Michael "Mitch" Mitchell

I’m exhausted in pretty much every way possible and the post-con blues are hitting me pretty hard, so I’m just gonna dive in today.

Yesterday, Blizzard Watch had the honor of sitting in on two World of Warcraft interviews -- one with Production Director Patrick Dawson and Senior Exterior Level Designer Sarah Boulian-Verrall and the other with Lead Game Designer Morgan Day and Game Producer Shani Edwards.

Shortly after the big Overwatch 2 reveal at BlizzCon 2019, I had a chance to sit in on a group interview with Game Director Jeff Kaplan and Lead Game Producer Matt Hawley.

No need to adjust your eye holes, dear readers — you really are reading a Tuesday Mitch Queue right now. Why? Because my flight leaves tomorrow morning, and, on top of general exhaustion from that, I didn’t think it would be very smart to write The Queue after an hours-long brewery tour. Sure, it might have been amusing — but it would not have actually been a good idea.

So, with that out of the way and BlizzCon very, very close… let’s Queue.

Azeroth, for all its fantastical locations and epic adventurers, is still a very dangerous world.

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Let’s Queue.

I think I’ve talked about Fortnite enough here (and on Twitter) that y’all know I enjoy the game. And, assuming you weren’t living under a rock and that rock somehow also didn’t get sucked into a black hole, you’re probably aware that the game recently had a world-ending event that led to nearly two full days of the game being offline with no official word from Epic on when it would return.

Well, the game’s back, and the map is brand new — but here’s the thing. There are a couple of areas on the new map with the same name and very similar layouts as the old map. And given the events preceding the black hole, it seems very likely that, canonically, this new map isn’t a new island, per se, but rather the same island as before… but in a different reality. The map is much prettier. It’s a lot more enjoyable. In short, it’s better without feeling too far from the island home of yore. So y’know maybe, just maybe, that means that there’s an alternate reality out there where things are better, brighter, and more fun. I’ll leave it up to you to decide if that’s a comfort.

Anyhow, let’s Qyeye.

Throughout Battle for Azeroth, there have been a few moments in which players were allowed to make crucial choices that showcased what side of a particular conflict they fell on.

One of the topics I've mentioned more than a fair share of times on this site is that of redesigning Shadow Priests.