Christian Thoma

Despite the week being shorter due to the New Year’s holiday it feels like it’s been twice as long as a normal work week. I’m pretty dang tired — but when Liz asks for a sub, I’ll always find the energy to help!

No ramble in my preamble, let’s just answer questions.

… if I had one!

So the whole family got matching pajamas to wear for Christmas, and Marshmallow got a bandanna that also matched. He looked super-cute in it too.

And then it disappeared. We have no idea what happened to it. At some point it was no longer around his neck, and we haven’t found it anywhere. As near as we can guess it fell off while he was outside and then blew away, but that’s just a guess. I suspect it’ll turn up in four months.

While we lament the cute picture that could’ve been, let’s answer some questions!

Today is 2024 and while many of us are thinking about what we want to do this year, I'm still reviewing 2023 in my head to see if I fulfilled my resolutions for the old year.

The 2024 World of Warcraft development roadmap was released yesterday for Retail and for Classic and I love how forthcoming the development team has gotten in the past year with these and other updates. That said, I want to talk about something more important: the term “roadmap.”

We all pretty much know what a roadmap is, but speaking as someone of an advanced age they used to be ubiquitous and necessary just for normal everyday driving in your neighborhood. But in this era of in-car navigation and GPS applications on your phones they’re kind of a relic from a bygone time. While not completely obsolete I’m certain that the number sold annually has plummeted dramatically in the past twenty years. Pretty soon a “roadmap” will only exist as a curiosity, and like the Save File icon the term will be a reference to something that’s no longer around.

Well enough of that, let me navigate out of this intro and answer some questions!

It’s time for Winter Veil in World of Warcraft and your Dragonriding mount is ready to enjoy the festivities with their own special Winter Veil Armor.

The Game Awards were last week and while they were their standard celebration of the year's best video games and creators (congratulations again to Baldur's Gate 3 on winning Game of the Year), there was a lot of criticism afterwards.

It's been a big week for gaming, with The Game Awards airing Thursday night (congratulations to Baldur's Gate 3 on winning Game of the Year) and with Day of the Devs and Wholesome Games showing off games on Wednesday.

Tonight is the 2023 Game Awards and this may be the fiercest Game of the Year competition I've ever seen, with Baldur's Gate 3 going against Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom for the top award.

Having finished Persona 5 Tactica I’m now playing A Highland Song which came out yesterday and it’s a really gorgeous game. The artwork and music are both perfect, and the “chasing a deer” rhythm mini-game is delightful. It’s possible I’ll get frustrated at some point trying to puzzle out the right path, but for now I’m having a lot of fun.

While I take a break from scrambling over Scottish peaks, let’s answer some questions!

Tomorrow night is the 2023 edition of The Game Awards and there's quite the battle shaping up for Game of the Year between Baldur's Gate 3 and Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.