Elizabeth Harper

Our crew of mercenaries has an unusual mission: to rescue some kind of space kitten, whose owner is very concerned for its wellbeing.

It's a glorious Tuesday, because all World of Warcraft servers are scheduled for a simple one-hour maintenance today, and I'm just hoping I didn't jinx it by typing that.

Leveling professions in Midnight can be an expensive, tedious process, so we're happy to report that the Darkmoon Faire is in town to award you with easy profession points right as the expansion launches.

We've very nearly survived another summer gaming showcase season — there's one more showcase today, and then we're in the clear for another year.

What a time to be a gamer. We live in a golden age of video gaming, in which there is a constant deluge of new, great, innovative titles everywhere — and this week in particular is jam-packed with indie game showcases highlighting the weird and the wonderful (and the weird). Of course we also live in an age of big-budget live service games packed with must-have microtransactions, so maybe on the whole it balances out.

But I’m trying to focus on the positive here, which is the many new games hitting my Steam wishlist.

(Is that a positive? Hm.)

This is the Queue, our daily Q&A column where I make my best attempt to answer your gaming questions. Let’s get to it.

Most World of Warcraft players have a light Tuesday maintenance ahead of them, with just an hour of downtime for Midnight, Classic, and The Burning Crusade servers.

Summer Game Fest is coming on Friday, and we're pretty excited — not so much for the big corporate showcase, but for all of the fantastic smaller showcases that are going on all week.

It’s a gaming-light Queue day, so we will talk about whatever we wish for the time, and maybe find a game (or something equally interesting) along the way.

This is the Queue, our daily Q&A column where we answer your questions, whatever they may be, as best we can. Let’s get to it.

This week's World of Warcraft maintenance is relatively quick for most realms, with just an hour of downtime scheduled for all servers except Midnight.

In this week's Tavern Watch Podcast, we're discussing Daggerheart, the much-hyped TTRPG from Darrington Press and Critical Role which is celebrating its first anniversary.