What RPGs genres are lacking?

[JConstantine]

Diesel Punk

Not quite in line with the rest of your post, but there's Tomorrow City (which happens to be on sale right now), and Age of Steel.

 

[Thomas Shey]

Tomorrow City struck me as very odd when I read it, and I can't really place my finger on why.

 

[Jd Smith1]

Spoilerizing it both for those who wish to skip + for skirting off topic

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Fictional depictions also have the very big fatal (ie with real world consequences) flaw: it's depicted as being necessary, quick, and always producing true and actionable intel. That, and it shows up in media even geared towards younger children, thus creating this societal view that it's a legit thing to use and do. When, in reality, it often provides nothing or false leads or things of limited value, takes time, and also crosses any moral event horizon.

(Plus does a spoiler block make it feel more clandestine/spy-y? )

Spoiler: Hidden to prevent topic drift.

Hundreds of incidents performed by criminals each year prove your statement wrong. The moral dimension can't be argued, although there are few governments who don't practice it. Again, the role of extreme techniques is simply to get a subject talking. Sure, they will lie, but a lie from someone holding a secret is valuable. They mistake in fiction is ignoring that the key is picking the right person, and the interrogation techniques used once they start talking.

I don't know where the myth that 'torture doesn't work' came from; maybe from all the action heroes in movies taking a couple minutes of punishment and sneering it off. Back when I was in Iraq, we would waterboard each other just to see who was toughest. Believe me, even a simple procedure like that works.