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.

The Queue

The Queue: Take these broken wings and learn to fly

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

Well, they’re pretty, at least. And they put me in mind of a song.

This is the Queue. I’m not sure what a ‘Love Rocket’ is, but you guys REALLY want one.

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WoW

World of Warcraft: Exploring Azeroth: The Eastern Kingdoms will be the art book that launches a thousand ships

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

When even I know about a couple of characters being a popular fanfic pairing, I'm pretty sure everyone knows, and Flynn Fairwind and Matthias Shaw have been near the top of the OTP pile since Fairwind debuted.

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Discussion

What new Horrific Visions would you add?

by Matthew Rossi on February 11, 2020 at 8:00am @MatthewWRossi

If you were on the World of Warcraft dev team and you were tasked with creating more Horrific Visions so that players weren't limited to Stormwind and Orgrimmar, where would you set them?

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Blizzard Watch

The Blizzard Watch D&D adventure met a Dragon in a Dungeon in an incredibly on-the-nose Tabletop RPG escapade

by Matthew Rossi on February 10, 2020 at 4:00pm @MatthewWRossi

That's right, a dragon.

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Off Topic

Off-Topic: The Reaper of Death is the most metal-sounding dinosaur ever

by Matthew Rossi on February 10, 2020 at 3:00pm @MatthewWRossi

I live in Alberta.

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Discussion

What are your thoughts about Mythic World First races?

by Matthew Rossi on February 10, 2020 at 8:00am @MatthewWRossi

Last week, N'Zoth fell to the folks at Limit, meaning that the World First race is officially done until Shadowlands comes out.

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Blizzard Watch

The Blizzard Watch crew are heading back into our monthly D&D game on Saturday, February 8th

by Matthew Rossi on February 7, 2020 at 3:52pm @MatthewWRossi

That's right this Saturday, February 8th we'll be hosting our recurring D&D Spectacular starting at 2:30 PM CST on our Twitch channel.

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Diablo

We finally know something about Diablo Immortal, but it’s not a release date

by Matthew Rossi on February 7, 2020 at 3:00pm @MatthewWRossi

Diablo Immortal has been one of those frustrating games that dwells in a vague shadowland between release and not-release.

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Discussion

What would you like to see Blizzard do with a Corruption-style system?

by Matthew Rossi on February 7, 2020 at 8:00am @MatthewWRossi

World of Warcraft has a tendency to do iterative design, which is to say, design elements from one expansion can be reworked and made part of the next expansion.

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Diablo