Anna Bell

We start off Lore Watch this week wishing Mephisto a Happy Father's Day -- but are there any other fathers among the evils of Diablo?

It’s that time of year, when the humidity and heat conspire, and there is a predictable, yet unpredictable, 15 minute thunderstorm almost every afternoon. Comes on suddenly, pours, then stops and the sun comes out immediately, the pavement smoking as the rain evaporates. It’s a pretty wild phenomenon I haven’t really seen in many other places, and it means the dog days of summer are truly upon us.

This is The Queue, our daily column where you ask us questions and we have an umbrella just in case.

We start off this week's podcast talking about a few upcoming things we've already sort of discussed -- WoW patch 12.0.7 is coming next week, as is the next season of Overwatch.

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

It’s funny how often I’ve had to go back and visit old content because of stuff they’ve discussed on the podcast. This past week, it was trying to remember exactly where and when Rendle pops up. I knew he was in Revendreth, but didn’t remember if he was accessible outside the raid to players who completed the storyline but didn’t join the faction. What was the next set of zones he was in. Undermine? No, that’s not right, but it sort of feels right in terms of his character, you know?

Anyway, it was quite the detour, and wow does Castle Nathria take forever to complete these days.

This is The Queue, our daily column where you ask us questions and we don’t remember where to turn in all this anima we suddenly have, so we’ll get to you in a minute.

Because of the Blizzard Watch Site Curse, the day after we recorded the podcast, the release date for patch 12.0.7 was announced, because that's just how that works.

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

In this Diablo 4 spoiler-laden lorefest, Joe and Matt discuss the end of the campaign from Lord of Hatred and where it may lead next.

It’s Pride Month, which has increasingly been co-opted by companies trotting out the same ol graphic year after year to celebrate. As tiresome and disingenuous as that may be, it does make me a little hopeful, in that if it weren’t profitable for them to puke rainbows, they wouldn’t do it.  And conversely, for some, the message of being unrepentantly visible about supporting Pride will outweigh any consequence.

When I say that you matter, that you deserve the right to not only exist but thrive, and I’m happy you’re here, I truly mean that.

This is The Queue, our daily column where you ask us the questions, and we don’t really have any answers but we’re still showing up anyway.

We start off this week's show with a shoutout to much of the Wowhead content team, who were laid off from ZAM.