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.

Blizzard Watch

Patch 7.2.5 and why designers can’t make everyone happy

by Matthew Rossi on June 15, 2017 at 2:00pm @MatthewWRossi

This one's a bit to unpack.

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WoW

Find Legion’s secret fishing masters to collect new fishing bobbers

by Matthew Rossi on June 15, 2017 at 11:00am @MatthewWRossi

Update 6/15/17: Turns out this was a bug, not a feature -- Ilyssia wasn't ready for her closeup yet, and she will be removed from the game with the most recent hotfix.

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Overwatch 2

Awesome Overwatch-themed console controllers for European players

by Matthew Rossi on June 14, 2017 at 8:00pm @MatthewWRossi

Can a console controller be art?

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News

Overwatch player Dafran banned due to sportsmanship rules

by Matthew Rossi on June 14, 2017 at 2:00pm @MatthewWRossi

If you have any ambitions towards being a professional Overwatch player, it's probably best not to stream yourself breaking the rules.

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The Queue

The Queue: Home is where the Jarod is

by Matthew Rossi on June 14, 2017 at 12:00pm @MatthewWRossi

Seriously, I’m not saying my Night Elf Warrior is in love with Jarod Shadowsong.

I don’t have to because look at the two of them. I don’t think she could be more obvious if she said “Hiiiiii, Jaaaaarod” every time she saw him. Which she probably does.

Anyway, this is the Queue. I had a pretty hectic week launching the new book. Played some D3, spent some time failing to log into WoW today. What’ve y’all been up to?

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News

Overwatch’s Horizon Lunar Colony map coming June 20

by Matthew Rossi on June 13, 2017 at 8:00pm @MatthewWRossi

Gorillas. In. Space. They'll be coming to Overwatch June 20.

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Diablo

Are we getting remasters of Warcraft 3 and Diablo 2?

by Matthew Rossi on June 13, 2017 at 6:00pm @MatthewWRossi

Blizzard is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to, and I'm quoting here, "restore [Starcraft, Warcraft III and Diablo 2] to glory." This is in line with a similar job posting from 2015, and Blizzard has been talking about restoring these games in the same basic language for years.

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Blizzard Watch

🔒 World of Warcraft and the archaeology of game design

by Matthew Rossi on June 13, 2017 at 5:10pm @MatthewWRossi

The facts are simple.

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Overwatch 2

Tracer’s girlfriend Emily gets a nod in latest Overwatch PTR patch

by Matthew Rossi on June 13, 2017 at 2:00pm @MatthewWRossi

We know from the Reflections comic that Tracer is a lesbian in a relationship with a woman named Emily, which is a pretty awesome step for representation by Blizzard.

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Lore