Have you ever been disappointed with your geek kung-fu? You go through life thinking, “Why, yes, I am a gigantic nerd. My nerd knowledge-base is vast and potent. No one can challenge the veritable wealth of useless knowledge I possess, the sheer brain real estate that I have devoted to media instead of human experience. Why, I could have been a physicist! Instead I know about Mega Man continuity.” And then something slips by you and you entire world comes crashing down!
There’s a Bionic Commando webcomic that’s been running since March. How in the holy hell did I miss this?!
Twenty pages of the thirty-two page Bionic Commando: Chain of Command (insert Michael Bay movie score here) have run already and it is, if nothing else, shockingly nerdy in its own right. The story does an entertaining job of linking the original game and its upcoming sequel, bringing back familiar faces like Super Joe and protagonist Nathan Spencer. Wait wait wait. Forgive me. RADD Specner. It’s a little disorienting though. There’s more dialogue on the first page of this thing than there is in the entire original game. Also, Radd Spencer’s hair is markedly less rad. Check out this profile from the original NES instruction booklet.
That is a ragin’ doo. Now look at new Radd Spencer:
What is this space marine horse shit! For shame Ben Judd.
Head over to the Bionic Commando homepage to read the whole shebang. It’s written by Andy Diggle. Diggle also happens to write some comic book about some British magician who looks like Sting and has an awesome name.
Related links:
Gone Vertical: Hands-on Bionic Commando
Bionic Commando: Rearmed Delayed, 61FPS Breaks Stuff, Is Happy About Soundtrack
Going Vertical: How Capcom’s Developers Are Changing the Landscape of 3D Games
It’s Official: Capcom Has Been Taken Over By Nerds