Matthew Rossi

I am twitching.

Let’s do the best we can I guess.

I have two level 50 Paladins now.

I feel like calling her 'Mankrik's wife' is a bit dismissive -- in fact, I suggest we just call the guy 'Olgra's husband' for an entire expansion, see how he likes it -- but regardless, in Shadowlands we'll finally get to meet Olgra, whose husband misplaced her all the way back in the original Barrens of World of Warcraft.

We officially know when Shadowlands will be live, which I’m sure is a big relief for a lot of us. For myself, I’m just hoping that I figure out which character I’m taking to 60 first by then — it’s a toss up between my Dwarf and Night Elf Warriors for me.

I like my Dwarf a lot but my Nelf has unfinished business this time around.

This is the Queue. Let’s talk about stuff.

So, if you're like me, you've been watching the Diablo Immortal process over the past two years with mingled trepidation and confusion.

We now know it's about a month to World of Warcraft's next expansion, Shadowlands, barring any unforeseen complications this time around.

This week, former Blizzard Senior Vice President of Story & Franchise Development Chris Metzen announced the formation of Warchief Gaming -- previously a gaming club and now a development studio for tabletop games -- and on the same day, Critical Role announced the formation of Darrington Press, which will also be focusing on tabletop game development.

World of Warcraft Shadowlands is currently in beta, and now has a release date of November 23, 2020.

It has been a week, y’all. Let’s just say that in order to use the only working bathroom in my house, I have to wedge an umbrella into the area above the toilet, and it sounds like a heavy rain just breaks out from time to time for no discernible reason. I haven’t slept more than two hours at a stretch since Sunday.

Anyway, here’s the Queue.

The system-wide leveling changes for Shadowlands are live in World of Warcraft as of patch 9.0.1 and it's a major overhaul.