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: Transmog happiness

by Matthew Rossi on June 28, 2019 at 12:00pm @MatthewWRossi

The only way I could be happier with transmog in WoW right now is if they let me mog Fist Weapons over 2h Weapons.

This is the Queue. Let’s go.

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News

What is former President of Blizzard Mike Morhaime doing next?

by Matthew Rossi on June 27, 2019 at 2:00pm @MatthewWRossi

Turns out that after his retirement last October, Mike Morhaime's non-competition clause is already expired and he's already considering options involving making new games.

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Discussion

How would you feel about Blizzard announcing a new WoW expansion at BlizzCon 2019?

by Matthew Rossi on June 27, 2019 at 8:00am @MatthewWRossi

Would it be too soon?

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WoW

Everything you need to know about World of Warcraft’s new mount equipment

by Matthew Rossi on June 26, 2019 at 2:00pm @MatthewWRossi

The way mounts work in patch 8.2 is a little different than it used to be in World of Warcraft.

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Off Topic

A Blizzard Watch D&D Journal — Did we escape from the volcano dragon?

by Matthew Rossi on June 25, 2019 at 2:00pm @MatthewWRossi

We're two sessions into our Blizzard Watch Dungeons and Dragons game, and so far we've seen our party of adventurers wake up on slabs, fight their way through a goblin infested volcano lair, steal an airship, interrogate a goblin they've named either "Bud" or "Bob" depending on who you ask, and crash said airship into a river while it was on fire from the breath weapon of a dragon that hatched out of that same volcano.

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WoW

Azshara makes her big entrance in the opening cinematic to patch 8.2

by Matthew Rossi on June 25, 2019 at 1:24pm @MatthewWRossi

Once again the folks at Wowhead have provided us with the cinematic to the latest patch, this time the first cinematic when you go to Nazjatar in patch 8.2, Rise of Azshara, which is live right now.

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Off Topic

Can a game continue to thrive after its creators wash their hands of it?

by Matthew Rossi on June 24, 2019 at 4:00pm @MatthewWRossi

What is the lifespan of a game?

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Hearthstone

Vanish and Mind Blast head to the Hearthstone Hall of Fame, but new cards will replace them

by Matthew Rossi on June 24, 2019 at 2:36pm @MatthewWRossi

If you were playing World of Warcraft back in Legion, you may remember the phrase class fantasy because it got bandied around a lot when Blizzard reworked classes.

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Discussion

How do you think Battle for Azeroth is going to end?

by Matthew Rossi on June 24, 2019 at 8:00am @MatthewWRossi

To be succinct, I have no idea what the end raid of this expansion will be. Battle for Azeroth has done an incredible job of making it so that I can't be sure how it's going to end.

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The Queue