Anna Bell

As we round the corner on The War Within, Blizzard has been releasing more glimpses of what we can expect from the expansion, this time in an exposition-filled video.

Most of the time when Cory earworms me it’s because of something completely tangential to the song he actually picked.

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For the next three days -- August 1 through August 5 -- anybody can play WoW for free.

It’s funny, sometimes I try to be so nice, especially to the posters who need it, and then sometimes, well. I just can’t help it if I have such good advice, but this column is really popular, kinda like me, so you’ll need to wait.

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While I understand I was gone for two weeks I’m still amazed by the sheer number of events I missed while I was on vacation. I have over 500 unread emails in my marketing/promotional inbox alone, and every single communique from the upcoming school year is in triplicate, as the apps they insist on using also send out an email blast for each message, plus a digest. And that’s before I get into the good stuff I need to interact with. Well, I always was a jump right in kind of girl. Here’s hoping I have enough RAM for the number of chrome tabs I’m about to open.

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I went on vacation last Saturday, and we’ve had a great time, going to Niagara Falls on a train, hitting up with Adirondacks for some outdoorsy fun. We even went swimming in a waterfall! I’ve been largely out of the loop in terms of information, but I’m sure there’s not a lot of stuff that happened I need to catch up on.

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Before you think I'm about to abduct a few dozen puppies to make myself a coat or something, failure is a natural part of playing video games.

Over time I’ve started really leaning in to ambient noise soundtracks while I’m working. I’ve done this for a long time, just keeping WoW open while I double check things, so I get all the little chimes from nearby lanterns, or the occasional jingling of horsetack in certain towns and cities. However, now it’s becoming a real necessity for–

Wait, what was I saying? Oh, right, I use the birds chirping soundtrack in Spirit City a lot, and Plant Daddy, also just those youtube videos intended for cats with ambient outdoor noise. Having something neutral like that really helps me focus, when I’m being asked by my kids for–

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The next Overwatch 2 crossover event begins July 9, and so far their collaboration with Transformers has featured a whole lot of gorgeous artwork and character concepts.

Funnily enough, the final book in the set of three updates to 2024 Dungeons & Dragons isn't coming out until 2025.