by Draco | Jan 20, 2023 | BattleBots: S12
It’s already time for another Update so soon after the last one because I took a vacation and wound up finishing last episode’s article in an airport terminal. Can you think of a better way to pass time during a 2+ hour layover? I’m just glad that my...
by Draco | Aug 19, 2022 | BattleBots: S11
We’re in the middle of BattleBots: Champions here on The Update, a miniseries that’s a loose follow-up to last season’s Bounty Hunters. Each episode is like a miniature tournament of its own with eight participants and the winner faces off against a...
by Draco | May 20, 2022 | BattleBots: S10
[BattleBots: Bounty Hunters is available on Discovery+.] Humor me for a moment because we need to rewind time to the 2020 season of BattleBots for a while. Allow me to refresh your memory in case you’ve forgotten the context on this website; I had a major...
by Draco | Apr 29, 2022 | BattleBots: S11
Welcome back to BattleBots Update. We’re in the middle of checking out the fights that didn’t make it to TV, the ones I affectionately dub “What Got Cut”. Last week we wrapped up the second half of the unaired Fight Night qualifiers so that...
by Draco | Apr 1, 2022 | BattleBots: S11
[BattleBots: S11 E13 is available via streaming on Discovery+.] The Round of 32 has finally been cut in half to the Round of 16; it took two episodes but we made it there… mostly. Ignoring the fights that were cut because of, well, let’s not immediately...