Schizo Tech is a key component of Punk Punk. Sometimes these may be leftovers from a lost technological civilization, or perhaps it could be that science developed along a different path than ours, allowing for more advanced technology in one field, while stagnating in others, but most of the time there is no explanation whatsoever for the bizarre mix of medieval and futuristic. There's generally no rhyme or reason for which technologies are anachronistically present besides the Rule of Cool. The setting and timeline may seem at first to be The Middle Ages, The Colonial Period, or some Fantasy Counterpart Culture thereof, but when you look closer, you find polyester, robots, or other high-tech toys in between the horse-drawn wagons and wattle-and-daub buildings. A movie director, Astro Boy, "The Invisible Giant" note Apparently he has never seen Yojimbo or The Seven Samurai, or read a history book.
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