Matthew Rossi

I’ve basically been singing I love Diablo 4 to the tune of Joan Jett and the Blackheart’s I love Rock and Roll. I do this while playing, you guessed it, Diablo 4. I have played a lot of ARPG’s over the years — Wolcen, Last Epoch, Grim Dawn, Darksiders Genesis — and while I think Darksiders may be one of the best ARPG’s ever created, I still seem to be absolutely in love with Diablo 4.

Anyway, yeah, been playing a lot of D4 this week.

I spend a lot of time playing roleplaying games, both tabletop and CRPGs, including MMOs like World of Warcraft and ARPGs like Diablo or Grim Dawn as well as more traditional RPGs like Baldur's Gate 3 or Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous.

I was going to open this Queue out talking about how Tyrannosaurus rex may have been even bigger than current fossils would indicate, but then I was playing my Lightforged Draenei Warrior and I noticed that every time Thrall and my Draenei were in the same cutscene he looked to be checking Thrall’s butt out. It’s strange to wonder if my character is staring too hard at someone’s butt.

I have always quietly roleplayed in World of Warcraft, but this expansion almost demands RP.

Seiously, Alleria, I appreciate when you invite me on these things, but every single time I come along you find us more and more angry spiders and that’s not a relaxing holiday trip for anyone.

Okay, yes, Faerin loves it, but I’m…

Well, okay, yes, I did bring my giant axe but come on…

The armored crop top is a concession to fashion! I did not bring it because every day is a party when you’re in Ahn Kahet! I never said that!

Leveling professions in The War Within, can be an expensive, tedious process — even more so than in Dragonflight — so we're happy to report that the Darkmoon Faire is in town to award you with easy profession points.

So far I’ve tried Arms and Fury out, and I think Colossus is the best spec for Arms and Mountain Thane is by far my preferred Fury Hero spec. Slayer just hasn’t been fun. But that’s just my opinion.

It’s the Queue. Let’s get ourselves in a state of emotional agitation.

I want to watch Big Trouble in Little China again.

I’m not good at grief. I’ve lost pets before — in my time writing here I lost both Grim and Aurora. The same stabbing pain, the heartbreak of it, never really gets any easier.

She was my little girl. She played WoW, and even healed a raid once — and did a better job than I did, for that matter. I love her and I’ll miss her. She fought and rode the Roomba, she loved basking in the sunlight, she was brave enough to yell at a cop for daring to come into her house.

Goodbye, little sun shadow.

If you're tired of the same old fantasy games, it may be time to give Starfinder a try.