BattleBots Olympic Break: The 20 Greatest BattleBots Fights, Part 1

Hi everyone, Senor back from two weeks of playing musical theater for a two-week break before going back to play more musical theater. Which means I can re-take the recaps! For those of you who missed Rikki's excellent job of filling in for me, we ended the round of 32

Not a BattleBots Preview: Let the Wars Begin… Again

Evening all. If anyone wants to know who I'm picking this week on BattleBots, I've got Razorback over Ghost Raptor, Warhead over Complete Control (which they're showing an audio clip of which is making me nervous), Son of Whyachi over Poison Arrow, and Tombstone over Escape Velocity, and if you

BattleBots Way-Too-Late Recap, Way-Too-Early Preview, and Prediction Standings

SAAAAAAN FRAAAAAANCIS… oh right, they're in LA this year, silly me. So, we are now officially into the knockout rounds of this year's BattleBots tournament. 32 robots go into the Box, one will eventually come out with the electronics of broken machines on one wheel and the Giant Nut on the

[DFOnline] Pokemon GO

Hello, and welcome to [DFOnline]. MikeWallaceandGromit is off tonight. I'm Senor Weaselo. The game currently sweeping the world, or at least everyone under the age of 30, is Pokemon Go, for your smart mobile device. The way it works is fairly simple. You go around your neck of the woods, phone

BattleBots Recap: Preliminary Rounds and Bracket Preview

One round of the 2016 BattleBots tournament is in the books! Or zero rounds, depending on what you want to call it. 48 robots had 24 fights to show what they could do to their opponent in the BattleBox to take their first steps towards the Giant Nut. Here's a

DFO Euro 2016 Preview – Turkey

Sorry I'm late with this, hoped I'd have it up by their first game. Anyway, here are my thoughts on the Turkish team aka the Crescent-Stars, ranked 18th in the FIFA rankings and playing Croatia (lost 1-0), Spain, and the Czech Republic in Group D: Fuck 'em.  

Euro 2016 Preview–Romania

Oh shit, I better get started on the Euro posts I said I might do. Let's see when the first match is… this afternoon? And Romania's playing in the opener? Well I better get this done now! For the geographically lacking folks/everyone who gets confused by all the eastern European countries, Romania

Senor Weaselo’s Guide to BattleBots, Part 2

Greetings. Last time we took a look at the first twenty hopefuls for this year's BattleBots Giant Nut. Let's take a look at another twenty, including the oldest robot in the field, my favorite-looking newcomer, and the robot I think is most likely to crash last year's contenders' party. I didn't