Tag Robot Combat League
Per Matt What does it take for BattleBots to change, yet remain the same, in order to grow its audience, as well as built upon its preexistent fans? The robot-combat TV show invited competitors and viewers alike to the Golden… Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
Per Matt Mechanical mayhem. Rock ’em sock ’em piles of mass destruction. Metallic shards and scraps flying into the air. Part science class, part reality TV show, these are just a few descriptions of what happens when hundreds of pounds… Continue Reading →
If you thought you were hearing a repeat from last year, you weren’t mistaken. Team Bite Force defended its title by repeating as the BattleBots World Champion by hoisting the Giant Nut in 2019, en route to an undefeated season.
The bots are back!
Back in the Dark Ages (throughout the Original Trilogy and just before the Prequel Trilogy), the one sure-fire way to boost magazine sales was to splash anything remotely Star Wars related on your magazine covers. With no World Wide Web… Continue Reading →
It’s been 11 years since a robot-fighting competition has graced basic cable, so it wasn’t a minute too soon for Robot Combat League to make its grand entrance.
COVID Complications Can’t Close BattleBots
Per Matt When the global pandemic was first spreading like wildfire earlier this year, I knew the entertainment industry would soon face some drastic changes. Little did I realize consuming overpriced popcorn and watered-down Cokes at movie theaters would be… Continue Reading →