[DFOnline] Pokemon GO

Senor Weaselo - July 9, 2016

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

Senor Weaselo - July 4, 2016

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

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DFO Euro 2016 Preview – Italy

Senor Weaselo - June 13, 2016

As I hope we all know because we're smarter than average bears here, Italy is that country in southern Europe that looks like a giant boot. So naturally they'd be pretty decent at the kicking sport, with four World Cups (last in 2006) and a European championship to their name.

DFO Euro 2016 Preview – Turkey

Senor Weaselo - June 12, 2016June 12, 2016

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

Senor Weaselo - June 10, 2016June 10, 2016

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 3

Senor Weaselo - May 31, 2016May 31, 2016

So here we are, the third and final installment of our bot-by-bot preview of this season's BattleBots. Twenty or so more robots, some may never make it to the fights, some may never make it to TV, some might actually win a fight or two or the whole thing. This final

Senor Weaselo’s Guide to BattleBots, Part 2

Senor Weaselo - May 30, 2016May 30, 2016

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

Senor Weaselo’s Guide to BattleBots, Part 1

Senor Weaselo - May 29, 2016May 29, 2016

Hockey and basketball seasons are coming to a close, and we still need our fix of sports in the warm summer months, because we don’t all want to watch baseball. I mean, I do, but life sucks when the Mets are the best team in New York. (There are too