Matthew Rossi
What mechanic or gameplay element makes a game less attractive to you?
I have played a mountain of video games, especially role playing games like the Baldur's Gate series -- the old-school, isometric style of gameplay where the map is static and combat is turn based.
What makes you prefer single-player over multiplayer, or vice versa?
Right now, the two games battling for supremacy atop my personal heap of video games I'm trying to play are Diablo 4 and Baldur's Gate 3, while I've sort of taken a break from World of Warcraft for a while (although that gets harder every passing day).
What do you wish your favorite games stole from each other?
I've been playing Baldur's Gate 3 and Diablo 4 and, man, if you'd told me around 25 years ago that the two biggest games of 2023 would be a Baldur's Gate game and a Diablo game, I probably would have actually believe you -- which isn't something that could be said of most series.
The Queue: I spent all night writing this and then it borked so I have to write it again and I’m not happy about it
You ever just scream but manage to keep it inside because it’s 4 am and your partner is sleeping? No? Just me? Well, okay then.
It’s the Queue. Take two. If this one breaks too I’ll go live in the woods with a white Grizzly Bear as my only companion.
The Queue: I can wait for you at the bottom
Just listening to music and writing the Queue, y’all. How’re you all doing?
What makes you decide you’re done with a game?
I stop playing games for a variety of reasons.
How to get Malignant Hearts in Diablo 4 Season 1
If you're playing Diablo 4 Season 1, the Season of the Malignant, and you haven't been able to get Malignant Hearts to drop for you, that may be because of the way the Season theme works this time.
What are the things you just won’t do when you play a game?
Today I did something I've literally never even thought about doing — I skipped the campaign in Diablo 4 on a Seasonal character so I could just jump them straight into Season 1.
All of the Malignant Hearts to collect in Diablo 4 Season 1
Because the upcoming Season of the Malignant is Diablo 4's first Season, there's a fair amount riding on the core mechanic: Malignant Hearts.
The Queue: It’s Season Day!
Season 1, y’all.
I might stretch myself and play a Barbarian this time. Also, man, nobody told me that this sword model is finally in World of Warcraft after me literally asking for it since Wrath of the Lich King.
