Login with Patreon

Cory Taylor

Cory Taylor @CoryjTaylor — Cory comes from the Land of Ice and Snow, an avid Blizzard fan he's been hooked since Warcraft 2. He spends his time in Warcraft as a Guardian Druid, and out of Warcraft wishing he could spend 6 months out of the year hibernating.


The Queue: Game time

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!


The Queue: Nothing but the rain

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!


The Queue: Summer Games!

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 Queue: To the Fair(e)!

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!


The Queue: Rushing through Summer

Can you believe that we’re already so far into July?! It’s rude! Things need to slow down a bit and let us enjoy the weather.

Although it’s been pretty toasty out around here, so maybe it’s ok if we keep moving pretty quickly. Anything to get us closer to the best month, October. Things can slow down then!

While I try and invent a freeze ray, it’s time for — The Queue!


The Queue: Monday sneaks up on you

Somehow Monday has returned.

I swear that it was just Friday, but I blinked and now there’s no weekend left. Which is very rude if I do say so myself. Someday science will progress far enough that we can live a Monday-less existence, but until then we might all feel a little bit like Garfield once a week.

While I enjoy another cup of coffee, it’s time for — The Queue!


The Queue: Today is Canada’s day!

Happy Canada to you all! Here I am all decked out in the colours red and white in honour of our day. I even spelled honour and colour the right Canadian way and not the weird American way, editorial dictates be damned! (Sorry Liz, don’t fire me!)

Whether you’re Canadian or not, let’s all raise a glass of maple syrup, enjoy a doughnut, hold the door a little too long to let someone through, have a strong opinion about hockey, and say sorry if you bump into someone today.

While you all do that, it’s time for — The Queue!


The Queue: Root, root, root for the home team!!

Today is the day, the final game of the Stanley Cup playoffs. It’s been a grueling postseason to get to this point, but the Edmonton Oilers have the chance to win it all and bring the Cup home to Canada for the first time in 30 years.

We’re all a little excited around the city, to say the least. There have been free concerts downtown, and I’m sure a record number of people calling in sick to work so that they can watch the game. Not only because we like it when our team wins, but because if they win tonight they’ll pull off a reverse sweep in the finals. Winning their 4/7 games after the Florida Panthers had already gotten three wins. Each game was do-or-die, and somehow they managed to get their stuff together and bring us to game 7. If the Oilers win tonight, they’ll be only the second team to win the Stanley Cup in a reverse sweep — the first was the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1942, 82 years ago!

It’s going to be a wild night!

I guess I can talk about video games until then though, it’s time for — The Queue!


Toggle Dark Mode: