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.

Discussion

Breakfast Topic: A companion system

by Matthew Rossi on January 10, 2016 at 8:00am @MatthewWRossi

Between Garrison Followers, especially the bodyguards you can give yourself, and the coming system in Legion that expands upon it, I find myself wondering why World of Warcraft hasn't embraced Diablo 3's system and let you have permanent companions.

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Discussion

Breakfast Topic: Resource gathering professions are awful

by Matthew Rossi on January 9, 2016 at 8:00am @MatthewWRossi

While I'm on the record as thinking the Garrison Mine and Herb Gardens ended up separating players from the world, the more I think about it the more I realize that I hate Mining, Skinning, and Herbalism.

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WoW

The Warrior’s Charge: Arms in Legion

by Matthew Rossi on January 8, 2016 at 5:00pm @MatthewWRossi

Talking about Arms in Legion right now is hard because it wasn't live when the Alpha went down, so all we're left with is datamined information like the talent calculator.

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The Queue

The Queue: Avram Davidson

by Matthew Rossi on January 8, 2016 at 11:00am @MatthewWRossi

If you haven’t read Avram Davidson, I recommend you do so. Start with the Limekiller books, then move on to Doctor Eszterhazy. The man was an unalloyed genius and shockingly well read, I learn something new every single time I read him.

This has nothing to do with today’s Queue, I just wanted to mention him.

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Discussion

Breakfast Topic: Game blindness

by Matthew Rossi on January 8, 2016 at 8:00am @MatthewWRossi

One of the reasons I had to semi-retire from raiding (I still go from time to time, I've even raided Hellfire Citadel Heroic) is because spell effects have gotten to the point where they give me massive headaches.

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Tavern Watch

Scarred Lands Kickstarter now open

by Matthew Rossi on January 7, 2016 at 4:00pm @MatthewWRossi

I'm an old school pen and paper RPG nerd, have been for years.

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Tavern Watch

Torment: Tides of Numenera beta coming soon

by Matthew Rossi on January 6, 2016 at 4:00pm @MatthewWRossi

If you're a survivor of the 1990's as I am, you might remember a little RPG named Planescape: Torment.

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Discussion

Breakfast Topic: Will you casually PVP in Legion?

by Matthew Rossi on January 6, 2016 at 8:00am @MatthewWRossi

For the past several years it's felt to me that World of Warcraft didn't want me to PVP.

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The Queue

The Queue: Sadly there are no raptors here today

by Matthew Rossi on January 5, 2016 at 11:00am @MatthewWRossi

Half the time Alex and I agree on things. The other half, we absolutely don’t. Let’s see if I end up answering a ton of questions about Night Elves or Druids today.

This is The Queue. Sadly no dinosaurs helped me write this one.

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Tavern Watch