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.

News

Community Manager Crithto leaves Blizzard

by Matthew Rossi on October 7, 2015 at 1:00pm @MatthewWRossi

Chad Wingerd, better known to many of us as Crithto the Community Manager (and little pug puppy wandering around Stormwind) has officially announced his departure from Blizzard on the forums.

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Lore

Know Your Lore: Trolls, Tauren, Aqir, and Azeroth’s native races

by Matthew Rossi on October 6, 2015 at 3:00pm @MatthewWRossi

It comes up time and again, when talking about the races of Azeroth, there are those races that were created as seed races by the Titans -- the Earthen, the Vrykul, the Giants, perhaps the Tol'vir and Mogu as well -- and then there are those races that appear to have either predated the arrival of the Titans or have arisen after them.

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The Queue

The Queue: Aphotic Zones

by Matthew Rossi on October 6, 2015 at 11:00am @MatthewWRossi

What’s an Aphotic Zone? Well, you could ask this fellow, but he’s quite dead.

Hi. Welcome to The Queue. We answer your questions here.

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Discussion

Breakfast Topic: Your most fun ability

by Matthew Rossi on October 4, 2015 at 8:00am @MatthewWRossi

There's something amazing about Bladestorm.

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Tavern Watch

Why you should be reading Transformers: More than Meets the Eye

by Matthew Rossi on October 3, 2015 at 11:00am @MatthewWRossi

Okay, considering that it is a comic book starring a group of robots that change into things based on a toy line from the 80's that was itself cobbled together from two or three toy lines from Japan, Transformers has had a heck of a run all told.

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Tavern Watch

Thoughts on Dragon Age Inquisition’s Trespasser DLC

by Matthew Rossi on October 2, 2015 at 11:59am @MatthewWRossi

Spoiler Alert: This post contains spoilers for Dragon Age Inquisition.

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The Queue

The Queue: Faster development cycles, why don’t we all have guns, sharks in bubbles

by Matthew Rossi on October 2, 2015 at 11:00am @MatthewWRossi

Hi, it’s The Queue.

I really really want to talk about cool prehistoric animals today. But rather than do that, I’m going to answer your questions

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WoW

Garrisons: A Look Back

by Matthew Rossi on October 1, 2015 at 5:00pm @MatthewWRossi

I've said this before and I'll say it again -- whatever your feelings on Garrisons are, you have to admit it was an extremely robust and well-designed feature.

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WoW

Blizzard’s in-Game Shop opens up new services

by Matthew Rossi on September 30, 2015 at 6:00pm @MatthewWRossi

If you're like me, you often decide you want to change your character's race, faction, or even just badly want to re-customize it -- maybe you really want to play a male Worgen after playing a female one for a while.

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The Queue