Blizzard Watch

"Oh, you like puzzle games?

Did you ever have a friend who started playing a game you really like and haven't played in a while, so you immediately want to go pick it up again?

Is it any wonder that, since I am in theory so excited about WoW's Player Housing, I would fill the gap left by its absence by playing other games where I can decorate things?

It's that time of year when everyone starts advertising stuff for fall, but it's still like, 85 degrees out where I live.

This week was dominated by the Midnight infodump from gamescom.

This intro is the last thing I do before I hit the weekend, so it's usually about what I have planned, something cool going on, you get the idea.

Hamilton turns ten this week, and Lin-Manuel Miranda announced that it would be coming to theaters in September, so I'm having a Hamilicious week.

We're officially in back to school mode in our neck of the woods, which means that in addition to our regular activities, there's also a ton of additional orientation activities, plus summer wrap up parties, and shopping, and cleaning.

It started this week when Cory mentioned opera in his Queue, so of course I had to immediately go watch Diana Damrau sing the Queen of the Night aria -- and down the rabbit hole I went, listening to both analysis of the performance and even more opera I enjoy.

I usually write this intro about what's sort of going on in my life at any given time.