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.

WoW

What should World of Warcraft’s next expansion be? We speculate, based on lore and current “leaks”

by Matthew Rossi on November 1, 2019 at 10:30am @MatthewWRossi

When you write about Blizzard, it's hard to resist the siren song of "next expansion leaks" that start popping up every year a few months before BlizzCon -- especially on those extremely rare times when you read a leak and it sounds legit to you.

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Diablo

Diablo 4: Everything we know so far

by Matthew Rossi on November 1, 2019 at 8:59am @MatthewWRossi

Diablo 4 has been the black beast of gaming for years now, and after our hopes were dashed in 2018, the long-awaited title was announced at this year's BlizzCon.

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BlizzCon

My Road to BlizzCon: I was not designed for human cars

by Matthew Rossi on October 31, 2019 at 2:00pm @MatthewWRossi

Contrary to a lot of jokes, I am not an especially large or frightening individual, and certainly I do not possess the heroic build of the Barbarian from the Diablo series.

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BlizzCon

My Road to BlizzCon: Irvine has tasted my blood and found it sweet

by Matthew Rossi on October 30, 2019 at 4:00pm @MatthewWRossi

Well, I assume Irvine found my blood sweet -- it was sure thirsty enough to get some.

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BlizzCon

My Road To BlizzCon: In which we fly to BlizzCon

by Matthew Rossi on October 29, 2019 at 8:29pm @MatthewWRossi

So it's more of a metaphor, really, this whole road to BlizzCon.

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Diablo

What do you think the story of Diablo 4 will be?

by Matthew Rossi on October 29, 2019 at 10:00am @MatthewWRossi

Since I am now firmly of the opinion that Diablo 4 is going to be announced at this BlizzCon -- and that I am salivating to learn what the story is going to be -- I thought it would be cool if you guys told me what you think.

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Off Topic

Off Topic: The Outer Worlds is a welcome anomaly in today’s engagement focused game industry

by Matthew Rossi on October 28, 2019 at 6:00pm @MatthewWRossi

I haven't finished The Outer Worlds, and that's because I have a lot of stuff to do before I fly out to California this week and so this is less a full review and more a preview -- for full disclosure I'm up to level 19 or so and stuck in pretty deep into the world Monarch, or Terra 1, after starting out on Terra 2 and the Groundbreaker.

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BlizzCon

Which BlizzCon 2019 panels will you be watching live, and why?

by Matthew Rossi on October 28, 2019 at 8:00am @MatthewWRossi

So, for this year's BlizzCon, there are no less than four free panels for people to watch, which means even if you don't have the Virtual Ticket there's a lot to watch for everyone involved.

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The Queue