The Queue

Rawr!

It’s almost a little rude Liz, bears say other things than rar and rawr. Like Fozzie, he tells jokes!

For example, what do you call a cow that just gave birth?

Decalfinnated!

While I give you a moment to recover from your side-splitting laughter, it’s time for — The Queue!

I have really enjoyed playing through the Dragon Isles, but I’m ready for something new. So it’s fortunate that it’s time to head to Khaz Algar and (maybe) forget about dragons for a little while. They’re great, but we’ve been mainlining dragon-themed content for two years, and a break will be nice.

So let’s talk about early access, what we’re playing, and just how launch day will (hopefully) go.

There’s a lot going on in the gaming world. ReMists just ended, a new Hearthstone Battlegrounds season just began, there’s a new Diablo 4 season underway, and we also have Gamescom to keep up with. Whew! But despite all of that, I can feel the excitement in the community regarding the proximity to The War Within. And the questions today completely reflect that.

It’s a good time to be a gamer, so let’s not waste much more time; it’s time to Queue.

You know how sometimes there’s so much going on and it’s kind of overwhelming because there’s just so much that you kinda wind up needing to lie down even though it just makes everything worse? Yeah, that. And then, gamescom or whatever.

This is The Queue, our daily column where you ask us questions and it’s just one more bullet point in our to-do list so let’s start the pomodoro timer. And don’t let me forget I need to exchange this bathing suit top that didn’t fit.

Yes! It is me! Cory! Uhm… how does Cory start these… I am a bear! Rar! … Do bears even say rar? Maybe it’s more of a rawr? Well, guys, I’m doing my best here.

Let’s get to Queuing.

I see you all giving me that judgmental stare, but I am only concerned about safety. This ship could go down any second now, and this murloc floatie could save my life. Really you should be wearing one yourself! Hmph.

I suppose we’ll move on to questions, while I quietly question all of your fashion choices.

I want to watch Big Trouble in Little China again.

There’s a lot happening next week:

The end of ReMists.

The release of the next Guild Wars 2 expansion Janthir Wilds.

Gamescom — Europe’s biggest gaming convention — starts on Tuesday with an opening night show featuring who else but Geoff Keighley.

Oh, and there’s a little thing called The War Within releasing in early access.

So even though I had earmarked this week for in-game cleanup, I knew I had to get out last weekend and take in the sunshine while I still could. So I drove on up to the Blue Ridge Parkway and stopped at many places on the Virginia portion south of Roanoke. Mabry Mill (pictured in the header) is one of the more iconic sites on the BRP so it was nice to see the water flowing and the wheel turning. Unfortunately the sun was high up in the sky when I arrived so the picture looks pretty washed out, but that’s ok — it’s a memory, not a piece of artwork. I saw a deer grazing on the side of the road, hawks riding the thermals, and lots of pretty butterflies. It was a nice trip, and hopefully I’ve stored up enough air and sunlight and mountain music to last me these next few weeks.

While I feverishly plan my next trip outdoors, let’s answer some questions!

Whenever I write the Queue, rest assured that it’s coming straight from a laptop in my cozy bedroom with my very cute pet which happens to be a bunny. Or something like that.

This is The Queue, our daily column where you ask us questions and we give you the answers, just as soon as we finish redecorating. Again.

Some people have been talking about Overwatch as a fighting game, but clearly, the thing that should get new life as a fighting game is ultra popular Heroes of the Storm! 

It’s even got the first two proof-of-concept screenshots right in the arcades of Overwatch. I can’t think of a better way for Blizzard to enter the modern fighting game sphere than by taking all of their best characters and making them fight each other. The best part is that by not limiting yourself to just Overwatch you can have so many more of those fun characters to play with!

While I practice more of Kael’thas’ mid-range air juggle combos, it’s time for — The Queue!