Cory Taylor

I’ve been playing a bunch of HADES 2 this week, and it more than lives up to the hype. I knew it would, the first one was excellent, and I’ve loved everything else that Supergiant has put out. I even have the Bastion soundtrack on a CD around here somewhere!

I don’t know what it is about sending a godling to escape the underworld that is so compelling, but the “one more run, then I’ll go be productive” is super strong in this game. Maybe it’s the music, maybe it’s the art, maybe it’s the snappy combat. Whatever it is, I know that I can’t get enough of it. Seriously, they gave me a weapon that’s some big metal claws with wings, and the wings launch rockets at my enemies — sometimes, while I’m punching those very same enemies! Is it very accurate in history? Not particularly. Is it rad as heck? Definitely. Plus how do we know for sure that there wasn’t a god roaming around ancient Greece with some badass rocket launcher wings? Maybe all of their statues were blown up… y’know, in the incident.

While I go and try out the new version of those wings that come equipped with a frickin moon “laser”, it’s time for our daily question and answer column — The Queue!

I had a nice, relaxing weekend out and about (or oot and aboot if you’re Canadian), and I’m already missing it.

It’s very rude that weekends are only two days long; we should all get together and petition someone to make them longer. Maybe three or four days! That’d be nice and civilized, I think.

While I go back to work and grumble about not being able to sleep more, it’s time for our daily question and answer column — The Queue!

The days out there are getting sunnier. Unfortunately, I don’t have a good set of prescription sunglasses, so I’m left squinting at things a lot of the time. It’s going to be a long summer. Maybe this will be the year that I finally get a pair. They’ve always seemed like a huge luxury, which I why I don’t have a pair already. Also, what if I’m bad at hanging onto sunglasses? I’ve heard lots of stories of people losing every pair of sunglasses they own.

While I try to find a new hat to wear all the time, it’s time for our daily question and answer column — The Queue!

April Fools' Day 2026 had a great selection of jokes from the various Blizzard games -- and even a few standouts from other companies as well.

DOOM and Diablo are a match made in… well, not heaven, somewhere hotter.

This makes the most sense for a Diablo crossover ever and I love seeing my Barbarian spinning around with the cool DOOM weapons. I’d love it even more if the armor and Cacodemon pet weren’t as expensive as they were, but at least I got the cool DOOM shield for when I make my Paladin in Lord of Hatred.

I’m not the biggest fan of crossing IP over in games like Diablo and Destiny. Games with an actual story shouldn’t randomly have other universes dropped into them. Although the DOOM gear fits extremely well into the aesthetic that Diablo 4 has got going on, so I’d likely not even notice if I showed up a year from now and saw a player in the gear. It makes more sense than StarCraft crossovers do!

While I go and collect more DOOM: The Dark Ages Currency to be able to afford the cool town portal, it’s time for our daily question and answer column — The Queue!

It’s the most money I’ve ever spent at once!

Now I’m the proud owner of a 2014 Hyundai Santa Fe, and it has all sorts of decadent features like remote start and a heated steering wheel — which is just the most absurd thing that I assume I’ll never be able to live without now.

I hope to have many good years of driving with my new car. It’ll need a name, of course, but I figured I’d give it a week and see what comes to mind.

While I noodle on a name, it’s time for our daily question and answer column — The Queue!

The first season of World of Warcraft: Midnight  is now live, and with it the return of The Race to World First.

I love it when two of my interests come crashing together like a pair of hockey players slamming each other into the boards! Once again, World of Warcraft sponsored an Edmonton Oilers game, and they were exceedingly kind in inviting me along for the ride! The Blood Elves came back to support the Oilers, and there were prizes, pizzas being parachuted down from the ceiling, and a cool limited edition t-shirt of the Oilers mascot, Hunter the Lynx, glowing all void-y with the Warcraft W on his chest.

Last time they had us up in the special fancy box to watch the game, this time we were rinkside, and what an experience that was. I’ve never been so close to a professional hockey game! The puck was amazingly loud; you felt every slapshot that hit the boards viscerally. It was also super cool to hear it skitter along the glass as they passed it around the end of the rink. To say nothing of watching the aforementioned body checks up close and personal. It gives you a whole new appreciation of the things hockey players put their bodies through.

Sadly, the Oilers didn’t win, so congrats to Kalcheus and every other Carolina fan that night. I was really hoping that the Oilers would be heroes in the storm of Carolina. Still, it was a really close game (until it wasn’t) and I hope they decide to sponsor some Oilers playoff hockey…

While I pitch Blizzard on an Oilers quest hub, it’s time for our daily question and answer column — The Queue!

Hey, guess what!

Chicken butt.

Guess what else, I’m back again. Like Kael’thas, you just can’t get rid of me. You thought you’d had your fill of me on Monday, but jokes on you — I’m helping cover Liz’s Queue this week, and you’re stuck with me again.

While I try to remember what day of the week it is, it’s time for our daily question and answer column — The Queue!

So I’ve been looking at getting a new (used) car, and a lot of what shows up in my criteria has been the Kia Soul. Today, while my most favoritest person and I went to a local farmers’ market, we saw at least five different Souls parked there. I don’t know how closely overlapped the Venn diagram is between Kia Soul owners and Farmers’ Markets are but it’s gotta be overlapped pretty heavily.

I do appreciate that they all seem to be nice and colorful. Most cars I’ve seen are white, grey, or black. When did they all get so boring?!

While I lament the changing automotive trends, it’s time for our daily question and answer column — The Queue!