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a b "Bryan Talbot's Steampunk menagerie – welcome to Grandville". Forbidden Planet. 29 September 2009. Archived from the original on 11 November 2011 . Retrieved 10 November 2011.Jak & Daxter: The Lost Frontier". ESRB. 2020. Archived from the original on November 24, 2020 . Retrieved November 23, 2020. The dialogue occasionally ventures into suggestive innuendo with comments like "She's being entertained by the captain . . . if you know what I mean" and "Ahh, not much for small talk are you"—a line delivered by a woman named Danger Sexy Pirate. a b c Damon Poeter (2008-07-06). "Steampunk's subculture revealed". San Francisco Chronicle . Retrieved 2022-03-30.

Steampunk features anachronistic technologies or retrofuturistic inventions as people in the 19th century might have envisioned them — distinguishing it from Neo-Victorianism [4] — and is likewise rooted in the era's perspective on fashion, culture, architectural style, and art. [5] Such technologies may include fictional machines like those found in the works of H. G. Wells and Jules Verne. [6] Other examples of steampunk contain alternative-history-style presentations of such technology as steam cannons, lighter-than-air airships, analog computers, or such digital mechanical computers as Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine. [7] [8] The setting of the Air Buccaneers mod for Unreal Tournament 2003 is heavily pirate-influenced. The weapons are blunderbusses and old-style-fuse cannons, the clothing is straight out of a pirate film and although the gameplay does not involve actual piracy in the strict sense of the word, the taking of enemy airships to be used against your foe is a common occurrence. Perhaps a more realistic pirate in a futuristic steampunk world would fly around in a hot air balloon, zeppelin, or even a themed airplane.Hallam, Craig (2018). Old Haunts: The Adventures of Alan Shaw. England: inspired Quill. ISBN 978-1908600714. If you own an armed aircraft in Grand Theft Auto V, you pretty much become one of these by default. Numerous missions involve using your own aircraft, or one you've stolen, to destroy or loot other vehicles. Standout examples include "The Merryweather Heist", "Minor Turbulence", and the "Smuggler's Run" DLC. This fusion started because steampunk-themed novels and works of art began as a form of speculative fiction in the late Victorian era, where artists would envision a fantastical future with unthinkable technology that resembles their present-day with some alterations.

The basic premise of at least one of the classes in the semi- Steampunk flash game Battle Stations. Science fiction genre inspired by 19th-century industrial steam-powered machinery Original illustration of Jules Verne's Nautilus engine room "Maison tournante aérienne" (aerial rotating house) by Albert Robida for his book Le Vingtième Siècle, a 19th-century conception of life in the 20th century The main enemies in Tail Concerto, the somewhat Darker and Edgier sequel Solatorobo: Red the Hunter treats them as a joke, mostly appearing in side quests. This article is a list of works in the science fiction and fantasy genres considered by commentators [ who?] to be steampunk. The 1998 game Thief: The Dark Project, as well as the other sequels including its 2014 reboot, feature heavy steampunk-inspired architecture, setting, and technology.

So why do we see so many Steampunk pirates?

The artist group Kinetic Steam Works [50] brought a working steam engine to the Burning Man festival in 2006 and 2007. [51] The group's founding member, Sean Orlando, created a Steampunk Tree House (in association with a group of people who would later form the Five Ton Crane Arts Group [52]) that has been displayed at a number of festivals. [53] [54] The Steampunk Tree House is now permanently installed at the Dogfish Head Brewery in Milton, Delaware. [55] First superhero ever in the world. Mandrake the Magician Lee Falk Popeye the Sailor Man Superman". Thelongestlistofthelongeststuffatthelongestdomainnameatlonglast.com. 1936-02-17. Archived from the original on 2016-04-06 . Retrieved 2017-02-28. a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "FEATURES: Steaming Celluloid". Matrix Online. 2008-06-30. Archived from the original on 2009-02-21 . Retrieved 2009-02-13.

Steampunk was particularly influenced by, and often adopts the style of the scientific romances and fantasies of the 19th century. Notably influential authors are:Fahey, Mike (April 2, 2009). "Jak And Daxter Discover The Lost Frontier". Kotaku. Archived from the original on November 24, 2020 . Retrieved November 23, 2020. Scott, A. O. (2014-06-26). "In 'Snowpiercer,' the Train Trip to End All Train Trips". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2016-03-03.