The Queue

Hello and happy Thursday, friends! As is tradition, I’m going to be leading off this Queue with a reminder that we have a few days left of Awesome Games Done Quick 2022, and if you haven’t checked it out, you should do so! Anna W. and I even wrote a piece on our favorite runs! It’s rad, wholesome, and it raises a lot of money for a good cause.

I won’t dwell on AGDQ here, though — we’re here to Queue.

Look, all I know is every time Commander Shepard is going anywhere, these guys are in the way, and I feel ridiculously guilty if I run them over in the Mako or the Hammerhead. Why are they on so many different planets? Why do they have weird little arms up front of their legs? Can they pronate or supinate those arms? How useful are they, can they grip tools? Are they sapient beings? What’s the deal with them? They’re apparently called Space Cows, but… I mean, that’s not a cow.

People eat these things. That feels like a mistake.’

Anyway, this is the Queue. I don’t think that’s what a cow should look like.

Now, I’m not usually one for the laws of attraction or manifestation or whatever, but it always feels like a wasted opportunity to me if it’s really cold out and it doesn’t snow. So.

This is The Queue, where you ask us questions and we’ll give you answers while we’re bundled up under a couple blankets with a mug of cocoa.

Last night my guild took a break from pushing Mythic content to knock out our Glory of the Dominant Raider achievements. It’s easily my favorite raid of any tier. I love seeing all the wacky things that Blizzard gets us to do in order to earn these achievements. Like the Remnant of Ner’zhul achievement for tossing the orbs through a hoop on the side of the platform. It was some silly fun! Lucky for my raid I’d been practicing on all of our Ner’zhul attempts up to this point so I was able to make three goals in only five tosses. I’ve heard of other groups that took way longer than that.

On the other hand, I’m pretty sure that the Kel’Thuzad achievement means that we just destroyed Mr. Bigglesworth along with the Lich himself. For which I just have to ask “Who hurt you Blizzard?”

While I write a strongly worded letter to Blizzard about killing cute slime kitties, it’s time for — The Queue.

It’s the first Friday of 2022, and I hope you are all having a good one. I plan to celebrate the day with a nice nap in a sunbeam, like a cat. Except it’s supposed to be overcast, so there might not be any sunbeams. So maybe just a nap under a nice blanket. Naps are great, and I hope all of us have had a nice nap in 2022.

But let’s take a break from napping to answer some questions.

Hello and happy 2022, Queue! It’s Thursday, which means it’s not only almost the end of the week, but it’s also my turn to steer this Queue ship through the waves of questions and bring us safely to Port Disqus. Thankfully(?) it won’t be all that bumpy of a ride.

Queue ahoy!

Turns out the saying “I like the cut of X person’s jib” is an old nautical reference to sailing days, when you could identify the nationality of a ship by its jib sail. Anyway, I really like this Jenkins kid. He’s really a go getter, wants to make a difference, and he’s a native of Eden Prime, the planet we’re on. I bet he’s going to distinguish himself on this ‘find the beacon’ mission. He seems affable, eager to please, and a real go getter, and displays no awful space racism at all.

I don’t know why nobody informed me that Cozy Grove is by far the best, most me game ever, but everyone who didn’t make me buy this game earlier is fired. Anna Washenko is safe. The rest of you? Fired.

That’s a pun, because a character in Cozy Grove is literally a fire. You still have to come in. Sorry for any confusion!

This is The Queue where, if you ask us questions, we will definitely answer because we might get a merit badge.

It’s a brand new year, let’s hope it’s a good one! I had a great New Year’s Eve celebration, and I hope that the rest of you did as well.

Now, where are the flying cars?

While I try and convince an engineer that flying cars would be a good thing in the hands of the general public, it’s time for — The Queue.

Even though I definitely planned this, it’s cool to wind up with two end-of-the-year Queues in a row. There’s a small bit of irony here, given my first answer to last year’s EOY Queue, but hey. Also, yes, once again, I am writing this with like 30 minutes before it goes live.

So, one final time for 2021… let’s Queue this.