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.

Diablo

Diablo Immortal’s World Paragon system is a catch-up mechanism aimed at keeping keep friends playing together

by Matthew Rossi on February 24, 2022 at 6:00pm @MatthewWRossi

It's a joke that goes back years.

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Discussion

What takes you right out of a game?

by Matthew Rossi on February 24, 2022 at 8:00am @MatthewWRossi

I think that for myself, the quickest way to break any immersion I have in a video game is for the music to make literally no sense for a moment.

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Off Topic

Horizon’s Dr. Elisabet Sobeck, designer of Zero Dawn and savior of humanity

by Matthew Rossi on February 23, 2022 at 5:00pm @MatthewWRossi

Though we never once meet her, Dr.

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Off Topic

The game demos we think are worth trying during Steam Next Fest this week

by Matthew Rossi on February 23, 2022 at 4:00pm @MatthewWRossi

Steam Next Fest is a week long event full of game demos -- hundreds of them -- so you can try out a bunch of games before they're released.

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The Queue

The Queue: Expeditious Retreat

by Matthew Rossi on February 23, 2022 at 12:00pm @MatthewWRossi

Turns out installing WoW from scratch can take a lot of time. Anyway, I reused that New Dances image because it makes me laugh, and because it saves me five minutes, which is really helpful right about now.

It’s the Queue, here comes the questions and answers.

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WoW

How do you get to the Sepulcher of the First Ones raid entrance in WoW patch 9.2? When does it open?

by Matthew Rossi on February 23, 2022 at 10:00am @MatthewWRossi

We're finally confronting the Jailer head on in the Sepulcher of the First Ones, the final raid for Shadowlands in patch 9.2, and to do that, we're going to have to get to it.

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Discussion

How do you feel about staggered content releases?

by Matthew Rossi on February 23, 2022 at 8:00am @MatthewWRossi

There's an interesting release schedule for the Sepulcher of the First Ones in patch 9.2.

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WoW

How to get to Zereth Mortis in WoW patch 9.2

by Matthew Rossi on February 22, 2022 at 2:00pm @MatthewWRossi

You can't just ride a mount to get to Zereth Mortis, but at the same time, it's not terrifyingly complex either.

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D&D

The Legend of Vox Machina is impressive and entertaining, but occasionally uneven

by Matthew Rossi on February 22, 2022 at 10:00am @MatthewWRossi

I was pretty excited for The Legend of Vox Machina back when the Kickstarter broke records and went from a single animated show to a series, but I will admit to some trepidation as well. Any adaptation of a story into a new medium carries risk, simply because different storytelling mediums have their own constraints.

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Discussion