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.

Off Topic

10 more games you should play while we’re all quarantined

by Matthew Rossi on March 24, 2020 at 4:00pm @MatthewWRossi

Here are the games I think you should play while you're stuck inside waiting for COVID-19 lockdown to end -- y'all remember the drill, I assume, from when Anna wrote up a heap of games to play while stuck in.

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D&D

D&D’s Explorer’s Guide to Wildemount is an excellent teaching tool for new Dungeon Masters

by Matthew Rossi on March 24, 2020 at 10:00am @MatthewWRossi

I don't feel like I need to convince you to buy the D&D's Explorer's Guide to Wildemount -- if you're playing D&D, then you probably already know about Critical Role and Matt Mercer's campaign setting for that long-running, streamed D&D series.

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Discussion

What have you been doing with WoW’s XP boost?

by Matthew Rossi on March 24, 2020 at 8:00am @MatthewWRossi

I mean, for me, the XP boost in World of Warcraft Blizzard introduced last week is terrifying because it suddenly opens up a ton of options.

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Diablo

In the time of COVID-19, gaming can help us stay connected

by Matthew Rossi on March 23, 2020 at 4:00pm @MatthewWRossi

It is not an exaggeration to say that the entirety of my interaction with other humans comes from online sources right now.

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WoW

Account-wide Essences get another hotfix — but is it enough?

by Matthew Rossi on March 23, 2020 at 2:00pm @MatthewWRossi

When Azerite Essences went account wide, we covered the new system and told you everything you need to know about the new currency Echoes of Ny'alotha.

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Transmog

Trial of Style returns with free transmog plus some familiar looks to collect

by Matthew Rossi on March 20, 2020 at 2:01pm @MatthewWRossi

Okay, so I love the Trial of Style for a variety of reasons, primarily among them the fact that from now until it ends on March 24 transmog and barber shops cost no gold.

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WoW

It’s time to level those alts! Everyone gets +100% experience in World of Warcraft for a month

by Matthew Rossi on March 20, 2020 at 1:44pm @MatthewWRossi

Stuck indoors?

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Blizzard

Blizzard has been fighting off DDOS attacks all week

by Matthew Rossi on March 20, 2020 at 12:30pm @MatthewWRossi

As one a huge gaming company with several high profile games that take place entirely or mostly online, Blizzard has always been a target for DDOS, or Distributed Denial of Service attacks.

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Discussion