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 | 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 | Feb 4, 2022 | BattleBots: S11
[BattleBots: S11 E5 is available via streaming on Discovery+.] Every iteration of BattleBots Update has been “brought to you by” someone different each week it seems. This time The Update is brought to you by COVID-19. Yeah, I managed to dodge it for two years but the...
by Draco | Jan 7, 2022 | BattleBots: S11
[BattleBots: S11 E1 is available via streaming on Discovery+.] The skies darken. The earth quakes. The ground splits open and a hand emerges, gripping onto the soil. Another hand follows. From the depths of the robot underworld Kenny Florian pulls himself out of the...
by Draco | Aug 27, 2021 | BattleBots: S10
[BattleBots: S10 E13 is available via streaming on Discovery+.] The Round of 32 is dead, long live the Round of 32. Up next is the Round of 16. Quarterfinals and all that jazz comes later but for now we’ve got eight more fights that comprise the entirety of the...