Christian Thoma

The WoW patch 11.2.7 PTR is online, and though it (again) doesn't have Player Housing, .

The War Within patch 11.2.5 arrives on October 7 and with the patch comes the return of Turbo Boost for Season 3.

This week is the third and final Steam Next Fest of 2025 and, as always, we are excited to try out new game demos.

Legion Remix is live and players are having a blast leveling toons and buying new collectibles with Bronze and other currencies.

Today is Thanksgiving Day in Canada and as a result I’m swapping with Cory so he can have the celebratory poutine and maple syrup meals that I’m sure everyone in Canada consumes at special events. Hopefully while they’re gathered around the television watching hockey or Red Green Show reruns they take a moment to remember their neighbors to the south who are forced to work today.

I haven’t gotten much more progress done in Final Fantasy Tactics this past week because of ReLegion but also because it’s such an intense game and the prep work before a fight can be just as long as the fights themselves. Hopefully though I’ll be able to make some headway soon once I figure out what job to make these characters.

While I internally debate the merits of knight vs squire let’s answer some questions!

Shadowlands has some appealing mounts, collectibles and armor drops and as of The War Within it's mostly soloable on characters above level 71 -- and fully geared level 80s can defeat any challenge that the Shadowlands could throw at them.

Legion Remix is live and with it another chance to level up a character while exploring expansions past.

It’s been five years since I started writing for Blizzard Watch! I was so young back then! Well actually no I was old back then too — but I was younger! To quote They Might Be Giants: I was young and foolish then/I feel old and foolish now.

Dang, that’s a horrible intro. You’d think I’d have the hang of this writing thing after five years.

Of course the big news is all the Midnight info that’s been coming out this week, but we also got a new album from Rachael Yamagata today! Fun fact: she’s half-sister to Josh Ruben of Dropout/Make Some Noise fame. I’m not aware of any other albums being released today.

While I patiently wait by the mailbox for my celebratory 5-year Blizzard Watch sword let’s answer some questions!

New to Brewfest in 2025 is the Brewfest Banquet Outdoor Scenario, an interactive event where players have to help acquire supplies, prepare Brewfest consumables and serve them to participants of the scenario.

Ah Brewfest, the most wonderful time of the year! There is no event in WoW I enjoy more, and there are a lot of fun new additions this year (although I will miss Barking for the Thunderbrews). Of course there’s only so many times I can run the new Banquet scenario or race rams so I’m going to take a break to answer some questions!