/neuromancer-the-novel-and-its-far-reaching-sci-fi-influence","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lore-watch-podcast-4788","url":"https://shows.acast.com/lore-watch/episodes/lwp-406","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6556539150cd070012089193/e/699babe30e5c959d5909afb0/media.mp3","summary":"This week our usual crew of Joe, Matt, and Eric was joined by Liz to discuss William Gibson's novel  Neuromancer . This 1984 novel was foundational to the cyberpunk genre in many ways, from establishing the grittiness of the setting all the way down to shaping the way this genre looks and feels across different types of media. The crew discuss themes through  Neuromancer  which are also inherent through a lot of cyberpunk media now, like the idea of what makes a person, and whether an AI could ever have personhood. They also discuss how older tech can affect our modern reading of futuristic media -- if you've never seen a payphone, you probably have no idea how eerie a bank of them ringing all at once would be, but then Gibson would have no way of knowing where payphone tech ended up today. It's a great conversation on a foundational work of sci-fi, and if you haven't picked it up, Joe has some suggestions as to where to get it online while still benefitting your local book store. If you enjoy the show, please support us on Patreon , where you can get these episodes early and ad-free! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"This week our usual crew of Joe, Matt, and Eric was joined by Liz to discuss William Gibson's novel Neuromancer . This 1984 novel was foundational t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4383,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/lore-watch-podcast-4788/episodes/neuromancer-the-novel-and-its-far-reaching-sci-fi-influence/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/lore-watch-podcast-4788/neuromancer-the-novel-and-its-far-reaching-sci-fi-influence.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}