10 reasons why having a real bionic arm would be the best thing ever

It's good for more than just swinging

Words: on September 18, 2008
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It extends. It retracts. It spins. It grips. It pulls. Bionic Arm is without doubt a very cool appendage. The bionically enhanced commando uses it to deflect bullets, swing like a baboon, toss exploding barrels about and, er, unscrew things. But if by some miracle of modern science or Frankensteinian butchery Bionic Arm could be grafted on to our own body, how would we utilize the magical telescopic limb?

That's the exact question we asked ourselves recently and it didn't take us long to arrive at the unanimous conclusion that having a real Bionic Arm would probably be the Best Thing Ever. Don't believe us? Here's 10 barely serviceable pictures crudely illustrating our reasoning...

Sept 18, 2008


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  • D0CCON

    D0CCON  - 1 year, 11 months ago  - Report

    was hoping for a doc ock reference
    Reply
  • RadicalVoodoo

    RadicalVoodoo  - 3 years, 4 months ago  - Report

    All for not getting up to change game disc. I never look forward to that moment...
    Reply
  • Swamp7hing

    Swamp7hing  - 3 years, 4 months ago  - Report

    Win. I signed up so I could post that. I actually laughed out loud, great stuff!
    Reply
  • crazyqazqaz

    crazyqazqaz  - 3 years, 4 months ago  - Report

    A bionic arm would be super cool!! I could even switch off a light witout moving my legs!! The possibilities are endless!!
    Reply
  • Shellghost

    Shellghost  - 3 years, 4 months ago  - Report

    i'd so rather Doc Ocks tentacles to a boinic arm anyday, like SpikeDelight said, it would be incredibly impractible unlike those kickass tentacles
    Reply
  • bron1417

    bron1417  - 3 years, 4 months ago  - Report

    HAHA WOW. great drawings.
    Reply
  • ELpork

    ELpork  - 3 years, 4 months ago  - Report

    How can you sit on it if its an arm?
    Reply
  • GamesRadar_MattCundy

    GamesRadar_MattCundy  - 3 years, 4 months ago  - Report

    @SpikeDelight
    Obviously you'd have to make a few technical adjustments before having Bionic Arm fused to your body. It'd be a pretty big commitment and having an arm that couldn't bend would probably be quite annoying I'd imagine.
    Reply
  • ALF

    ALF  - 3 years, 4 months ago  - Report

    The things I could do with that arm.....
    Reply
  • SpikeDelight

    SpikeDelight  - 3 years, 4 months ago  - Report

    All this is well and good but you forgot this isn't a Doc Ock tentacle it's a Bionic Arm that can only go up, diagonal or forwards, and you can't control how far it goes out or keep it there without latching onto something so it would probably be impractical in everyday life.

    :D
    Reply
  • londonjack

    londonjack  - 3 years, 4 months ago  - Report

    right on about the not getting up to change game discs, i dread that moment.
    Reply
  • Tasty_Pasta

    Tasty_Pasta  - 3 years, 4 months ago  - Report

    Lol, arm wrestling Doc Ock!
    Reply
  • frmonth

    frmonth  - 3 years, 4 months ago  - Report

    lol the drawing and ideas are great i like the placard one the best lol
    Reply
  • Amnesiac

    Amnesiac  - 3 years, 4 months ago  - Report

    It's okay, my ass is numb too.
    Reply
  • Juriasu

    Juriasu  - 3 years, 4 months ago  - Report

    Great.

    And I do want a chicken!
    Reply
  • KHfan

    KHfan  - 3 years, 4 months ago  - Report

    lol

    love the drawings
    Reply
  • Z-man427

    Z-man427  - 3 years, 4 months ago  - Report

    I'd rather have a prehensile tail
    Reply
  • lewis42025

    lewis42025  - 3 years, 4 months ago  - Report

    hilarious
    Reply
  • burningmunkey

    burningmunkey  - 3 years, 4 months ago  - Report

    LOVE the art style! No really - its awesome!

    LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
    Reply
  • FancyRat

    FancyRat  - 3 years, 3 months ago  - Report

    Fairy cakes? Oh England...
    Reply
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