Pure awesomeness and a completely unexpected gift had just been laid upon the Cyberpunk 2077 crowd by CD Projekt Red: an Adam Smasher birthday calendar page! Yes, this cybernetic nightmare is getting his shoutout for his anniversary day, and the internet is whirling. The effervescent announcement went through the official Cyberpunk 2077 Twitter account: “HE’S EXPECTING PREEM BIRTHDAY GIFTS! 🎁 And you DO NOT want to disappoint… 😵”
And with this Tweet came the download link for a Smasher calendar page, an utterly grimacing face, bringing in a swelling tide of reactions. Some are considering this, and others are mercilessly abusing this character, while some are left speechless. Now, isn’t that the usual chaos Cyberpunk enjoys?
A player (@FSTH000) presented his rather bitter take: “God dammit this not fckable scrap has the same birthday as my dad.” Then, @KennyH496600 was all, “Smasher’s birthday is eight days before mine,” so there’s the good or bad coincidence, depending on how you feel about the guy.
The name sticks to Smasher, as @FirecrackerOfNC surely remembers: “Only present I can afford to give that borged-up gonk. 12 eddies every six rounds, directly in the cake hole. BANG BANG, MOTHERFUCKER.”
And back at the other extreme, there were those who did not feel the spirit of celebration: @TRettsch made it quite clear no felicitations shall come from his side: “I certainly don’t congratulate him… Not after what he did to Rebecca🥺.” Fair.
That tweet had stirred updates conversations again. “@Has The first-person view update been released yet,” asked @TheGreenGeddes, followed by @crabempero42345’s demand: “Make a PS5 pro patch.” Up till now, CD Projekt Red have remained tight about everything new; what is obvious, though, is that the players are hungry for more content.
This triggered a flood of memes. @indiexanna joked about gifting a fork for Smasher, referring to the character’s notorious line about being “a cut of fuckable meat”, while @Nashyphoto stated that he is the “Temu and Wish combined” version of himself. Brutal.
Whether they love him or hate him, or whether they call him a walking pile of scrap metal, Smasher’s birthday is now one of the more unexpected highlights of the Cyberpunk 2077 community. The players are printing the calendar, sharing insane gift ideas, and debating if Smasher even needs a party. (Spoiler: Most say he doesn’t.)
What comes next? Will CD Projekt Red be throwing even more surprises into the lead-up to the big day? That remains to be seen; all one can be certain about is that Cyberpunk 2077 fans can drum up hype over practically any announcement-that was-supposed-to-be-random. We really need to wrap that birthday present now, preferably something that blasts the roof off.
