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.

Discussion

How are you handling the last week of Battle for Azeroth?

by Matthew Rossi on November 18, 2020 at 8:00am @MatthewWRossi

I just can't even. World of Warcraft has broken me.

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D&D

New subclasses in Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything bring new life to Dungeons and Dragons

by Matthew Rossi on November 17, 2020 at 4:00pm @MatthewWRossi

One of the best parts of the brand new Tasha's Cauldron of Everything that's just come out for the 5th Edition of Dungeons and Dragons are the subclasses it offers.

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Blizzard

What impact have Blizzard games had on your life?

by Matthew Rossi on November 17, 2020 at 8:00am @MatthewWRossi

I ask questions here sometimes because the answers have an illuminating presence on my own life.

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WoW

How to upgrade Conduits in Shadowlands

by Matthew Rossi on November 16, 2020 at 2:00pm @MatthewWRossi

If you're having a tough time keeping every new system coming to the upcoming World of Warcraft expansion, Shadowlands, it may help to think of Conduits as similar to Relics from Legion -- just as Relics modified the Artifact, Conduits modify your Soulbinds and let you customize them to a degree.

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D&D

It’s D&D time again this weekend as our intrepid adventurers explore the results of a DM who forgot he was running a game

by Matthew Rossi on November 13, 2020 at 4:00pm @MatthewWRossi

This Saturday, November 14, at 2:30 P.M.

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The Queue

The Queue: It’s cold

by Matthew Rossi on November 12, 2020 at 12:00pm @MatthewWRossi

So in my gaming life, I’m choosing between Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, where I run around snowy Norway, and World of Warcraft, where I run around frigid Icecrown. In real life, it’s -15c outside, which is 7 degrees F. So basically everything is cold whether it’s in real life of in my gaming and that’s why I’m transmog farming in Firelands even though I’ve got literally nothing left to collect in there.

Anything to feel warm is what I’m saying.

It’s the Queue. Couldn’t the undead invade somewhere nice for once?

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WoW

How to get to the Eastern Plaguelands to kill Nathanos for the Shadowlands pre-expansion event

by Matthew Rossi on November 12, 2020 at 10:00am @MatthewWRossi

The Shadowlands pre-expansion event, Death Rising, is now live, complete with a new World Boss: Nathanos Blightcaller.

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Discussion

What do you think of the pre-Shadowlands event so far?

by Matthew Rossi on November 12, 2020 at 8:00am @MatthewWRossi

So, now that we've had a bit of time with the pre-expansion event bridging Battle for Azeroth with Shadowlands, what do we think?

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WoW

What to expect on the first day of Shadowlands

by Matthew Rossi on November 11, 2020 at 4:00pm @MatthewWRossi

Let's be real -- after the two weeks of the pre-patch Scourge event, when we hit Shadowlands on November 23, we'll be champing at the bit to get into the new content.

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WoW