Comments on: Steampunk PC from Datamancer: The Archbishop

By: Brother Phil

Brother Phil — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Another gorgeous piece of work from Datamancer. I’ve got to have a go myself, sometime.

By: Ugly Canuck

Ugly Canuck — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

And then…the comfy chair!!

By: Tensegrity

Tensegrity — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Whether it’s steampunk or not, it’s quite beautiful. It actually reminds me most of Canticle for Liebowitz.

By: stratojoe

stratojoe — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Definitely Preacherbot.

By: Axx

Axx — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I usually tire of this steampunk stuff…but this is actually kinda cool.

By: mdhatter

mdhatter — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

This is in it’s own category. Maybe Catho-punk?

Trinity-punk?

By: Takuan

Takuan — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

“Friar Sparks sat wedged between the wall and the realizer.”

By: Moon

Moon — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Jebus-ware.

By: dculberson

dculberson — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

My time … is yours.

By: seyo

seyo — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

lmao, you guys rule. i rub u.

By: jfrancis

jfrancis — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Are these things better aged and used looking? Or new? Are these artifacts from the past, or is the user back in time?

By: mdhatter

mdhatter — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Or ’15 minutes into the future’?

I love the look, maybe the keyboard should reverse and appear to be some sort of tray, and I imagine you’d need to sit at an outdated ergonomic kneeler chair.

By: Arcadian

Arcadian — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Well on our way to 40k.

By: loci

loci — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I like steampunk designs (usually) but that’s hideous.

By: Datamancer

Datamancer — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I would just like to point out that nowhere have I mentioned the word Steampunk anywhere near this project. I’m calling it a “Gothic” design, which I mean in the purely aesthetic sense (in other words, think “architecture” not “spiked chokers and eyeliner”)

-~Datamancer~-

By: Ugly Canuck

Ugly Canuck — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

That’s not hideous. It’s most holy-o.
Love wooden doors which open to reveal LCD monitors….don’t know why.
Come to think of it any wooden computer is a-ok in my (Note)books.

By: Ugly Canuck

Ugly Canuck — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Oh wait the doors are glass not wood…but I still like it.
I do really like stained glass work. Not enough of it about IMO.

By: 0xdeadbeef

0xdeadbeef — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Is this the birth of Reverend Lionel Preacherbot?

By: BassTooth

BassTooth — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

@#5 nah, it’s definitely hideous. doesn’t mean i don’t think its cool.

needs an excessive amount of thick rose colored candles.

dig the bible-mousepad.

By: seyo

seyo — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

This isn’t steampunk. Just because it’s made from old-timey materials doesn’t make it steampunk. There are no exposed mechanisms, tubes, piping, valves, gears, levers, dials or gages.

This is in it’s own category. Maybe Catho-punk? Molester-tech? Dunno. Def not steampunk though.

By: John Coulthart

John Coulthart — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

According to Umberto Eco, it wouldn't be Catho-punk if it's running Windows. In 1994 he wrote: "I am firmly of the opinion that the Macintosh is Catholic and that DOS is Protestant. Indeed, the Macintosh is counter-reformist and has been influenced by the ratio studiorum of the Jesuits. It is cheerful, friendly, conciliatory; it tells the faithful how they must proceed step by step to reach -- if not the kingdom of Heaven -- the moment in which their document is printed. It is catechistic: The essence of revelation is dealt with via simple formulae and sumptuous icons. Everyone has a right to salvation."

By: Takuan

Takuan — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

and the penguin?

By: neurolux

neurolux — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

oooh, i’d feel extra dirty surfing for porn on that thing!

By: Chris L

Chris L — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Vatican City, 3 miles beneath St. Peter’s Basilica, a screen flickers to life, flooding the surrounding area with a reddish glow. A massive lift descends from the cavernous ceiling. It is Bernini’s baldacchino.

A voice from screen beckons, “Welcome back, your Holiness.”

By: John Coulthart

John Coulthart — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Eco doesn’t mention Linux but they’re probably Gnostics.

By: trr

trr — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Cardinal Fang, poke her with … the soft cushions!

By: Moon

Moon — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Ditto what SEYO said. It’s almost like he read my mind.

We need a Commission on Steampunk Authenticity.

By: Art

Art — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

It’s brilliant. Absolutely BRILLIANT!

Datamancer has pushed the envelope, my friends.

This man has done more to promote this genre than most any other artist on the planet. In his art and innovation, he may move in ways that may shock and surprise. Such is the nature of the genuine artistic mind.

As far as establishing a “Steampunk Authenticity Commision” is concerned: Let’s leave that sort of nonsense to politicians and lesgislators.

By: Piper

Piper — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

That’s not steampunk. Attaching brass plumbing parts to it with a hot glue gun –now THAT would be steampunk.