Anna Bell

We’re officially in BlizzCon Month! There are so many things we have to get ready even before some of us start making the trip out to sunny Anaheim that it simultaneously feels like we have tons and tons of work to do on a daily basis, and yet there’s almost nothing going on. A quiet before the Heroes of the Storm, if you will.

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Every year, I get really excited for fall. The slightly crisp air, the food, the crunchy leaves, the cozy vibe, all come together to make it my favorite part of the year. And then as soon as I take a good, deep breath, I remember that this means we’re also rounding the corner on the most intensely busy time of the year. Between holidays, fall fundraisers, and the amount of stuff that getting ready for winter entails, I’m always too overwhelmed to truly enjoy it. But today? Today I’m wearing a soft gray henley and sipping a coffee with some nutmeg in it, and I’m pretty ok with that.

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Look, sometimes when we write, we fall down bizarre rabbit holes from which there is no escape. No judgement.

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While I’m always excited for a new top tier, .X patch, I’m a little confused as to what’s going on with these weird obscure subdivided patches. I like the fact that there’s new stuff, but it’s especially inconvenient when they launch smaller community features which prove popular, like this Secrets of Azeroth event. I’m enjoying the event, but it’s going to be such a hassle to pinpoint which patch it dropped during, exactly.

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This part of the year is always the worst for me. I hate the heat and fall is my favorite season, so when people start talking about how fall is well on its way when we haven’t had an overnight low under 75 F in a month, it feels like a taunt. But I’m stubborn, so I’ll just curl up under a fuzzy blanket with a seasonal beverage and sweat.

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There are few things more liable to ruin my day than an indication on an app or UI element that I have an unread alert that I can't seem to get rid of, and the little exclamation point on the Collections tab of the Season 5 Hearthstone Battlegrounds UI is no exception.

With gamescom in full swing, we've seen a lot of demos, trailers, cinematics, and previews, running the gamut from the new AAA behemoth games like Starfield and Diablo 4, all the way through charming high-concept indies we'd never heard of before.

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One thing I always adore about Overwatch is how completely over-the-top the performances and lines are. Every character is larger than life, with reactions and interactions to match.

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With Season 6 and Invasion bringing so much new content to Overwatch 2 -- new play modes, new maps, new hero, new PVE missions, new battle pass -- a small but important feature may have slipped off your radar: the dev team is bringing back permanent account progression.