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.

D&D

According to the Player’s Handbook, Drow no longer have to be evil in your D&D game

by Matthew Rossi on December 15, 2021 at 6:00pm @MatthewWRossi

There's been a lot of talk recently about fantasy racism in D&D (and plenty of other fantasy games), some of it by us.

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The Queue

The Queue: The sun hat is essential

by Matthew Rossi on December 15, 2021 at 12:00pm @MatthewWRossi

Kassandra wouldn’t be caught dead going on vacation without it.

Y’all, the new Odyssey DLC is wild. It really puts a spotlight on Kassandra’s role in the greater lore of the franchise and gives me hope that they might eventually reveal she’s not as dead as we think she is. But even if they don’t, it’s still a really cool little DLC. I’ll be trying the Valhalla one next, will report on that next chance I get.

It’s the Queue. I am so very tired. It’s -29 C outside my house today and it’s gonna get colder all week.

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Discussion

What kinds of games are your kryptonite?

by Matthew Rossi on December 15, 2021 at 8:00am @MatthewWRossi

Big open world RPGs could be used to defeat me if I ever became a threat to all life.

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WoW

The Mage Tower and all of Legion Timewalking will be open two extra weeks, through January 4

by Matthew Rossi on December 14, 2021 at 2:00pm @MatthewWRossi

If you're working on the Mage Tower in Shadowlands and you've been eyeing the clock, worried you won't get it done before Legion Timewalking ends, you just got a good deal more time.

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Off Topic

Assassin’s Creed Odyssey and Assassin’s Creed Valhalla both get ambitious crossover DLC today

by Matthew Rossi on December 14, 2021 at 10:00am @MatthewWRossi

This is something I don't think I've ever even heard of a game doing -- Ubisoft Quebec announced via Twitter that they're releasing two new Assassin's Creed DLC simultaneously, with the announcement happening the day before the DLC drop.

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Discussion

What should the post-Shadowlands game look like for World of Warcraft?

by Matthew Rossi on December 14, 2021 at 8:00am @MatthewWRossi

I find myself wondering what WoW will even look like after patch 9.2, much less what patch 10 will bring.

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WoW

The patch 9.2 Warlock tier set makes some unfortunate design choices, and the latest update hasn’t fixed it

by Matthew Rossi on December 13, 2021 at 6:00pm @MatthewWRossi

Back in mid-November, when we got the first preview for Patch 9.2, there was a lot of excitement around the idea that tier sets were returning for the Sepulcher of the First Ones raid.

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Blizzard

Ruined King demonstrates how Riot is looking forward and taking chances Blizzard should have years ago

by Matthew Rossi on December 13, 2021 at 2:00pm @MatthewWRossi

Ruined King: A League of Legends Story is a single-player, turn-based RPG, made by the folks at Airship Syndicate and published by Riot Forge.

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Blizzard

What Blizzard games are the ones you come back to?

by Matthew Rossi on December 13, 2021 at 8:00am @MatthewWRossi

I can't say I come back to World of Warcraft, because you can't come back when you never leave — but I do find myself returning to Diablo on the regular, having in the past week played both Diablo 2: Resurrected and Diablo 3.

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Diablo