Cory Taylor

It's been three years since Heroes of the Storm officially entered maintenance mode -- meaning only small updates, and that there would be nothing new added to the game.

In this economy?

I’ve finally gotten around to playing the latest Dragon Age game, and it’s pretty good so far. I’ve made the first big choice (which city to defend from dragon attack) that I regretted about an hour after making it — so that’s a typical BioWare experience. I try really hard not to look up guides and playthroughs for the story beats of these games; I want all of my messiness to be fully earned. That one hurt, though, as I was left with a character I liked being sidelined and devastated by the destruction in their city, and another I didn’t have strong feelings for sticking around all happy-go-lucky. Still, I’ve come too far, and this just gives me the extra layer of reality, as there is no reloading a save in real life.

Still, my Necro mage is having a good time bopping around between planes of existence and trying to flirt with anything that has a pulse.

While I spend too long trying to figure out the path to that chest I can see just on the edge of that ledge over there, it’s time for our daily question and answer column — The Queue!

Last week, somebody said that the way I abbreviated renovation to reno made them think of a different event entirely. So here are two tickets to the Reno gun show, just for you, half-remembered and definitely real commentator.

While I decide if I’m going to return to this joke for a third time next week, it’s time for our daily question and answer column — The Queue!

I went to a home renovation tradeshow over the weekend, and it hit me after that it would’ve been the perfect place to sneak a little Warcraft housing booth into! There could be a huge market for people who want to use it for basic housing design work. It certainly wouldn’t be any more out of place than the candy booth(s), or the free caricaturist.

I’m sure that there would be a few confused people, but imagine the joy on some kids faces as they got something fun to do while their parents go and learn about drywall repair!

While I take my ideas straight to the top of the Blizzard marketing division, it’s time for our daily question and answer column — The Queue!

I’ve just come from a big tour of the local craft brewery scene, and boy, are my arms tired! For my second year in a row, and fourth overall, the local brewers have put on a celebration of the weirdest beers that they can make. I’ve drank cricket beer, ice cream beer, and ice cream float beer, donut beer, chicken wing beer, and even an absinthe barleywine! One of them was garnished with a scorpion! Unfortunately, I wasn’t one of the first 100 people to show up for prizes, so I didn’t get a cool medal — but I think I made the right choice to not stand outside longer in -20 °C weather for that. It was a long, strange, and strangely delicious trip. Nothing was truly awful, and the ice cream beers were really good, although I could do without crickets floating in my drink. I can’t wait to see what they get up to next year!

While I take a much-needed drink of water, it’s time for our daily question and answer column — The Queue!

I have the sneaking suspicion that something important is happening this week. I can’t quite put my finger on it, though. I’m pretty sure that we’ve hit the major holidays already, and I’m not forgetting Christmas 2: And This Time it’s Personal. I’m also pretty sure I remembered to feed the cat and take the garbage out.

Whatever it is, I’m sure that it can’t be that important, or I’d remember it. Guess it’s just a regular week.

While I go about my business as usual, it’s time for our daily question and answer column — The Queue!

It took me three years, but I did it; I read every book and short story anthology in the Warhammer Horus Heresy and Siege of Terra series. All 67 of them, and boy, are my eyes tired.

First off, shout out to my local library and its ereader app for letting me read all of the books legally and for free. That really helped on the wallet front. Second, I’m going to miss the series. I’ve been reading it for so long that now it’s going to be weird reading anything else. Maybe I’ll ease myself back into non-Warhammer stuff by making a stopover in the Alien novels.

I’m glad I was able to stick with it and read all of them. I’d tried to get through the series as they were first coming out, but having to wait a long time between novels was tough. I love the big over-the-top shooty sci-fi of it all, and getting so many books to watch characters grow and evolve was a fun time. I liked knowing the gist of the ending and seeing how everything lined up to get there, especially at the end, as so many narrative throughlines started getting their payoffs, or their set-ups for Warhammer 40,000 stuff.

While I go sit on a golden throne couch and think about everything that brought me to this point, it’s time for our daily question and answer column — The Queue!

I haven’t seen y’all since last year! It’s been so long, I hope everybody has had a safe and happy time of it.

We’re just getting started on 2026, and this could be a good one! We’re gonna get Midnight, a new Diablo expansion, and they’ll for sure definitely 100% announce a return to full-time development for Heroes of the Storm — I just know it!

While I go and practice my Junkrat skillshots in Heroes, it’s time for our daily question and answer column, the Queue!

The last week of the year is like the end of a lopsided sports match; nothing really matters, and it just feels like you’re running out the clock. Enough people take vacation time that no real work feels like it can be done, and even if you’re going to work, it is likely going to be slow. Unless you’re working at a mall, in which case, good luck.

This year it has a double meaning for me as I’ve spent the last few days being sick with a fever. I don’t recommend it. At least I seem to be through the worst of it in time for the new year.

While I rest up for a new year of Queues, our daily question and answer column, it’s time for — The Queue!

It’s almost Christmas, and unlike the last few years — it’s a cold one for me. I had people warning me that it was gonna be a rougher winter, and I foolishly didn’t believe them. I’m as shocked as you all are, I’m sure. Only my face doesn’t look like it because it’s frozen like Jack Nicholson at the end of The Shining. 

While I try to warm up, it’s time for our daily reader question and answer column — The Queue!