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I agree on altered carbon for sure. The Haitian gangs, however, are based on the Voodoo Boys from the original source material. (Though I understand why they changed the game to have them not be a bunch of racist white dudes with dreads.)



Yeah, but Mike Pondsmith no doubt drew inspiration for the Voodoo Boys from the Rastafarians living in orbit in Neuromancer, and from the AIs representing themselves as Haitian voodoo gods in Count Zero.

The tabletop game draws heavily on Gibson and Philip K. Dick by the way of Blade Runner. (And to be clear, I love that!)




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