Matthew Rossi

Door explodes outward in a shower of splinters as deranged man throws himself through it, landing on the floor in a heap.

Did someone say pet themed Queue?

Armed men attempt to halt the original man, but he explodes in a whirlwind of shocking violence, an almost operatic display of raw, primordial destruction utilizing a T-Rex jaw clamped around a ridiculously outsized sword with a large eye in the hilt.

My three cats, Aurora, Sasquatch and Puck and my dog Marrina are all named after characters from the Canadian superhero team Alpha Flight. Pictured above is Marrina, my dog, named for Marrina Smallwood, the aquatic alien member of the team.

I've been doing a lot of rep grinding in World of Warcraft this month trying to get that Rustbolt reputation up, because I'm really tired of having to ride a land mount everywhere while everyone else swoops in and kills that mob I needed for that last World Quest.

If you don't know, World of Warcraft is running a special event this month that gives you double the reputation gain when grinding specific Battle for Azeroth and Legion reputations.

If you remember our Dungeons and Dragons Classes 101 roundup, we're using the same format here for our overview of the various races one can play.

World of Warcraft already has itself quite a few dinosaurs, but a recent news story about a new Spinosaurus tail fossil and what it means for the lifestyle of the dinosaur in question got me thinking.

If you remember Azerite Armor -- which you should if you're currently playing Battle for Azeroth -- then you'll remember Azerite Reforging.

Lately I've kind of gone alt crazy in World of Warcraft.

Hi. It’s the Queue. My Lightforged Draenei looks like he’s a bit worried about what MOTHER plans to do, doesn’t he?

Let us talk about things.

Oh, and yeah, this is very cool. Unfortunately I didn’t see it until just before this Queue went live or it would have been a very different Queue.

I think about this one a lot.

Players tend to invest a lot of time and in some cases money into their Blizzard Battle.net accounts.