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Entertainment

Light Saber Jousting With Segways

11:00AM John Mahoney | Vice TV, going where no other news outlets dare: This time, it’s Segway instruction from an NYC weirdo named Itsy, then stage combat light saber lessons with the NYC Jedi Academy in Brooklyn. Then, fight! More »
Press

Chuck E. Cheese: A Place Where Mums Punch Dads In the Face

3:40AM Brian Lam | Chuck E. Cheese is a place for mum-on-mum deathmatches. An uninvited kid joined another kid’s party. And when the cops finally showed up, they found a rumble between 40 bloodthirsty parents. More, plus video: More »
Robots

ALCNON Humanoid Bot Wails on a Tiny, Helpless Robot

6:50AM Sean Fallon | Unfortunately for the tiny robot in this video, this David vs. Goliath battle from the recent ROBO-ONE competition in Japan does not have a surprising ending. The gigantic ALCNON humanoid robot easily trounces his miniature opponent with a combination of swift punches and furious dance moves. Maybe it’s time someone put a pair of boxing gloves on a toddler and gave this bully a taste of his own medicine. More »
Random Stuff

Cat KO’s Printer In Vicious Boxing Match

3:00AM Sean Fallon | Cats have an odd relationship with gadgets. Some cats tremble in fear while others have no problem resorting to violence. The cat in the video above falls neatly into the latter category. Sure, the internet is filled with videos of cats bitchslapping technology—but this one really lays the hammer down on that printer. A vicious flurry of rights at the end combined with enhanced sound effects make for a truly epic pummeling. It is not for the squeamish that’s for sure. [soupsoup via Gearfuse] More »
Robots

Robo-One’s Robot Boxing Champion Reveals Combat Secrets

10:00PM Gizmodo US Edition | Naoki Maru may live in Hikone, north of Kyoto, down the road from a samurai castle full of katana swords and armour, but for him, the ancient Japanese art of bushido is best carried out with robots, not people. King Kizer, the Maru family robot, has dominated the Robo-One tourney over the past three years, collecting US$50,000 in prize money. Maru, a factory engineer by day, is trying to perfect a way to make Kizer even more of an arse kicker using a technique he had seen many times in anime: A harness that captures human movements and translates them into robotic attacks and other gestures. More »