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: Does lore matter to you?

by Matthew Rossi on March 16, 2015 at 8:00am @MatthewWRossi

I was having a discussion about Garona Halforcen the other day because of her status as the first legendary follower, and the person I was discussing it with told me flat out he didn't care about the story of World of Warcraft at all

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WoW

The Warrior’s Charge: The Single Minded Fury

by Matthew Rossi on March 14, 2015 at 6:00pm @MatthewWRossi

While I've been working on leveling my alts, my main focus has been on raiding normal and heroic modes in Highmaul and Blackrock Foundry. Due to the luck of the drop, I've gotten my hands on two Blackrock Foundry one handers, and so I've been raiding as Single-Minded Fury. My quick and dirty take on the sub-spec is as follows.

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Discussion

Breakfast Topic: I look smug as all heck in selfies

by Matthew Rossi on March 14, 2015 at 8:00am @MatthewWRossi

I mean, here I am faced with the cosmic wonder of Algalon, one of the servants of the Titans, who has actually come to decide the fate of Azeroth, and what's my reaction? "Look at this big shot," it looks like I'm saying.

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Diablo

Fun with Diablo III: My Spinning Ballerina of Death Barbarian Build

by Matthew Rossi on March 13, 2015 at 6:00pm @MatthewWRossi

Of course I would. And one of the things I've learned in playing D3 with my wife is, ranged players will get you killed. No, really. They don't pay attention to the battlefield, they gleefully drag you face first through every pack in existence, it is a constant series of terrifying moments playing with one of them.

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The Queue

The Queue: Still no dinosaurs? RIOT.

by Matthew Rossi on March 13, 2015 at 12:00pm @MatthewWRossi

Okay, yeah, I’m not doing any dinosaur related stuff in this Queue either. Look, I’m playing WoW, doing some raiding (hit both heroic Highmaul and normal BRF this week) and also doing some Diablo III. Basically, I’m playing a lot of Blizzard games and I haven’t really had the time to go dig up any new dinosaur facts lately, plus it’s always been more of a personal pleasure than anything you guys really wanted. If I’m wrong, you have this edition of The Queue to make your case for dinosaurs.

I’m also sad about Terry Pratchett.

Enough of this, let’s talk about your questions.

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Hearthstone

Hearthstone’s 1st Birthday is here

by Matthew Rossi on March 12, 2015 at 6:00pm @MatthewWRossi

If you're the kind of person who bakes things, why not bake up something Hearthstone related for the game's birthday?

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StarCraft

Armies of Azeroth remakes Warcraft III in Starcraft II editor

by Matthew Rossi on March 12, 2015 at 4:00pm @MatthewWRossi

Player-run Armies of Azeroth project seeks to recreate Warcraft III entirely within the Starcraft II engine.

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Warcraft Movie

Duncan Jones talks ‘Warcraft’ post-production, Gul’dan

by Matthew Rossi on March 11, 2015 at 6:00pm @MatthewWRossi

If you're not already excited for the upcoming 'Warcraft' movie (seriously, check out that cast, that's impressive) then maybe Duncan Jones can change your mind. He's talking post production and the film, and especially the work of Daniel Wu as Gul'dan.

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WoW