I really enjoyed this. The upgrades made me laugh.
I'm pleased to be able to say that this game doesn't appear to impose its own controls, making it friendly with profilers (such as JoyToKey) and is therefore highly controller-flexible. It's even possible to imagine playing this in multiplayer form, in which one person does the hook steering, and another does the cutting.
Because of its controller flexibility, this game is eligible to appear on my new site, Conflex Games.