User blog comment:Dead Counter/DNN-Issue 1/@comment-3194582-20121114155827/@comment-5607198-20121114211039

this game is not steampunk.

Nor are the people who call themselves "steampunkers" if they think it is. This is only steampunk to the most superficial of glances.

actually, Jonesy down below has it right, and I feel stupid for not remembering this

I once saw Dishonored refered to as being 'gaslamp', which is a combination of Victorian-esque or Edwardian-esque setting and supernatural themes, with some Gothic elements or derivations. I think that's pretty accurate, when you think about it. Although whalepunk kinda works, perhaps something like gaslamp or even 'oilpunk' would be a lot better.

Gaaslamp. Yeah 15 days ago by Jonesy95