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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: Action Pose

I take a lot of screenshots, no matter which game I’m playing, and WoW is, of course, no exception. I have an excessive amount of screenshots of various games saved on my drives. I guess taking cool screenshots is the main reason I do transmog.

It’s even better when weird stuff like graphical glitches happen (even if they’re minor, like your transmog showing both your 2H and dual wielding weapons at the same time). That’s the kind of stuff that’s fun to post about the moment it happens, and also fun to remember later.

This is The Queue, our daily Q&A column where we encourage everyone to make their toons look good and find the perfect angle.


The Queue: Look, up there, in the sky! It’s Deathwing!

Yes, I know WoW has a new expansion and everyone is excited about it. Xal’atath is great, yadda yadda. Did you know that the Cataclysm expansion has just been released as well?! (For Hearthstone.)

This is The Queue, our daily Q&A column where we play other Blizzard games too! (But we also play a lot of WoW, and we are super excited about it as well, so you’ll get that too, of course.)

Let’s open with a Hearthstone question.


The Queue: It’s Friday the 13th (again)

Would you believe it’s already Friday the 13th again!? It was Friday the 13th just a month ago! I admit that I hadn’t had enough time to recharge my spook batteries yet! So this is gonna be a considerably less spooky affair than last time.

This is The Queue, our daily Q&A column where the witches are tired, man. They’re sleeping. Do witches sleep? I think witches sleep, but I’m honestly not sure.


The Queue: A gnome playing chess in Karazhan

“Knight to C3,” commanded Peggy Sparklewrench. The gnome was determined to beat Medivh this time.

Medivh cheated. The black Knight burst into flames.

Having lost the game, Peggy said “screw this” and headed to the hot tub that had been set up on the Nightbane balcony, to take a dip with her new friends (a murloc, a cow, and Reno Jackson).

This is The Queue, our daily Q&A column where stories sometimes have exciting beginnings but predictable endings.


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