We've been on something of a hiatus with Pygmy Hippo Watch, but couldn't ignore two new baby pygmy hippos to celebrate.

I hear sneks are all the hiss lately. Everybody’s got sneks on their brains. Sneks are hogging all the sunlight. They’re the flavor of the month, and it tastes like venom. They just keep slithering their way into every conversation.

This is the Queue, our daily Q&A column where snakes are so hot right now (ambient temperature permitting; give them twenty minutes under a warm rock or something).

Liz, a person who has a legitimate phobia of snakes, is rather emphatically not enjoying the Coiled Isle.

I’d rather be fishing.

In a nice sunny spot on the coast. Maybe I could bring my umbrella. Not a snake or pool of venom in sight. It would be glorious.

But no, instead I’m on the Coiled Isle, having a panic attack while a dozen snakes twisted into a single mega-snake comes at me. This is the life of a hero of Azeroth, apparently.

This is the Queue, our daily Q&A column where I’d rather not talk about snakes but somehow keep coming back to them, because they’re everywhere and I can’t get them out of my mind.

Every week the Epic Games Store gives away a game or two for free.

World of Warcraft Midnight starts off with four main factions you can earn reputation and Renown with: Silvermoon Court, Amani Tribe, Hara'ti, and The Singularity.

Thank you for the idea, Jalamenos.

Great scot, Marty!

The very forces that underpin the World of Warcraft universe itself are the topic of this week's Lore Watch Podcast.

Here's some good news for meticulous-minded achievement hunters: Midnight's patch 12.1 has added a 'Back' button to the default achievement pane that allows for slightly easier navigation when browsing the requirements for certain big-ticket accomplishments.