Elizabeth Harper

Rod Fergusson has been the General Manager of the Diablo franchise for five years, overseeing the launch of Diablo 4 and its expansion, Diablo 2 Resurrected, and Diablo Immortal, as well as Diablo 3's descent into maintenance mode — but now he's leaving Blizzard, and we don't know who will hold the reins next.

Surprise!

I’m spending this patch sitting on a bench with Lorewalker Cho with a bowl of popcorn watching the drama go down. Anyone want to join us?

WoW patch 11.2 is rolling out today on modern realms, and that means downtime for many players.

I’ve had fun in this crazy casino of a raid tier, but honestly I’m ready for something new. Maybe a vacation to a void-infused husk of a world to fight a void lord. That sounds like it could be neat.

Of course the soundtrack won’t be as good, but you can use a break even from good things. With less than a week to go, we’ll all be embracing the void soon. Maybe in a relaxing void spa? That sounds like a vacation.

But for now, let’s answer your questions!

I like speedy Tuesday maintenance as much as anybody, but I am starting to get paranoid.

In this week's Tavern Watch Podcast, we dig into the disaster of Diamond Comic Distributors, which filed for bankruptcy in January and is now trying to claim books in its inventory are its property, to be sold to pay off creditors.

Pandaria is beautiful, but it’s also where everybody makes their worst decisions. From the bodyguards who locked Anduin in a cabin on a sinking ship to keep him safe to, well, all of us, crash landing in a new place and immediately wrecking the joint. And that’s not even mentioning Garrosh, the one we should have locked in a cabin on a sinking ship at the beginning of the expansion, then instead of spending an expansion grudgingly completing his quests (we want to level up, and there isn’t exactly an opt out button) we could have gone and chilled out on Sunsong Ranch, found a beach to relax on, or honed or dragon racing skills (an early taste of what was to come!).

I’m still heading back to Pandaria, but I do have a few regrets.

But for now, let’s Queue.

I feel like I'm pushing my luck by announcing short maintenance for three weeks in a row — particularly since Mists of Pandaria Classic just launched last night, and was having some server stability issues.

This week we continue our adventure of Daggerheart, as our crew becomes the first to enter the towering spire that is the Motherboard.