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Demiurge Studios released the first trailer and screens of the downloadable action game, Shoot Many Robots, and ... well, the game does what it says on the tin (bonus: it destroy lots of things made of tin). In the trailer after the break and the screens below, you will see little other than robots being shot, save for the occasional image of men (up to four), some of whom are in kilts, on the verge of shooting robots.

In fact, the media is so focused on the robots and the shooting thereof, that we have only the briefest glimpse of the included RPG elements -- we can see numbers coming out of the robots as they're shot, and a flash of a screen in which you can upgrade weapons. You know, so you can better do that thing that is the title of the game.

Ready to use bullets to turn your toaster into scrap metal? Good.

A new shooter draws nigh.

We were a little concerned about the first original release from Boston-based Demiurge Studios, despite its nearly 10 years of supporting work on major titles like Mass Effect and Borderlands. Sure, the trailer (just after the break) looks cool, but doesn't Shoot Many Robots sound upsettingly like a product from Idiocracy's dumbtopian future, advertised during a commercial break from "Ow, My Balls!"?

But the more we thought on it, the more we realized that there's a certain value to plainly stating what it is you do well, without all the highfalutin language. So, you're releasing an arcadey downloable game on 360 and PS3 about shooting a lot of robots? Why not just say so, Poindexter? Auto and restaurant industries, you're on notice: If we can't buy the "Vroom Get There Fast" and "Good Taste Tummy Full" by the time Shoot Many Robots drops in 2011, you're officially behind the curve.

Put Johnny 5 on the endangered species list.