Christian Thoma

Patch 11.2 of The War Within started the week of August 5 and with a new season there’s a new World Boss: Reshanor the Untethered.

Sad note to start the queue on, but rest in peace Chuck Mangione. If you’re a member of an older generation and/or you were a King of the Hill fan you’ve probably heard “Feels So Good” a dozen (or a thousand) times but you owe it to yourself to listen to the full version. What a fantastic career and he’ll be sorely missed.

Many thanks to Red for holding down the fort while I was gone; I apologize if you’ve gotten used to him being your Friday queue writer but we’re back to alternating every week. At least until I take another break. But it hasn’t happened yet so let’s answer some questions!

The Collectors' Bounty event is still going strong and it seems like out of all the recent events it's the most popular.

The War Within patch 11.2.7 sees the return of the Turbulent Timeways, and for the next ten weeks we'll have an active Timewalking event, encouraging us to revisit old dungeons and factions -- including the debut of Shadowlands Timewalking.

The War Within patch 11.2 Ghosts of K'aresh will release August 5, 2025, with season 3 beginning one week later on August 12.

Patch 11.1.5 for The War Within added a brand new event, the Dastardly Duos.

World of Warcraft has maintained a solid content cadence ever since the start of Dragonflight and the 2025 roadmap for The War Within demonstrates there's no suggestion it'll stop any time soon.

Legion Remix wasn't the only announcement at the World of Warcraft PAX East panel last week.

Caspar David Friedrich (1774–1840) is probably the most notable of the 19th century German Romantic artists (even if you’re not into art you’ve likely seen the header image in other media) and one of my personal favorites. As a result I’ve had a trip to Hamburg to see Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog and other examples of Romantic Art as a bucket list item for decades now. Fortunately for my wallet we got the first comprehensive exhibition of Friedrich’s art in the United States happening right now in New York City so I went to see it two weekends ago and it was definitely worth the trip. I may still try to go to Hamburg one day — not every work of art housed there that I want to see was in the exhibition — but it’s less of a goal now than it was a fortnight ago.

The trip to the museum wasn’t all positive though; my favorite gallery was closed for renovations. On the other hand there’s some new Cycladic Art that wasn’t there for my last visit and while not as satisfying that should tide me over until the Ancient Near East Gallery reopens and I make it back to NYC.

While I plan my next museum trip — Philadelphia — let’s answer some questions!

The War Within patch 11.1.5 arrives today and while the "minor" patches are never as exciting as the tier patches there's a lot of good stuff coming with 11.1.5 that I'm looking forward to.