The Queue: There’s a better reality out there, somewhere

I think I’ve talked about Fortnite enough here (and on Twitter) that y’all know I enjoy the game. And, assuming you weren’t living under a rock and that rock somehow also didn’t get sucked into a black hole, you’re probably aware that the game recently had a world-ending event that led to nearly two full days of the game being offline with no official word from Epic on when it would return.

Well, the game’s back, and the map is brand new — but here’s the thing. There are a couple of areas on the new map with the same name and very similar layouts as the old map. And given the events preceding the black hole, it seems very likely that, canonically, this new map isn’t a new island, per se, but rather the same island as before… but in a different reality. The map is much prettier. It’s a lot more enjoyable. In short, it’s better without feeling too far from the island home of yore. So y’know maybe, just maybe, that means that there’s an alternate reality out there where things are better, brighter, and more fun. I’ll leave it up to you to decide if that’s a comfort.

Anyhow, let’s Qyeye.

I don’t know if I have a good answer here. What I haven’t done is a lot of what I liked in Legion, frankly. World Quests were great, but with little iteration to them in BFA, I didn’t end up doing them nearly as much as in Legion. And even though I’ve never really been an alt-leveling player, I did far more of that in Legion due to class campaigns. If I’d had the chance to do that in BFA, I would have, but they’re not even existent for me to choose to do (or not do) them, so I’m not sure if that counts.

I’ll be honest, I was really hoping I’d like Island Expeditions more. The idea of unique landscapes that exist near (but still apart from) places we’ve been, just hanging out in the middle of the ocean? And ones that offered a unique experience each time? I really liked the idea of all that. But they just didn’t feel as good as I’d hoped.

Now, Horrific Visions? Those have been a lot of fun so far on the PTR. They’re not quite Mage Tower levels of difficult or unique, but they’re a challenge that I can do solo and try to improve on. I want more Mage Tower style content. I’ll definitely be playing those a bunch.

Which one wrote “How to Save a Life”? Anyhow, I vote for My Chemical Romance.

I play WoW nowadays because I really like pushing Mythic+ content with my friends. Mythic+ nights are some of my favorite nights of the week — they fill the space that raids used to fill, but they’re easier to adjust if someone’s out and easier to commit to only one night per week. I have gone on collection sprees in past expansions, but at a certain point, I got too far behind and realized I’d never catch up. It was depressing at first, but now that I’ve accepted it and (mostly) stopped focusing on being a completionist, it’s a lot nicer.

As for a new collectible, I’d be fine if Blizzard added collectible emotes (like FFXIV has). Less likely but more exciting would be collectibles for a player housing system. The closest the garrison ever came to this was the music box, in my opinion, and I sort of wished everything in the garrison had been more like that. I especially liked the music box because it required me to go back to old places and see the world in order to update current-game content. I know mounts and pets require that, too, but I feel like there are more interesting ways to make that sort of system work than just boss drops. If we got something that could be shown off, could find a way to make us experience old content, and didn’t feel like I was just farming bosses, I’d be all for it. Easy ask, right?

Don’t hate me, but I don’t think I’ve played any of the game with Marin in them. So Malon kind of wins by default.

Eventually, you land somewhere else. Somewhere strange, but also a little familiar. Maybe you’ve just moved out to Edgeland. Maybe you’re in the Outerland Limits. People know, but they haven’t returned to tell.

Also you die.

She’d hate it. She might even poison and kill you. But when you’re gone, she’ll miss it. And then someone will call her “VanVan” and she’ll get annoyed and tell them to never call her that again, but then when they’re not looking, she’ll turn away, solemnly, and think of you. You and that nickname she always hated.

So, the very first thing that sprung to my mind was Netflix’s “Open House.” For a while there (and arguably still), Netflix was releasing a lot of “bad but entertaining” movies, and even though they’d get bad reviews, I’d enjoy them in a way because I expected them to not be great. “The Babysitter” was one such movie. Not terrible, but not amazing, and pretty dumb when you thought about it.

But, man, “Open House” was just plain bad. It had no redeeming qualities. I can’t even say, “Go watch it so you can see what I mean” because it’s that bad. It’s not worth a recommendation of any kind. “The Bye-Bye Man” is pretty bad, too, but it’s at least, like, the kind of movie you could watch with friends or over a drink (or both) and make fun of. I think that’s the other movie I couldn’t think of at first.

My guess? We’ve had our hands full of a lot of other things, and Xal’atath is doing what Sylvanas used to do really well by staying hidden while she plots. If she’d been freed and immediately tried to enslave/control the Void Elves, she’d be a target. If she showed up taunting us before N’Zoth and Ny’alotha, she’d be a target. But she’s out there, who knows where, not immediately threatening us while the rest of the world very noticeably is dying.

Also, there’s no way she would ever actually mean harm because she is good knaifu she is best knaifu she is my knaifuWu <3

What exactly does an edgeless weapon look like? Is it just a sphere? Would we hold spheres all the time? Maybe get our power from them and only them? And they’d also all be Void Spheres? That’s preposterous and ridiculous let’s do it.

Obviously it’s a frat house during finals week.

That’s my contribution for today! Leave lots of helpful riddles questions for Rossi!