Phil Xavier

Cricket is a sport I know nothing about. I assume it features a ball, and some sort of bat (the wooden stick kind, not the animal, although the latter would surely make for an even more interesting game). I can only imagine it has mind-warping rules, space-bending plays, and the audience watches it with the same vim they would watch fields of wheat that somehow turn into black-and-white birds and fly away.

This is The Queue, where we sometimes provide answers to things we know, and other times to things we’re clueless about (such as cricket). Read on, and don’t stop believing.

This pretty great Jamiroquai song from 1996 is about the unchecked advance of technology as a whole, but maybe it fits into more specific themes as well.

It’s a bop, and the video is still very much worth a watch.

You know the drill, this is The Queue! Let’s do it.

A new Hearthstone expansion, Across the Timeways, has just been released, and with it comes a brand-new "recipe" Brawl: you pick a class and the game provides you with the latest deck recipe from that class, so you can immediately play against someone.

As we all know, in Hearthstone, man plans, and Yogg laughs, but with the new Across the Timeways expansion, we might just have a tiny little bit more control over fate: we have some really fun cards and a new keyword that lets us alter outcomes we don't like -- at least once.

By now it's becoming a tradition: a new Hearthstone expansion is about to be released — this time, Across the Timeways, on November 4 — and we're getting a pre-release Tavern Brawl to test the cards in advance.

My draenei warlock’s Succubus is just looking at her nails, not a care in the world. In her lane. Unbothered. Moisturized. Flourishing.

“Who cares about this ‘phase shift’ master has sent me through? I’m a demon; I’m used to being flung over the Twisting Nether and beyond, this is no different.

*yawns* maybe I could try that new Voidablack™ nail polish next time. How much does Xal pay those Void creatures to get her feet done?”

The Maw redemption chain,
forged from every oath I ever broke for gain.
Teldrassil’s ashes still whisper my name;
no rhyme can ever fix it, only years and years of pain.

Tyrande, you were right to point at me and draw that bow.
Anduin, thanks for mercy that I didn’t ever show.
“The Jailer made me do it” isn’t true — just an excuse.
But the owl has been so mean to me: it’s time for a truce!

The Maw redemption chain.
Burned a World Tree, swear I won’t do it again!

Hey Gilneas, yeah… I blighted you to goo.
I’m really sorry, Genn, I hope you’ll see it too!
I said “the Horde is NOTHING!” — that was pretty vain…
You guys mean a lot to me — so sorry for that stain!

The Maw redemption chain.
Dunno why I did those things; Arthas put worms in my brain!

Forsaken, I was once your voice and your mask.
But I’ll still come back to lead you, all you have to do is ask!
I turned our home to blight, plague-bombed the Undercity.
Let’s face it: it’s renovated, Tirisfal’s all nice and pretty.

The Maw redemption chain.
Link by link, my old soul is slain.
The Maw redemption chain.
Evil Sylvie’s gone: only the Ranger will remain!

Look at this cute baby hyena. Look at it.

This is The Queue, where we spend our vacations looking at animals both cool and cute, and then we talk about them. This is the life!

This is King Krush, a big Devilsaur that can be found in Sholazar Basin. We should celebrate him, for some reason.

Welcome to The Queue, where everything is made up and the points don’t matter. The only thing that matters is answering your questions!

Hearthstone's The Lost City of Un'goro expansion is getting its miniset, as expected, and it's called Day of Rebirth.