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.

D&D

How to play D&D online

by Matthew Rossi on May 29, 2020 at 10:00am @MatthewWRossi

Hey, Matt?

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WoW

Does racial customization remove the need for Allied Races?

by Matthew Rossi on May 28, 2020 at 2:00pm @MatthewWRossi

This week, we found out that Void and Blood Elves were getting a series of customization options that would include skin tones and glowing blue eyes that would allow either to look like a Warcraft II-era High Elf.

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The Queue

The Queue: Screaming

by Matthew Rossi on May 27, 2020 at 12:00pm @MatthewWRossi

Life is just such a dumpster fire right now.

This is the Queue. Let’s try and distract ourselves.

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WoW

How to gear those fresh 120 alts in World of Warcraft ASAP

by Matthew Rossi on May 27, 2020 at 10:00am @MatthewWRossi

When writing about gearing up a new alt in World of Warcraft right now, there are several things to keep in mind besides how you do it as quickly as possible in theory.

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Discussion

What expansion-defining feature do you remember the most fondly?

by Matthew Rossi on May 27, 2020 at 8:00am @MatthewWRossi

For me, it's Artifacts and all the gameplay that we had around them that stand out as the best expansion-defining feature World of Warcraft has had in quite some time.

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BlizzCon

We’ve been wondering when we’d find out about the fate of BlizzCon 2020: Now Blizzard has announced the con is canceled

by Matthew Rossi on May 26, 2020 at 2:50pm @MatthewWRossi

Update: Blizzard has officially announced that BlizzCon 2020 is canceled, though we may see a virtual event of some kind early next year.

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Editorial

A farewell to Azerite, Corrupted Gear, and the Heart of Azeroth once we’re in Shadowlands

by Matthew Rossi on May 26, 2020 at 10:00am @MatthewWRossi

One thing that's going to happen in Shadowlands is, we'll eventually shelve our Hearts of Azeroth and no longer have access to them or to the Azerite Traits that depends on them to work.

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Discussion

What Shadowlands changes have made you sit up and take notice?

by Matthew Rossi on May 26, 2020 at 8:00am @MatthewWRossi

I've played World of Warcraft for a really long time, and yet I still get excited when patch notes come out, or when there's some datamining that highlights a change I like.

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WoW

We may get to transmog each shoulder piece separately in Shadowlands

by Matthew Rossi on May 22, 2020 at 1:00pm @MatthewWRossi

I made an incoherent Murloc noise when I read the folks at Wowhead had found a global string that would mean we could choose a separate transmog option for each shoulder when Shadowlands goes live.

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WoW