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 add a mega-adventure into your existing D&D campaign when a shiny new module catches your eye

by Matthew Rossi on December 12, 2019 at 10:00am @MatthewWRossi

This all started when I was given a copy of Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus by Wizards of the Coast, and while I do think it's brilliant, I wanted you to know they gave me one up front.

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Discussion

What story moment in World of Warcraft had the biggest impact on you?

by Matthew Rossi on December 12, 2019 at 8:00am @MatthewWRossi

It can be a happy moment, it can be a sad moment, but I want to know what moment in World of Warcraft has stuck with you over the years.

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Diablo

Blizzard bans Diablo players exploiting Pandemonium buff to cheat Solo Greater Rifts

by Matthew Rossi on December 11, 2019 at 2:00pm @MatthewWRossi

In all my years of covering various Blizzard games, I've seen "creative uses of game mechanics" come up time and again from franchise to franchise, and it always ends the same way.

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Overwatch

Winston’s new emote wouldn’t exist if a deaf Overwatch fan hadn’t invented it

by Matthew Rossi on December 11, 2019 at 1:00pm @MatthewWRossi

If you noticed that in addition to all the other Winter Wonderland skins and emotes Winston got a neat sign language emote, then you have Danik Soudakoff to thank for it.

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Discussion

Why do (or don’t) you gravitate so strongly to certain classes?

by Matthew Rossi on December 11, 2019 at 8:00am @MatthewWRossi

Yes, I admit it, this one comes from my own confusion and envy.

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Discussion

What would you like to see happen with PVP battlegrounds in Shadowlands?

by Matthew Rossi on December 10, 2019 at 8:00am @MatthewWRossi

Do we need new battlegrounds in World of Warcraft at this point?

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When will WoW Classic Phase 4 launch?

by Matthew Rossi on December 9, 2019 at 5:23pm @MatthewWRossi

We've seen that the release of the various content phases for World of Warcraft Classic has been staggered, with the PVP aspects of Phase 3 coming out on December 10, while Blackwing Lair won't be arriving until sometime in 2020, along with the Darkmoon Faire.

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Warcraft

NVIDIA GeForce Garage makes Kristian Nairn possibly the coolest Warcraft-themed PC ever

by Matthew Rossi on December 9, 2019 at 4:00pm @MatthewWRossi

If you have been living in an ice cave in the frozen north, hi!

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Diablo

All of the characters in Diablo 4 (so far)

by Matthew Rossi on December 9, 2019 at 2:30pm @MatthewWRossi

When thinking about a Diablo game, it's inevitable that we'll focus on the characters we see. Diablo 3 is dominated in great part by characters like Deckard Cain, Tyrael, Leah, Adria, Belial, Azmodan, and Imperius, as well as Diablo and Malthael, the big two whose villainy drives the plot forward.

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Diablo