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Phil Xavier

Phil Xavier — Phil Xavier, also known as Red, began his Blizzard adventure many years ago, with such titles as Rock N' Roll Racing and Blackthorne -- but it was the one-two punch of Warcraft II and Diablo that really took hold of his nerdy heart. He is also deeply interested in other games, especially for the Switch (but without ignoring the PC and PS4), and in discussions about game design (and game-making) in general. There is a place called rcnsk.com where he writes stuff unrelated to Blizzard Watch, but the truth is that there's nothing really in there yet.


The Queue: Welcome to 2026 (for real this time)

Stay a while and listen! Get into a comfortable position, grab a beverage of your choice to sip, kick up your legs, and hold on to your seat: 2026 is here, and we’re in this together, for a whole year!

This is The Queue, our daily Q&A column where we answer things and throw our old calendar in the bin because a brand-new calendar with different numbers in it has just been placed on our desk.


The Queue: Still in that Christmas mood (for a short while)

We’re still in the holiday mood for this week. We’re only shifting gears to “New Year woo!” next week. So I have decided, for no particular reason.

(Well, the reason was all the Christmas-related questions we got, and were still answering.)

Either way, This is The Queue, our daily Q&A slash discussion slash chat column, where you can ask questions (and hopefully get answers), chat with like-minded folks, or just read the words on the screen. You know it, you know it!


The Queue: Lorewalker Monks

Speculating about which new specs the WoW classes could get is the kind of thing that really gets me going, and a lot of the community as well. Earth-based tank Shamans, “Shockadins,” Gladiator Warriors, tanking Warlocks and others are common fantasies for new specs players want to see. Today, we delve into some of those ideas.

This is The Queue, where you tell us all about why you want to play a tanking Priest wielding warglaives, and I point you at Tyrande butchering fools in Darkshore and ask you “why not?”


The Queue: Our house is a very very very fine house

Player Housing has only just begun (in fact, it hasn’t even officially started yet) and I already find myself thinking “I wanna play some WoW, but I don’t wanna do anything ‘serious’ right now… guess I’ll just mess with my house for a few minutes.”

This is great. I like this.

Welcome to The Queue, where we talk about an assortment of things, and also our very very very fine houses.


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