I think the definition of the punk genre (in this context) isn't really "gritty" or "rough". From my understanding, "-punk" is more "taking one/several aspects of a culture, time period, object, or general concept and pushing it to the extreme." The most common example would be steampunk, where the world in most steampunk fiction is heavily based on 18th-19th century Europe and the steam engine, where everything and anything is steam powered. Steam-tanks, steam-planes, steam-buildings, steam-weapons etc. In Starfield's case, NASA-punk is taking the aesthetics and utilitarianism of today's space technology, pushing it just shy of being unrealistic, and making everything in the lore/world revolve around it.
I like the "Nasa Punk" concept art. This can be considered an innovation. When I play Starfield and look at the ships I feel like I'm really playing something new in its embryonic state, as art evolves at a much slower pace than any technology. Yes, the game was full of defects and technical problems, but the artistic concept was delivered, without a shadow of a doubt. Not only in ships but in almost every structure, accessories, collectibles, equipment and weapons within the game. You feel this root of reality within a space fiction game, but without taking away the "magic" and creativity of imagining a society in the future. And they do very well.
I like that they gave this form a label. I was struggling trying to explain to people my favorite sci fi aesthetic. And when Tod Howard brought up the phrase: NASA-Punk, I was like: “omg of course! That’s brilliant!”
Im for sure excited for this style and design. It kindve sets it apart from other sci-fi vibes and I'm totally ready to be in a ship that was carefully designed to be entirely practical, it will for sure add a sense of reality yet be fairly futuristic. Great video Superb, appreciated the connection and explanation of Punk with the game too!😄🙌
Awesome video man I just subscribed I think it is gonna be realistic in that exact sense you said but I think it will delve into the crazy and wacky stuff while keeping it somewhat grounded like for instance the Alien creatures and variations being crazy wacky things but kept in a realistic tone by the fact it will be like a living breathing ecosystem and they will fight eachother like in fallout but also weapons too as stated by Todd himself there are more exotic things like a sound in a vacuum that can be used it’s out there and obviously ain’t real but its made to be realistic to the universe of starfield I can’t wait for this game!!! Keep up the great work man
"Punk" in the 'genre-punk' context basically just means "aesthetic" particularly of some speculative technology rooted in a certain era (e.g. steampunk = speculative futurism of mid/late 1800s, dieselpunk = speculative futurism of 1920s-1940s), the one example where this is not the case is the trope originator cyberpunk where the "punk" part actually has meaning with the traditional term of rebellion and anti-establishment, grittiness etc. problem was everyone just slapped the punk part on literally every speculative tech aesthetic from then on despite the punk having no meaning but it is what it is at this point. So imo 'NASA-punk' is the superficial speculative aesthetic of current space tech, I think they're going for a veneer of hard-scifi though as we can see from some of extremely advanced tech in Starfield such as FTL and anti-gravity it is anything but hard and very much on the softer side of the scifi scale in fact, despite this the aesthetic is of a very practical and contemporary nature so I'm not sure how they're going to justify it in game hopefully it won't seem awkward. As for my ideal visual style I'd very much like to see a very slick and bubbly Y2K aesthetic in a scifi game some examples would be Xenosaga, PN03 and Space Channel 5 obviously this the polar opposite of anything Starfield is doing though lol.
I just hope we get some more fantastic designs for ships used by the rich. Tease cunction only ships fit minors, explorers and pirates just fine but i don't want to run around with hundreds of thousends of creduts in my pocket while simulatniously using a cheap looking ship.
What do you think "NASA-Punk" will look like in Starfield? What is your ideal visual style for a science fiction world?
I actually liked it when hearing them say it the first time. "Nasa punk" It's quite catchy and sounds right, funnily enough.
I think the definition of the punk genre (in this context) isn't really "gritty" or "rough". From my understanding, "-punk" is more "taking one/several aspects of a culture, time period, object, or general concept and pushing it to the extreme."
The most common example would be steampunk, where the world in most steampunk fiction is heavily based on 18th-19th century Europe and the steam engine, where everything and anything is steam powered. Steam-tanks, steam-planes, steam-buildings, steam-weapons etc.
In Starfield's case, NASA-punk is taking the aesthetics and utilitarianism of today's space technology, pushing it just shy of being unrealistic, and making everything in the lore/world revolve around it.
Good observations! I think you may be right 👍
Virgin cyberpunk armor vs chad Nasa-punk space suit
I like the "Nasa Punk" concept art. This can be considered an innovation. When I play Starfield and look at the ships I feel like I'm really playing something new in its embryonic state, as art evolves at a much slower pace than any technology. Yes, the game was full of defects and technical problems, but the artistic concept was delivered, without a shadow of a doubt. Not only in ships but in almost every structure, accessories, collectibles, equipment and weapons within the game. You feel this root of reality within a space fiction game, but without taking away the "magic" and creativity of imagining a society in the future. And they do very well.
I like that they gave this form a label. I was struggling trying to explain to people my favorite sci fi aesthetic. And when Tod Howard brought up the phrase: NASA-Punk, I was like: “omg of course! That’s brilliant!”
Good content pls more videos
Thank you! 😁👍
I'm relieved to finally have a coined term for this style. The Expanse I think could fit this grounded Nasapunk style.
Im for sure excited for this style and design. It kindve sets it apart from other sci-fi vibes and I'm totally ready to be in a ship that was carefully designed to be entirely practical, it will for sure add a sense of reality yet be fairly futuristic. Great video Superb, appreciated the connection and explanation of Punk with the game too!😄🙌
Thank you! Yep, the design of Starfield is shaping up to be very unique. I can't wait to see how it looks in the game world 😁😁
Awesome video man I just subscribed I think it is gonna be realistic in that exact sense you said but I think it will delve into the crazy and wacky stuff while keeping it somewhat grounded like for instance the Alien creatures and variations being crazy wacky things but kept in a realistic tone by the fact it will be like a living breathing ecosystem and they will fight eachother like in fallout but also weapons too as stated by Todd himself there are more exotic things like a sound in a vacuum that can be used it’s out there and obviously ain’t real but its made to be realistic to the universe of starfield I can’t wait for this game!!! Keep up the great work man
Thank you!
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cant wait for people to start modding cyber punk stuff in too.
I see
Now that the game is out, can you make a deeper analysis of this whole nasa punk aesthetic?
Basically is the artstyte that EVERY modern science fiction franchise is using today
"Punk" in the 'genre-punk' context basically just means "aesthetic" particularly of some speculative technology rooted in a certain era (e.g. steampunk = speculative futurism of mid/late 1800s, dieselpunk = speculative futurism of 1920s-1940s), the one example where this is not the case is the trope originator cyberpunk where the "punk" part actually has meaning with the traditional term of rebellion and anti-establishment, grittiness etc. problem was everyone just slapped the punk part on literally every speculative tech aesthetic from then on despite the punk having no meaning but it is what it is at this point. So imo 'NASA-punk' is the superficial speculative aesthetic of current space tech, I think they're going for a veneer of hard-scifi though as we can see from some of extremely advanced tech in Starfield such as FTL and anti-gravity it is anything but hard and very much on the softer side of the scifi scale in fact, despite this the aesthetic is of a very practical and contemporary nature so I'm not sure how they're going to justify it in game hopefully it won't seem awkward.
As for my ideal visual style I'd very much like to see a very slick and bubbly Y2K aesthetic in a scifi game some examples would be Xenosaga, PN03 and Space Channel 5 obviously this the polar opposite of anything Starfield is doing though lol.
I just hope we get some more fantastic designs for ships used by the rich. Tease cunction only ships fit minors, explorers and pirates just fine but i don't want to run around with hundreds of thousends of creduts in my pocket while simulatniously using a cheap looking ship.