The Queue

Demolition Man suffers from the same self-satisfied smugness that a lot of 90’s era satirical comedy does.  It posits the radical idea that gasp people in the future will be different and act differently! And they might thing swearing in public or eating meat is bad so really they’re going to be complete wimps who can’t stop one guy from running amok. It even has Dennis Leary in it as a brave freedom fighter holding out against the tyranny of social politeness gone too far. So in that regard, it fails pretty hard at predicting where we were heading as a country.

But the San Angeles of the movie’s 2032 — a mega-city consisting of Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, and San Diego all smushed together — does have some cool satirical moments. One is that, in the future, every restaurant is Taco Bell — not that every restaurant serves Taco Bell’s brand of ‘Mexican’ food, and yes the italics are on purpose, but that every restaurant from the quirky breakfast diner down the street to the fanciest French-Hawaiian fusion bistro are all owned and operated by Taco Bell. There is but one restaurant conglomerate in 2032, and it’s Taco Bell.

I can’t stop thinking about this in the wake of Microsoft’s planned acquisition of Activision Blizzard. By 2032, everything might be owned by Amazoisneysoftoogle. Or, heck, maybe Taco Bell? Who knows anymore?

As I gear up for a Tuesday where there’s a lot of small things happening to attend to but nothing major, so I’m a little overwhelmed but I can muscle through, I am reminded, once again, that I am a jinx and of course more things will explode today.

This is The Queue, where you ask us questions and we answer just as soon as we figure out what in the (pirate ghost) is going on.

Well after my guild’s second kill of Dormazain Mythic for our bench — it’s officially break time until the next tier comes out! Time to kick back on a beach sipping drinks with tiny umbrellas in them and putting my feet up. I liked the tier pretty well overall, although I do think that Kel’Thuzad is a fight that works better on paper than he did in actual practice. Fighting the same encounter three times in a row before killing it for a final fourth time didn’t hold up as a super fun fight in the long run.

Onward to the Sepulcher!

While I try and flag down a bartender for another margarita, it’s time for — the Queue.

Friday, where do you come from? Where do you go? It sneaks up like a flash, and then it vanishes without a trace. Weird how that seems to happen every week.

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!