Matthew Rossi

I still remember how I almost didn't even play World of Warcraft, and was on the verge of quitting.

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.

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.

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?

So no one told me that I’d end up playing so much Metroid Dread when I started on Phantom Liberty.

Fortunately for me, when I get too upset and tense from being constantly chased by a killer robot, I can go into Starfield and be chased by an extremely sparkly person in a faceless helmet. Oh, and also often killer robots, mustn’t forget those.

What I’m saying is I’m spending a lot of time being chased by things in my off hours and it’s a touch exhausting.

Every character I play in most RPGs and MMORPGs are unique to me.

Do you guys remember the first time a game made you stop and say what the heck was that?

One of the many little things I loved about the Obi-Wan Kenobi series was how it basically highlights how the fall of the Jedi was the Jedi’s fault — how their failure to embrace the Force in all its aspects, the Dark and the Light, Hate and Anger and Love and the wild tumult of the heart, how their turning away from the will of the Living Force was their undoing.

 

I cannot believe how much I love the way Starfield implemented New Game Plus.

Like, I’m rocketing between extremes in terms of my blood sugar, which means I’m having these moments of twitching, shuddering, and in fact barely being able to function at all. After two days of being a sweaty wreck, I’m hoping my body will just let me sleep at this point.

Anyway, it’s the Queue, I feel like stinky hot garbage, let’s do this.