Matthew Rossi

Matthew Rossi @MatthewWRossi — Matthew Rossi is a synapsid, perhaps descended from Cynognathus. He was born in Providence, Rhode Island, and grew up there before leaving to see the world and be mistaken for a sasquatch and/or minor singing celebrity in various locales. He currently lives and writes in Edmonton alongside his amazing and beautiful wife and their cats. He’s written three collections of speculative fiction, Things That Never Were, Bottled Demon and At Last, Atlantis. He loves playing warriors in World of Warcraft, barbarians in Diablo III, and he’s beginning to notice a pattern here.

WoW Classic

The Chronoboon Displacer will change the way you use World Buffs in WoW Classic

by Matthew Rossi on April 20, 2021 at 10:00am @MatthewWRossi

It's official -- WoW Classic is moving away from being a re-creation of original World of Warcraft and into new territory, even on Classic Era servers.

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Diablo

What’s the most fun you’ve ever had in a Blizzard game?

by Matthew Rossi on April 20, 2021 at 8:00am @MatthewWRossi

Okay, so this one's hard to answer and completely unfair because I personally have like six different answers.

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WoW Classic

Burning Crusade Classic will make even greater use of Phases to replicate the feeling of old content releases — but how well will it work?

by Matthew Rossi on April 19, 2021 at 6:00pm @MatthewWRossi

If you played WoW Classic when it rolled out, you got to witness its phased content release schedule.

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Discussion

How important is it to you that lore continues from one WoW expansion to another?

by Matthew Rossi on April 19, 2021 at 8:00am @MatthewWRossi

The story of World of Warcraft is one that continues.

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WoW

Kael’thas has a new voice actor in patch 9.1

by Matthew Rossi on April 16, 2021 at 2:00pm @MatthewWRossi

The folks at Wowhead have a video comparing the original voice lines to the new ones, and it's subtle but definitely noticeable that in patch 9.1, Kael'thas Sunstrider is now being played by a new voice actor.

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Editorial

How long is too long between patches?

by Matthew Rossi on April 16, 2021 at 10:00am @MatthewWRossi

I've written on this subject before, of course -- back in 2015, for example, and boy howdy that was six years ago -- but seeing Reddit user cptshooter put together a timeline of every WoW expansion going back to vanilla showing when each patch dropped shows us that in Shadowlands we're likely going to be sitting through one of the longer gaps between major patches in World of Warcraft history.

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Discussion

How easy do you think it is to get into Hearthstone? What should a brand-new player know?

by Matthew Rossi on April 16, 2021 at 8:00am @MatthewWRossi

So I have this problem -- I've wanted to play Hearthstone for a while now.

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D&D

Latest D&D playtest material lets you play something close to the Dragon half of Dungeons and Dragons

by Matthew Rossi on April 15, 2021 at 5:50pm @MatthewWRossi

If you love Dungeons and Dragons, you almost certainly want to play as a dungeon.

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Transmog

Patch 9.1 adds even more options for covering your eyes with six new eyeglass models

by Matthew Rossi on April 15, 2021 at 10:00am @MatthewWRossi

I don't think I've been particularly subtle about my love for transmog, which is basically the best way to customize your character in World of Warcraft, even after the various additions we saw in Shadowlands.

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Discussion