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

Ve’nari rep is now account-wide, so your alts can now enjoy bonus sockets

by Matthew Rossi on April 8, 2021 at 2:00pm @MatthewWRossi

Getting reputation with Ve'nari is a grim necessity we must all endure, because we all want sockets on our gear for gems and so forth.

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WoW Classic

All of the raids in Burning Crusade Classic (and when they’ll be released)

by Matthew Rossi on April 7, 2021 at 10:00am @MatthewWRossi

The Burning Crusade had a series of raids throughout its time, from 10 player raids like Karazhan and Zul'Aman to the seven 25 player raids.

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Diablo

Beta tests have become alpha tests have become technical alpha tests — but do the names even matter?

by Matthew Rossi on April 7, 2021 at 8:00am @MatthewWRossi

We know that Diablo 2: Resurrected is getting a tech alpha soon, where testers will get to play it, stream it, and talk about it.

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WoW

The Beasts of Prodigum are invading Torghast this week — here’s what to expect

by Matthew Rossi on April 6, 2021 at 11:00am @MatthewWRossi

Torghast is a fairly unique kind of content for World of Warcraft, combining aspects of previous systems like the Mage Tower, scenarios, the Horrific Visions from previous expansions, and adding in a touch of Diablo 3's Rifts.

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Discussion

How much change can you accept in WoW Classic?

by Matthew Rossi on April 6, 2021 at 8:00am @MatthewWRossi

With the arrival of the Chronoboon Displacer, WoW Classic is changed from the original game.

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Diablo

Do Diablo Seasons really need a theme? Maybe not.

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

Diablo 3 introduced Themed Seasons with its Season 14.

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The Queue

The Queue: It’s happening

by Matthew Rossi on April 2, 2021 at 11:59am @MatthewWRossi

Nostalgia, man. It’s a heck of a drug.

It’s the Queue. You can’t go back again, but you can pretend really hard.

Liz is covering my Queue next week so I can get my eye injections, so here I am, doing hers. Remember to ask those Hearthstone questions next Tuesday!

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Diablo

How to make the most of Diablo 3 Season 23’s follower gear

by Matthew Rossi on April 1, 2021 at 2:00pm @MatthewWRossi

While Diablo 3's Season 23 does not have a theme, it does have updates to the follower system that will apply to both Seasonal and non-Seasonal play.

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The Queue

The Queue: The Goggles, they do something

by Matthew Rossi on March 31, 2021 at 12:00pm @MatthewWRossi

Honestly, it’s really freaking bright in the Badlands around Night City and there’s a lot of sandstorms, I feel like goggles would be very practical there.

I’m afraid the entirety of yesterday’s Queue is going to be about a boat, but maybe I’ll get luck and there will be some questions.

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Diablo