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

This Week In Violence! Presents SlamBall

The Maestro - May 27, 2016May 26, 2016

Well, folks, after 15 weeks, it's getting almost impossible to keep finding material that meets our necessary violence and obscurity requirements to write about. So as such, I'll be wrapping up This Week In Violence! with a bang as we finally return home stateside to check out a sport that never

This Week In Violence! Presents Pitz

The Maestro - May 20, 2016May 19, 2016

I'm breaking one of my rules this week: this edition of This Week In Violence! explores a sport that is no longer practised anymore. I'd say this is a shame, except the reality now is that recruiting top athletes would probably be quite difficult, considering the whole, y'know, extremely regular death thing.

This Week In Violence! Presents The Eton Wall Game

The Maestro - May 13, 2016

My father went to private school. I did not. It's a completely foreign environment to me, particularly now as a public school teacher. One thing I do know about private school, however, beyond the stereotypical throwback uniforms, strict rules, and such, is that many have incredibly long-running traditions that are

This Week In Violence! Presents Water Jousting

The Maestro - May 6, 2016May 6, 2016

Game of Thrones has been back for two weeks. I've been stoked as hell about it. Obviously the fantasy elements - the dragons, White Walkers, blood magic, etc. - are the most fun elements of the show, but there's something to be said for the entertainment value from knights, horses,

This Week In Violence! Presents Yağlı Güreş

The Maestro - April 29, 2016April 29, 2016

Oil wrestling! We've probably all dreamed about witnessing this in a certain manner... at least perhaps in the manner suggested by B-comedies and gentlemen's magazines. And while this is perhaps fun, and most certainly entertaining for the heterosexual male demographic, in Turkey, oil wrestling is in fact a time-honoured tradition

This Week In Violence! Presents Sepak Bola Api

The Maestro - April 22, 2016April 29, 2016

I've always liked soccer. I played from ages 4-11, and played on a pretty decent intramural team for a few years in college. I also used to coach fundamentals as a part-time job in high school, which was pretty fun. All this said, I know I could be a lot

This Week In Violence! Presents Shin-Kicking

The Maestro - April 15, 2016April 15, 2016

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I'll never forget the chemistry prof I had for the one science class I was required to take in my freshman year of college. "Yes, I'm from Wales. Where men are men, and sheep are nervous." I never did particularly well in that class, but I did enjoy coming to lectures. That

This Week In Violence! Presents Kotta Pora

The Maestro - April 8, 2016April 8, 2016

Pillow fights! The domain of children and unreasonably attractive sorority sisters in underwear, right? That's what society has led us to believe up to now, at any rate. The truth is this: pillow fights are not any one person's exclusive domain. Indeed, I had not realized until recently that they're