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The term cyberpunk was first used to describe settings such as Snowcrash, i.e. dystopian corporate sci-fi, before it was adopted as a name for the gaming franchise.
I'm not sure if the person you are replying to was using it as a noun or an adjective, I parsed it is an adjective because it's more inclusive.
Anyway.. using cyberpunk to refer to the game franchise, would be a disambiguation. This is the article referring to the original usage.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberpunk?wprov=sfla1
I was referring to cyberpunk as a genre and theme, I remembered some things after reading this post like shadowrun, cyberpunk ttrpg, Gibson's books, system shock, etc.
They're both nouns, but I get what you mean.
Yep, I just want more people to read the book because I like it. Cyberpunk the game rocks, Snowcrash rocks.