My spouse and I are going to see Spider-Man: Brand New Day this weekend, a date night and the first movie I’ll see in a theatre since 2020. I won’t pretend I’m not nervous — COVID left marks on my soul that have never really faded and the realization that many people living around me would be perfectly happy to let me and other people with risk factors die instead of doing simple, harmless things like wearing masks or getting vaccinated.

Still, I want to see Spider-Man do Spider-Man things. And at least I know he’d wear a mask to keep me safe, if he were real.

Looking back and knowing what we do about Harandar and the deep roots of the World Trees, do we owe Fandral an apology in hindsight?

Whether you've been on the front lines of every battle on Azeroth for two decades or you're not even as old as the game itself, everyone has their own first memory of playing World of Warcraft.

It’s been a fun ten days of going to the faire with my favorite person! We rode rides, ate fried food, saw shows, and only got rained out twice. Which, considering the wet year that Edmonton has had, is not too bad. We even snuck in a major concert at a stadium to see Jelly Roll and Post Malone. The show had so many pyrotechnics that we could feel the heat on our faces even way up in the top stands!

My feet may be tired, but I already can’t wait for next year’s faire. It’s super fun, and I love the chance to see so many musical acts that I wouldn’t get to normally. We even managed to not pay a cent for parking during the whole thing, which is a pretty good win in my books.

While I try to adjust to a normal life again, it’s time for our daily question and answer column — The Queue!

The World of Warcraft content train shows no sign of slowing down as we start to head into the end of the first set of patches for Midnight.

Hearthstone Battlegrounds Season 14: Dark Gifts of Dalaran is probably one of the biggest patches this game mode has ever gotten.

Get ready to zoom through maintenance day, because all World of Warcraft servers only have an hour of downtime scheduled today.

The Diablo franchise celebrated its 30th anniversary with rolling out a new canon class -- the Warlock -- for Diablo 2: Resurrected (released in February 2026), Diablo 4 (released in April 2026), and Diablo Immortal (released in June 2026).

Last week I was supposed to be on vacation, but the vacation was clearly cursed. Just absolutely pirate gold, vengeful murdered victorian child levels of nonsense. The one silver lining was passing by The Peachoid twice in two days.

So, behold, I guess.

This is The Queue, our daily column where you ask us the questions and just as soon as we get back from the DMV, dentist, and mechanic, and actually let’s pencil in an exorcist so we probably won’t have a chance to answer, sorry. Maybe after I get done very carefully and explicitly not cussing out my “roadside assistance” insurance agent. Oh, probably should check in with my therapist about it, too now that I’m thinking of it.

This week on the Tavern Watch Podcast, we wander very naturally into one of the most age-old discussions among tabletop players and GMs alike: do you have a preference for crunchy systems or streamlined ones?