Wow, it's really Loyd Blankenship! Forgive the gushing fan reply, but I'll take any chance I can to tell you how grateful I am for the GURPS Cyberpunk sourcebook. Definitely one of my main inspirations (along with Gibson's books) for taking up a career in coding.
…memory. The foreword is a nice bonus that adds nicely to the theme. The GURPS ruleset is interesting - but I much prefer variants on White Wolf's Storyteller system. But the sourcebooks were great. Next to GURPS Cyberpunk, there's the wildly dark and entertaining "Cthulupunk" that merges one part of a mix of Gibson, Sterling and Vinge with one part Lovecraft. It can be challenging to keep players alive (or at least animate)…
哦，实际上非常扯淡：Blankenship 于 1989 年受雇于 Steve Jackson Games。[3] 他撰写了赛博朋克角色扮演扩展书《GURPS Cyberpunk》，其手稿在 1990 年美国特勤局（U.S. Secret Service）突击搜查 Steve Jackson Games 总部时被查抄。[4][5] 这次突袭导致了随后的诉讼案“Steve Jackson Games, Inc. 诉 United……”
Oh it was really stupid actually: Blankenship was hired by Steve Jackson Games in 1989.[3] He authored the cyberpunk role-playing sourcebook GURPS Cyberpunk, the manuscript of which was seized in a 1990 raid of Steve Jackson Games headquarters by the U.S. Secret Service.[4][5] The raid resulted in the subsequent legal case Steve Jackson Games, Inc. v. United…
…SS raid on SJG, and I was pissed off. So, I decided to spend a lot of money and go out and buy one copy of every GURPS book that I could find at my friendly local gaming store (FLGS). I had a copy of GURPS CyberPunk, and didn’t think very much of it. I was already in a CyberPunk game, and the GURPS version was a pale imitation. But there was another book that drew my attention. It was oriented towards espionage,…
> 对 Steve Jackson Games 来说，这次突击搜查的时机简直糟糕透顶。公司本就负债累累，严重依赖新书发售带来的现金流，而查抄《GURPS Cyberpunk》手稿将使该书的发售大幅延期。3 月 9 日，公司从 17 名员工中裁退了 8 人。由于特勤局没有立即归还手稿，……
> The raid couldn’t have come at a worse time for Steve Jackson Games. Already in debt, the company depended heavily on new releases for cash flow, and the confiscation of the GURPS Cyberpunk manuscript would significantly delay the book’s release. On March 9, the company let go eight people from its staff of seventeen. Since the Secret Service did not immediately return the manuscript, the…
给不熟悉的人普及一下，Steve Jackson Games 是做 RPG 的，当年因为正在制作的《GURPS Cyberpunk》（被特勤局称作“计算机犯罪手册”）遭到特勤局突击搜查[1]，差点倒闭。1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Sundevil
For those not familiar, Steve Jackson Games makes RPGs and were nearly driven out of business due to a secret service raid[1] done in response to the "GURPS Cyberpunk" book (described by the secret service as "a manual for computer crime") they were working on. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Sundevil
哇，真的是 Loyd Blankenship！原谅我这个迷弟发言，但我必须抓住一切机会告诉你，我有多感激《GURPS Cyberpunk》这本规则扩展书。绝对是我（连同 Gibson 的小说一起）走上编程职业道路的主要灵感来源之一。
Wow, it's really Loyd Blankenship! Forgive the gushing fan reply, but I'll take any chance I can to tell you how grateful I am for the GURPS Cyberpunk sourcebook. Definitely one of my main inspirations (along with Gibson's books) for taking up a career in coding.
……记忆。前言是个很棒的加分项，完美契合了主题。GURPS 规则集挺有意思——但我更喜欢白狼（White Wolf）Storyteller 系统的各种变体。不过那些扩展书（sourcebooks）做得很绝。除了《GURPS Cyberpunk》，还有极度黑暗且有趣的《Cthulupunk》，把 Gibson、Sterling 和 Vinge 的风格与洛夫克拉夫特（Lovecraft）融合在一起。要让玩家活下来（或者至少能动弹）可能极具挑战性……
…memory. The foreword is a nice bonus that adds nicely to the theme. The GURPS ruleset is interesting - but I much prefer variants on White Wolf's Storyteller system. But the sourcebooks were great. Next to GURPS Cyberpunk, there's the wildly dark and entertaining "Cthulupunk" that merges one part of a mix of Gibson, Sterling and Vinge with one part Lovecraft. It can be challenging to keep players alive (or at least animate)…
哦，实际上非常扯淡：Blankenship 于 1989 年受雇于 Steve Jackson Games。[3] 他撰写了赛博朋克角色扮演扩展书《GURPS Cyberpunk》，其手稿在 1990 年美国特勤局（U.S. Secret Service）突击搜查 Steve Jackson Games 总部时被查抄。[4][5] 这次突袭导致了随后的诉讼案“Steve Jackson Games, Inc. 诉 United……”
Oh it was really stupid actually: Blankenship was hired by Steve Jackson Games in 1989.[3] He authored the cyberpunk role-playing sourcebook GURPS Cyberpunk, the manuscript of which was seized in a 1990 raid of Steve Jackson Games headquarters by the U.S. Secret Service.[4][5] The raid resulted in the subsequent legal case Steve Jackson Games, Inc. v. United…
……特勤局突袭 SJG，当时我气坏了。于是我决定花大钱去我家附近的本地游戏店（FLGS），把能找到的每一本 GURPS 书都买了一本。我有本《GURPS CyberPunk》，但没太当回事。我当时已经在玩一款《CyberPunk》跑团了，GURPS 这个版本不过是个苍白的仿制品。但有另一本书吸引了我，它是关于间谍情报的……
…SS raid on SJG, and I was pissed off. So, I decided to spend a lot of money and go out and buy one copy of every GURPS book that I could find at my friendly local gaming store (FLGS). I had a copy of GURPS CyberPunk, and didn’t think very much of it. I was already in a CyberPunk game, and the GURPS version was a pale imitation. But there was another book that drew my attention. It was oriented towards espionage,…
> 对 Steve Jackson Games 来说，这次突击搜查的时机简直糟糕透顶。公司本就负债累累，严重依赖新书发售带来的现金流，而查抄《GURPS Cyberpunk》手稿将使该书的发售大幅延期。3 月 9 日，公司从 17 名员工中裁退了 8 人。由于特勤局没有立即归还手稿，……
> The raid couldn’t have come at a worse time for Steve Jackson Games. Already in debt, the company depended heavily on new releases for cash flow, and the confiscation of the GURPS Cyberpunk manuscript would significantly delay the book’s release. On March 9, the company let go eight people from its staff of seventeen. Since the Secret Service did not immediately return the manuscript, the…
给不熟悉的人普及一下，Steve Jackson Games 是做 RPG 的，当年因为正在制作的《GURPS Cyberpunk》（被特勤局称作“计算机犯罪手册”）遭到特勤局突击搜查[1]，差点倒闭。1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Sundevil
For those not familiar, Steve Jackson Games makes RPGs and were nearly driven out of business due to a secret service raid[1] done in response to the "GURPS Cyberpunk" book (described by the secret service as "a manual for computer crime") they were working on. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Sundevil