While Elon’s then-partner Grimes was recording her part in the game as cyborg popstar Lizzy Wizzy, the erratic tech billionaire turned up with an antique firearm to “insist” on being included in the game. “The studio guys were like sweating,” Grimes is quoted as saying. Musk adds “I told them that I was armed but not dangerous”.
Apparently, the developers relented at the time, though it’s unclear if Musk did actually get the cameo in the end.
Elon is literally everything Cyberpunk warns is about. He’s the biggest corpocunt the world has ever seen. Arasaka is exactly what Elon wants X Corp to be. He’s actually trying to make chips that get implanted into your brain. He wants his own Relic. He wants to be the immortal Saburo Arasaka.
The lack of self awareness is astounding.
There are two different camps that enjoy cyberpunk: One camp appreciates the warning, and the other camp idolizes the dystopia.
I’m in the camp that is just trying to acclimatize and mentally prepare.
Better hurry:
Can’t be a billionaire if you pass a certain threshold of self-awareness, it’s the rules.
If Keanu was in the studio that day, someone should have said “Silverhand, arm the nuke.”