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BattleBots Better Bring Back the Bot Whisperer!

Per Matt BattleBots‘ road to World Championship VII was a brutal one, fanning flames of destruction throughout the year while drivers fine-tuned their robots for the final tournament, but something felt a little off that I couldn’t quite figure out… Continue Reading →

Star Trek: Picard Isn’t Bold Enough

As a teenager in high school, my nights typically were a toss-up of video games, band practice or some RPG action within the Star Wars Universe. One night, I turned to our local Fox channel, hoping for something like Tales… Continue Reading →

Necessary Change Brings Hope to BattleBots’ Season 12

Per Matt If you love something or someone that brings you nothing but pain, your life choices basically boil down to two options: Tolerate the uncomfortable moments as long as humanly possible the best you can or make a change… Continue Reading →

Forget the Terminator, M3GAN is the Her-minator!

Per Matt M3GAN is something like a Teddy Ruxpin-Skynet mashup, where the intended toy is meant to be the child’s protector, but it exceeds its original programming as it learns to become self-aware (with some assistance to its always-open internet… Continue Reading →

BotCon Brings The Transformers to Tennessee!

Per Matt There will be more than meets the eye in downtown Nashville this weekend as The Original Transformers Fan Convention, BotCon, has finally arrived in Tennessee!

BattleBots Champions Offers a Crazy, New Challenge for Competitors

BattleBots brings a bonanza of bravado and battles to a brand-new show.

Lightyear is All About Making Mistakes

Pixar is a name that usually puts smiles on people’s faces. While the film studio has been around since 1986, it took almost 10 years for the company to release its first fully computer-animated feature film, Toy Story (1995). Since… Continue Reading →

Controversies Cloud BattleBots’ Conclusion

Per Matt When a show hypes up its entire season, leading to an epic conclusion… but that grand finale fizzles due to not one, but two controversial decisions that felt absolutely arbitrary and incredibly inconsistent from the rest of the… Continue Reading →

Family Issues or Robot Uprising? Mitchells vs. the Machines Handles Both!

Per Matt For the past 12 years, I have been mostly concerned with preparing for the impending Zombie Apocalypse — thanks a lot, AMC! But after watching The Mitchells vs. the Machines, I am reminded of the most probable threat… Continue Reading →

2022 Brings New Rules and a New Location to BattleBots!

Per Matt Robot combat will look a little bit different in 2022. BattleBots’ Season 11 marks the 22nd year for the competition show that has appeared on a variety of TV networks. The fans are finally back (albeit masked) after… Continue Reading →

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