Matthew Rossi

Honestly, one of the reasons I'm still playing Diablo 3 all these years later (it came out in 2012) is because it still has this perfect gameplay loop that sparks a mellow, relaxed feeling for me.

Every month we run a couple of Tavern Watch Dungeons and Dragons adventures, like Liz Harper's Wild Beyond the Witchlight campaign, or our new Into The Weirs campaign, where Joe Perez and Matthew Rossi (that's me) run a game set in a unique world of our join creation.

The announcement of Shadowlands getting a Season 4 is a fascinating attempt to provide players with something new in that period after all the content has been released, but before we get the next expansion.

I tried to come up with a fun header for this, but the fact is, it’s been rough lately and I just didn’t have anything left in the tank for something jovial. I will say, if you’re having a hard time, try and reach out to someone.  It can make a difference.

One of the things that really makes it hard for me to play WoW Classic is the UI.

D&D has had many video games over the years, with Baldur's Gate 3 merely the latest one, and with two Pathfinder offerings also available.

I'm really glad that flying is now available in Zereth Mortis, but I'm also confused as to why it had to be unlocked in the first place.

One of the best things about 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons is the regular release of Unearthed Arcana playtest content, where players can take new concepts out for a spin and give feedback on what works and what doesn't.

This is something I hadn’t really thought about before, but when someone really loves something I don’t enjoy — be it a game, a movie or TV series or a kind of food or whatever it may be — I’ve made a real, concerted effort lately to not interject with an opinion unless directly solicited, and to couch that opinion as fully as possible in a critique of the thing in question and not people who enjoy it.

I’m not the fun police. If you’re having fun playing something, or watching something, or eating something — if you find a moment of enjoyment in this world, however small, however fleeting, as far as I’m concerned that’s a positive for everyone. I’m really making an attempt to keep this in mind. The whole mentality of relentless negativity has poisoned a lot of discourse, I don’t need to add to it.

This is the Queue. It’s not just enough to let people like things. Be happy that they found something that they enjoy, even if you don’t share their enthusiasm for it.

It's 2022 and I still want a Jade Empire sequel.