Senor’s BattleBots Recap and Finale Preview!

Senor Weaselo - August 29, 2016

Greetings from a remote location somewhere. I'm your friendly neighborhood Senor Weaselo, and this is the thing where I talk about the robots. Better yet, last week brought the return of new episodes! Unfortunately my house doesn't have TV, I don't know if we have Wi-Fi, and I don't have

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BattleBots Olympic Special: The Top 20 BattleBots Fights of All Time, Part 2

Senor Weaselo - August 18, 2016August 18, 2016

Welcome back to another week of filler while BattleBots is on Olympic break. Last week we went over the 11th to 20th-best fights in BattleBots history as determined by noted BattleBots fan Senor Weaselo. (That's right, I'm giving myself honorifics now.) We had fights from as early as 2001 and fights as recent

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

Senor Weaselo - August 12, 2016August 12, 2016

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

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Battlebots Recap: Episode 6

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly - August 5, 2016August 5, 2016

Last night saw the first four matches in the Sweet Sixteen, with the second four coming next week. Here's what you missed: Minotaur vs. Warhead Minotaur is my pick to win the whole tournament, and showed no signs of slowing down here. Warhead was one of the oddest looking robots in the competition,

Battlebots Recap: Episode 5

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly - July 29, 2016July 29, 2016

Last night Battlebots pushed through the final eight matches in the Round of 32 to set things up for the Sweet Sixteen, which meant we got four full fights and four cut matches. Here's what happened: Beta vs. Overhaul Beta is a strange bot, in that its main motion is reminiscent of

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

Senor Weaselo - July 14, 2016

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

Meanwhile, in Burbank…

Insane Shit

Rikki-Tikki-Deadly - July 13, 2016July 12, 2016

INT. TALK SHOW SET - DAY A pair of robots begin to materialize onto the lavishly appointed set of a talk show. The audience cheers their arrival vociferously, hooting and and hollering as the two forms solidify. 9873