The Diamond Age
With the way Bud’s cybernetic enhancements are described, they remind me a lot of Shadowrun, which is a tabletop rpg, set in a cyberpunk-fantasy future, where there are a variety of odd and strange cybernetics. There are two types of cybernetics, robotic and biological cybernetics, robotic cybernetics are the types you see in the movies, where it’s made of metal and have electricity in it. They can also do a lot of stuff, like turn into guns, or have mini computers in them. The Skull gun is obviously one of these types of cybernetics, and there are all sorts of weird and goofy stuff in shadowrun like this, like the eye gun, or the nail blades. The other type is biological, which is improving your biological structure, to become stronger, faster, have better immune systems etc. This is also shown in the beginning with bud’s implants to become stronger without doing anything, having peaked muscle conditions. These type of stuff reminds me a lot of Shadowrun, let’s hope it stays that way...