Matthew Rossi
The Queue: Wind Sprints
Recovering from being sick can really just be the worst.
What fantasy archetypes do you feel are missing from your favorite games?
I don't get why World of Warcraft doesn't have Bards.
The Queue: I’m sick so this Queue will be all over the place.
It’s the Queue. I have COVID. I apologize in advance for my tenuous grip on coherence.
Well, more tenuous. Anyway, stealing Cory’s bit, I’m listening to Celldweller. I’m also hacking up my lungs but I have no idea how often Cory does that.
What games got you through your own personal quarantines?
After three-and-some odd years, I have finally caught Covid.
How to run a TTRPG in a system you don’t know well
I love playing tabletop role-playing games like D&D or Pathfinder 2e.
The Queue: You now have access to the new Bing!
I don’t know what I did to my computer for it to threaten me like this.
I was going to use a header image of the Titans from WoW because of Zuel’s question but the picture of BT from Titanfall 2 came up so there you go, my new headcanon is that the Titans from WoW look like the Titans from Titanfall.
What grabs your attention about a game and makes you want to play it?
I still remember how I almost didn't even play World of Warcraft, and was on the verge of quitting.
New and updated Unique items arrive in Diablo 4 patch 1.2 with the Season of Blood
With the imminent arrival of Diablo 4 Season 2 -- the Season of Blood -- the game is revamping many current Unique items as well as adding a bunch of new Unique items for players to hunt down.
What makes a character a compelling bad guy?
I enjoy the character of Marc Remillard from Julian May's Saga of Pliocene Exile because he is such an overwhelmingly smug character, and yet still affable and relatable -- able to be friendly with the protagonists of the story, yet still swan in at the end after having beaten them down with his psionic powers and say "As you can see, I've won.
What does fandom mean to you? What makes you a part of a fan community?
I've been musing about this one since Liz Harper mentioned it on the podcast this week -- when talking about 'fandom,' what are we talking about, exactly?
