Cory Taylor

I guess the Emmys were last night, and Bears won a lot of awards?

This is good and proper.

While I argue whether or not my bear is more comedic or more dramatic, it’s time for — The Queue!

I’ve finally beaten the Echo of Lilith by myself! No super-powered characters taking pity on me and carrying me for seasonal completion — this victory was all mine!

I think that the Echo of Lilith is the hardest single fight in any Diablo game that isn’t just running a Greater Rift or Pit level 1000. Those are just artificial difficulties where you simply cannot output the damage necessary to kill things before you get flattened. Echo of Lilith on the other hand is all about dodging all of her nonsense, while also doing a bunch of damage to her quickly.

It does highlight the issues of the Diablo 4 difficulty where basically all of my deaths felt like she just one-shot me, and that’s not a fun way to lose. I want a knockdown drag-out fight where we’re both running on fumes at the end and I only narrowly squeak out a victory. I guess this will have to do until then though. With her defeat, I’m pretty much finished with Diablo 4‘s current season. Which is a nice feeling! I can pop on and kill some demons if the mood strikes, and not worry about it otherwise.

While I clean all of the demon blood off of my armor, it’s time for — The Queue!

Happy Labor Day — or Labour Day if you’re not in the US — everyone! Remember the wise words of our peon friend as you (hopefully) have today off.

While I put my feet up, it’s time for — The Queue!

Rawr!

Still a bear over here. Amazingly that hasn’t changed in the few days since we last saw each other. Look if Warcraft wanted me to be something else than they shouldn’t have made bear an option. Laying waste to my enemies with the raw power of 600 pounds of bear fury just is so much better than any of the other options. Warlocks and Hunters don’t even do most of their own fighting! They’re just delivery vectors for their pets.

Bear wins!

While I put another best class trophy up on my mantle, it’s time for — The Queue!

Rawr!

It’s almost a little rude Liz, bears say other things than rar and rawr. Like Fozzie, he tells jokes!

For example, what do you call a cow that just gave birth?

Decalfinnated!

While I give you a moment to recover from your side-splitting laughter, it’s time for — The Queue!

Some people have been talking about Overwatch as a fighting game, but clearly, the thing that should get new life as a fighting game is ultra popular Heroes of the Storm! 

It’s even got the first two proof-of-concept screenshots right in the arcades of Overwatch. I can’t think of a better way for Blizzard to enter the modern fighting game sphere than by taking all of their best characters and making them fight each other. The best part is that by not limiting yourself to just Overwatch you can have so many more of those fun characters to play with!

While I practice more of Kael’thas’ mid-range air juggle combos, it’s time for — The Queue!

We had an absolutely lovely storm roll through last night. There was thunder and lightning, and several hours of rain. I certainly didn’t put off writing this Queue to sit and listen to the rain at all. No sir, not me!

While I brew another pot of coffee for my sleep-deprived self, it’s time for — The Queue!

With the August 26 launch date of The War Within right around the corner -- The Radiant Echoes pre-expansion event has gone live!

What a wild opening ceremony am I right? I did not have Phantom of the Opera does parkour, or a French metal band accompanied by flamethrowers and headless Marie Antoinettes on my bingo card. As always, go Canada go!

Wait, what do you mean this isn’t the Olympics that we do well in?

While I get to the bottom of this, it’s time for — The Queue!

The exhibition is in town and I’ve been there so much already, and there are so many more days of fun ahead of me! I haven’t been on the rides yet, but I’ve proven my iron stomach holds up by eating a pulled pork grilled cheese made with a Long John donut. Let me tell you, it was actually an interesting taste combination, and I would have it again. The rest of the fair food is pretty standard deep-fried and pickle-infused creations, but I’m still considering getting a burger served between two slices of watermelon.

The music lineup has been the true standout so far though. I’ve seen two great shows already with my best lady, and there are so many more! Tonight we’re going to go see Metric!

While I see if I can remember all of the lyrics to Black Sheep, it’s time for — The Queue!