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.

Diablo

What would you choose for a Season power in Diablo 3?

by Matthew Rossi on June 5, 2019 at 8:00am @MatthewWRossi

After Season 16's Season of Grandeur buff and Season 17's Season of Nightmares , I think it's fair to say that Blizzard has hit on an interesting formula for future Seasonal play in Diablo 3. While some players have complained about Season 17's Legacy of Nightmare bonus being a bit hard to make work -- at least until you have enough Ancient Legendary pieces, anyway -- there's no denying that there's a certain amount of fun to be had in the concept of a special power that the Season bestows on all Seasonal characters.

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Off Topic

Off Topic: Games that break DLC into episodes create an annoying cliffhanger experience

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

I love Assassin's Creed Odyssey, and I've been loving The Fate of Atlantis DLC so far.

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WoW

How to play a Bard in WoW (sort of) with the Musician addon

by Matthew Rossi on June 4, 2019 at 2:00pm @MatthewWRossi

For some players, a Bard class has been a long unrealized dream in World of Warcraft.

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Diablo

How to make best use of Diablo’s Season 17 Legacy of Nightmares Season bonus

by Matthew Rossi on June 3, 2019 at 2:00pm @MatthewWRossi

If you're playing Diablo 3's Season 17 you may have noticed the Legacy of Nightmares set bonus has been adapted into a Seasonal power.

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WoW Classic

I love WoW Classic because it is awful and strange

by Matthew Rossi on May 31, 2019 at 2:50pm @MatthewWRossi

I can't get over how much I love WoW Classic not despite its warts, but because of them.

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The Queue

The Queue: Everything is beautiful in its own way

by Matthew Rossi on May 31, 2019 at 12:00pm @MatthewWRossi

Look, it’s a nice song.

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Discussion

What is even happening with WoW Classic itemization?

by Matthew Rossi on May 31, 2019 at 8:11am @MatthewWRossi

I mean, I knew it was always this bad.

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Diablo

Sorry, but you can’t move your Diablo 3 characters between PC, PlayStation Switch, and Xbox

by Matthew Rossi on May 30, 2019 at 6:00pm @MatthewWRossi

This is a question people are often asking, especially now that Diablo 3 is playable on so many platforms — Windows and Mac, Playstation 3 and 4, Xbox 360 and One, and the Nintendo Switch as well.

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WoW

Operation: Mechagon brings Ulduar-style difficulty curves to 5 player content

by Matthew Rossi on May 30, 2019 at 2:00pm @MatthewWRossi

The folks over at Wowhead have found a neat new wrinkle in Operation: Mechagon, the new megadungeon coming in patch 8.2, and it's fascinating.

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Editorial

Battle for Azeroth is better than WoW Classic in every single way, except one

by Matthew Rossi on May 30, 2019 at 10:00am @MatthewWRossi

I've been slamming my head against the WoW Classic beta for a while now, scraping those levels and otherwise doing my level best to see as much of the story as possible.

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