Christian Thoma

World of Warcraft's next expansion The War Within brings the race known as the Earthen to the forefront, with the first two zones largely focusing on their story in Khaz Algar, and adding them as an Allied Race early in the expansion.

Next Monday I complete my fiftieth trip around the sun. This now makes me eligible to use the local senior center or to join the AARP. I of course will do neither of these things (unless the senior center offers a mountain dulcimer course again); to quote the late great Jimmy Buffett a second time this intro: I’m growing older but not up.

I keep going back and forth as to whether I should consider it a big deal; heck knows society and party stores want me to, but I also know they do so out of glee that I’m “over the hill” — but I like to think I’m still climbing. Still, it’d be weird to let it pass by with no comment or introspection, so I’m just going to motivate myself with League of Legends songs and Dylan Thomas poems.

While I do everything I can to rage against the dying of the light, let’s answer some questions!

Getting around in MMO games is always a popular topic of discussion and disagreement, whether we're talking about the arrival of flying mounts in The Burning Crusade or the arrival of Dragonriding Skyriding mounts in Dragonflight.

One of new features arriving alongside Warbands in The War Within prepatch is the ability to directly transfer currency between characters.

The prepatch for The War Within arrived "yesterday" and with it came a lot of neat new features -- especially Warbands.

Sharp-eyed readers may notice that today’s header image is one I tacked to the end of my last queue — if so I commend you for your observational skills and/or stalking behavior.

I saw a lot of gulls last week on my annual summer trip to North Carolina’s Outer Banks. Like most of the rest of the country it was pretty hot but not unbearably so; I was still able to do my normal resting and recreationing even if I read a lot more books than typical.

Of course all things good or bad must come to an end, so I’m back in the grind of things (the annual temptation to send in my work resignation from a beach chair was once again suppressed). While I sit here and ponder my next trip let’s answer some questions!

The War Within pre-patch 11.0.1 is now live, and with it we've gotten Warbands, Skyriding for most mounts, and the ability to unlock all sorts of new transmog.

Next week brings The War Within pre-patch aka patch 11.0.1 and while there's a lot arriving with the patch it's also bringing one of the most anticipated features in Warcraft history: Warbands.

The War Within is World of Warcraft's next expansion, and as always there will be a pre-patch that updates the game with new systems and expanded features.

Mitch may not be currently writing the queue, but his spirit lives on!

Let’s answer some questions before a fight erupts over the title!