While revisiting some of Yahtzee Croshaw's older Zero Punctuation videos on a slow afternoon, I pulled up his review of
Deus Ex: Human Revolution, having forgotten most of his talking-points on the game and cyberpunk in general. When he brings up Adam Jensen's shades and how willingly they slide in and out of his skull, I began to wonder. Like he said, that's a ridiculously intrusive surgery for something that comes across in-universe as cosmetically badass at most. However, I think the shades are higher-tech than we can reasonably guess at first glance.
Quick disclaimer before before we start: I have played
Deus Ex, but I have not played
DE:HR.
While this conundrum may already be addressed in the game and its
supplements, my main goal here is to show you how
close to this level of
technology we actually are.These truly are exciting times we live in.
