The Queue: On the road again

It’s road trip time with my favorite person! We’re going to go see a band I like, visit some hot springs, and do other things! It’s gonna be fun on the bun. Or at least fun on the Twizzlers and other gummy candies, as the only way I can buy road trip snacks is to act like an eight-year-old who’s just been given a twenty in a candy shop.

By the time you’re reading this, I’ll have already been driving for a few hours, so wish me good coffee and clear roads.

While I check the map once again to see if there’s any short cuts to take, it’s time for our daily question and answer column — The Queue!

They actually have pulled off the Office Space scam on everybody else in the game. They steal fractional bits of hearthstone cooldowns from other people to give themselves a whole extra one. The trick is to not be greedy, which is the hardest part for a Rogue.

Of course, if your Rogue isn’t getting a second charge on their hearthstone, it’s probably because they’re bad at stealing. You should work on that with them. Don’t come back until you can steal the sword out of Azeroth without anyone noticing.

Every day is International Cat Day when you’ve got a cat who’s travelled internationally.

A million years ago, I lived in Chicago, and I took Bacardi with me when I went. He got to fly in a carrier with me, and did mostly ok. He did meow a lot. Like a lot a lot. But he made it safely, and they accepted his paws-port at the border. It was interesting getting him out of his carrier and through security by myself, though. I was worried he was going to squirm away and then I’d have to chase him through an airport. Luckily it didn’t happen, and he went and came back safely. He’s a well-travelled cat!

I’m not one to do it for major decisions or long-term gameplay things. I’d rather do my playthrough blind and make the choices that feel right in the moment, not try to do things to satisfy some perfect ending hours away. It’s a more honest experience that way.

I will use it if I see a treasure or a secret stuck somewhere and I have already tried to get it myself without cheating, though. I’m not going to go right to cheating first up, but if I’ve given a reasonable effort to solve the puzzle and still can’t do it, then I’ll check a guide. Secrets are usually something great, like cosmetics or power — and I gotta look good while playing.

We talked to each other, Kal, gosh. It’s like you’ve never people-watched and made up stories about the diners around you. I didn’t know your world was so devoid of whimsy. Sometimes we even read the menu.

I know this will shock almost none of you, but Heroes of the Storm. I can tailor it to just how overwhelmed I’m feeling; if I just wanna zone out, I can do AI matches. If I wanna do low-stakes matches, I have ARAM mode, and if I just wanna be an annoying jerk, I can always play Junkrat in quick match. Nothing says annoying like Junkrat!

I’d also play Diablo for low-stakes zone-out time. Putting demons through a wood chipper for shiny loot is always fun. Especially when you’re playing a build with unlimited highly mobile killing potential like the Whirlwind Barbarians. You spend the whole time yelling at your enemies and spinning to winning. It’s great, and more importantly, for easy gaming, it’s super easy to play.

I used to eat shrimp and green pepper on my pizzas. I saw shrimp as an option at a local pizza place and thought that it sounded weird but compelling, and I did like it! Then it got harder to find shrimp as a topping option, so I stopped ordering it. It’s been ages since then; if I saw the option, I’d jump at it.

In the last couple of Weird Beer tours my local craft breweries do, I’ve had cricket-based beer, and so many pickle-based things. Also one that was loosely based on an “Animal style” burger from In-N-Out Burger. To varying degrees of success. The burger beer I wouldn’t go back for more of, the avocado toast beer I would’ve. Who knew! I also wouldn’t go back for the absinthe-infused beer; it was too bitter. Maybe someday I’ll have proper absinthe with the wormwood in it, and I can figure out if I like that on its own.

Today’s Bacardi is tuckered out. He told me that while I was gone, he was gonna work extra hard to make sure that you all have extra shiny loot. Never mind that; it’s a new season. Maybe you’ll get the rare drop mounts from the new zone! Or maybe you’ll find Jimothy. I hear he’s prowling around somewhere in 12.1.

Would you rather

Turn into a crow and the only way to turn back is to collect twenty dollars

Or

Turn into a seagull and the only way to turn back is to steal forty french fries.

Today’s Anna Earworm™: The Highwaymen

Drive safe, folks! Remember: don’t trust that plumber eating the banana in the lane next to you.