Deep in the catacombs of the RPS Forbidden Chatroom of Mystery, a robot stirrs and whirrs. “Craizxcg”, says Jim, his voice the sound of rust being scraped off gunmetal, “Canbbbthppt youo pooosststssszz thissxzz?”, then he explodes. Springs and batteries are everywhere. The final act of Jimbot 3000 is to tell me about the Iron Soul launch trailer, an action platform game about jumping robots that mentions MDK as inspirations. I hope it lives up to that lofty goal. What do you think, Ji – oh, that’s right. He exploded. The last act of a loyal and determined robot, who only wanted to further robotkind and in no way enslave humanity and turn us into batteries.
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