Senor’s BattleBots Beat: No Tapping Out

Senor Weaselo - June 7, 2018June 7, 2018

Morning, lizard people. Let's see how this one turns out, since I was at my 10-year HS reunion over the weekend, so I was busy Friday night. And also as of this second the lappy's still mostly dead because I was running around. Which means I'll take notes on my

BattleBots Beat: Just How Much Tech Can Be Wrecked?

Senor Weaselo - May 31, 2018May 31, 2018

That's a double meaning in the title, due to my laptop being out of commission. Whoever said "hard drive error," you win! You don't win anything specifically or corporeally, or even my eternal love and admiration and gratitude. Just know that when your Disk Utility notes your S.M.A.R.T. system says

Senor’s BattleBots Beat: Hit of the Year Already?

Senor Weaselo - May 24, 2018May 24, 2018

Welcome to Senor's BattleBots Beat, the best BattleBots review series that posts on Thursdays… that doesn't routinely mention a "Bad Dragon." (Just a hunch, don't Google that one at work. Or at your family computer.) Last week, we had some fantastic fights and rumbles, and Tombstone and Minotaur nearly broke the

The Return (and Rebranding) of the BattleBots Beat!

Senor Weaselo - May 10, 2018May 10, 2018

A long time ago (2015 does feel like an eternity), the most-recognized American robot fighting tournament came back to TV. Yes, BattleBots came back, and there was much rejoicing. I covered the second season of it for this very website! And by covered it, I mean recapped the already taped

Bonus BattleBots Recap: Rumble Edition!

Senor Weaselo - September 22, 2016September 21, 2016

So they finally posted all the rumbles (the last one took a week to repost because they fucked up the sponsor stuff in post or else this would have been up in a timely manner dammit), so hell with it, let's do one last write-up! Not only that, but you

BattleBots Finale and Awards Blowout!

Senor Weaselo - September 6, 2016

All right, it's that time, for the last time, it's robot fighting time. For old friends, welcome back! For new friends, welcome to the final BattleBots recap of the summer. I'm your friendly neighborhood Senor Weaselo. We've been following this season's BattleBots since the competing robots were announced back in April,

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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