Welcome back to the Beat! For those new to the site or returning for the first time in a while (we survived the off-season!), this is the BattleBots Beat, a weekly recap of the most recent episode of BattleBots. Yes, BattleBots is a thing again. As a matter of fact,
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BattleBots Beat: We Are the World, We Are the Fighting Robots
Welcome back to the Beat! Last time out, we had Tombstone and Bronco join Bite Force in the lofty realm of 4-0 robots. We had Warhead's longtime spinning dome break. The same dome that did this! (Fight starts at 3:45) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlOVmCvnE2g And that fight, due to the damage to Nightmare, led to
New York Jets 2018 Preview, or Your Idiocy Tries to Escape the Underworld
It's that time of year, where leaves fall on the ground, a once-in-a-generation hurricane hits somewhere (this time Hawaii!), and you briefly think "Hey, maybe the Jets'll suck less than expected!" And sure, maybe they will! There are quarterbacks who aren't Josh McCown, so that's something. Not that McCown's had a
BattleBots Beat: 4-0 on the Floor
BattleBots Beat: This Time, It’s Personal.
BattleBots Beat: Honest-to-Goodness Playoff Pictures?
Welcome back to the Beat! Last time out, the Desperado Flash Tournament rolled through and Lock-Jaw became the first robot to punch their ticket to the BattleBots World Championship. Oh, and somewhere along the way we made the sidebar, so that's cool too. This week, we've got some legitimate bracket-making
Your “Where My Southpaws At?” Monday Evening Thread
(Banner image via Brawl in the Family.) Thaaaat's right, today is August 13th, which is International Left-Handers Day! No, I'm not joking, there's a website and everything. It's one of the silly holidays I actually like, being left-handed and all. Because we may have shorter lifespans, can't use regular scissors in
BattleBots Beat: Drawing the Queen of Diamonds
Sorry. Had to make it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=977oExzDh50 Welcome back to the Beat, and welcome back from the break! Everything's all caught up now, Shark Week has come and gone, though the last Sharknado movie isn't for another couple weeks, and it's not even by the original writer. (Fun fact: We went to the
The BattleBots Beat Midseason Roundtable! And Your Desperado Friday Evening Open Thread
BRING BACK MATT! The DFO Interview: Matt Ufford
Evenings with the BattleBots: A Collection of BattleBots Vignettes by the BattleBots Beat
Here is in Long Beach an arena where the custom exists among the competitors, several of whom are intellectual robots—oh yeah, they are not man but machine—to indulge in reading, nay, even in more or less literary and robotics talks during other robots' fights. This means they read and talk
Senor’s BattleBots Beat: Animal Style
Welcome back to the Beat! Last week, there were a pair of controversial decisions and neither of them were Chomp's fight. Also three robots went 0-3 crippling their chances of making the big end-of-season playoff bracket. This week, we have all sorts of crazy matchups, including my favorite-looking bot, Warhead.