Anna Bell

Beyond all odds — literally — somehow I came down with COVID, and nobody else in my house ever tested positive at all. Not my children, who essentially go to school every day in a plague incubator, and not my husband who usually gets everything well before me, and worse. I don’t even know where I would have gotten it if not from them. I am absolutely baffled, and yet it just figures, I guess.

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I am extremely grumpy today, mostly because I’ve come down with my third communicable illness since the start of the year. I got all my seasonal shots and take vitamins and exercise and eat right, but that won’t stop germs, I guess.

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Season 9 of Overwatch 2, called Champions, will begin February 13, and when it does, it brings an overhaul to Competitive Mode, including a rank reset.

There are few hooks that hook me harder than survival gameplay and cars. I can’t even begin to explain why, because I don’t know.

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This is The Queue, the daily column where you ask us questions, and we’ll see if you’re even around tomorrow to need an answer. No offense, of course.

Microsoft has shown us once again that the true Survival Game at the heart of corporate culture is literal as it lays off 1,900 people, employed mostly in their newly acquired Activision-Blizzard division, and in so doing also gave the axe to their Untitled Survival Game.

Sometimes, you’ll take the motivation to do stuff from any corner, no matter how silly it may seem otherwise. Sometimes the motivation comes from little treats, like “if you finish this, you can go to the cafe for an almond croissant.” And sometimes, the motivation is there because you’re going to post something on Instagram, so it may as well look cute.

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Y’all wanted an earworm? Y’all got an earworm.

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It’s the kind of day where I just want to lie in bed and alternately read and nap, but here we are.

This is The Queue, the daily column where you ask us questions, and we definitely didn’t phone this one in while we were heating up some cocoa.

Hero Mastery Mode in Overwatch 2 offers a unique chance to either learn a new Hero or showcase your talent at a couple favorites in a PVE environment.