Matthew Rossi

I just love this game sometimes. For all the flaws you might list, one thing is clear — Diablo 3 does not care if I build and spec my character entirely around simply spinning my way through every single demon I see until they’re all dead. Indeed, it welcomes this activity. It loves it. And this is why I love Diablo 3.

I mean, I try other builds. Right now one of my Barbarians is rocking a Seismic Slam build using full Immortal King for the permanent Ancients and a Fury of the Vanished Peak. I don’t quite have enough pieces of the Might of the Earth set yet to focus on that, but once I do, I’m sure Seismic Slam damage will be delightful. But still, I love my Whirlwind build.

Actually, I got so impatient that I went and farmed up the Might of the Earth pants and went full Earthquake/Seismic Slam on my recently leveled Barbarian because why not? And yes, it’s delightful. I happened to get a pair of Bracers of Destruction out of a GR, and my word it’s lovely. Things evaporate. Does this mean I’ll abandon my Whirlwind build? No, it just means I have a reason to play two different Barbarians.

Like I needed one.

They are not Paladins.

World of Warcraft will be getting classic servers, and they'll be running a version of the 1.12 Drums of War patch.

The clock is ticking -- we'll soon be in patch 8.0 and then, a month or so later, we'll be playing Battle for Azeroth.

Guys, World of Warcraft is a teenager.

Game history, especially the history of the development of a game, is essentially like all history everywhere -- it's the story of people.

Last week we talked about what you might expect to see in a Diablo 4 in terms of the story.

No, seriously. Think about it. Zoltan Kulle literally says nothing to you that’s a lie. Every time he talks to you — every offer of the two of you ruling the world as Nephalem, every time he hints at Leah’s true parentage or mocks Adria and Tyrael’s motives, he’s telling you the absolute and unvarnished truth. He’s a power hungry egomaniac, but when he says that Angels are just as hostile to us as Demons, he’s right. When he says that they almost destroyed Sanctuary, he’s right. Kulle never actually lies.

Even Tyrael says things that turn out to be untrue when he’s under the effect of the despair being radiated during Act IV, but Kulle never once says anything that isn’t true. He’s evil, reptilian in his self-regard, but he never lies. That makes him the one person you can rely on, really — and you killed him, and he doesn’t even hold that against you.

Zoltan Kulle is your best friend.

This is the Queue.

This week the quest to deal with that giant sword that's stuck in Azeroth's side went live, allowing us to empower our Artifact to level 126 and 75 Concordance of the Legionfall.

Here I am saving Azeroth.

Let’s talk, Queuevians.