The Queue

I mean, sure, it’s Paradox Interactive so I can’t pretend to be surprised, but finding out that two of the playable Vampire clans in Vampire the Masquerade — Bloodlines 2 are going to be locked behind a $20 paywall has really bummed me out.

There are six playable clans in this game, and of the four you get for the purchase price of $70 USD — the Banu Haqim, Brujah, Tremere and Ventrue — only one of the four is even remotely interesting to me. But I’d play the heck out of a Toreador. And the idea of having to spend ninety UD dollars just to get a clan I actually want to play does not exactly fill me with excitement.

Anyway, with that out of the way, let’s talk about Arator’s weird facial hair.

A void demon hunter, you say? A void hunter, if you will? I admit I am intrigued with the idea of a new ranged spec, even a new mid-range and highly weird ranged spec like this demon hunter appears to be.

Still… maybe…

Let’s get to the Queue.

Anything going on? Nothing important? Should I just play video games and watch youtube all day? There was a Hearthstone Battlegrounds balance pass slated for later today, maybe I’ll check that out.

This is The Queue, our daily column where you ask us questions and I might answer if you bribe me with peanut m&ms.

Oops, I accidentally started playing Control again.

I just love this game full of Weirdness™. Like I said the first time I played Control, it feels like the game was made for me. All of the Weird™ stuff in it is my favorite flavor of Weird™ — mundane objects and places getting that supernatural flair. I’m not so far in yet, but I’ve gotten my telekinesis and started whipping fire extinguishers at my enemies with great glee. Such a simple yet evocative power to build a game around.

While I delve further into the mysteries of the Astral Plane, it’s time for — The Queue!

I asked for some questions, and you guys delivered in spades. Let’s waste no more time, cause if I write too much The Ghosts of The Queue™ will have their revenge!

I was going to write a depressing “Bad health thing that happened to Ol’ Matthew” post here, but instead, I decided to say hi, talk about how the Blizzard app really hates my computer, and say that I’m back in my Baldur’s Gate 3 BS again. Yes, another Dark Urge. I have yet to play the game as anything but ol’ Durge.

And yes, I really did name the character Thedar Kurge. I wouldn’t lie about that.

Come to K’aresh, they said. It’ll be fun, they said. It’s all white sand beaches and vibrant purple void sunsets, they said. But no one talks about the arcane energy sunburns, the food that smells great but tastes awful, or the fact that we were going to be immediately put to work in the eco-domes. I thought we were going to have a vacation!

But no, it’s just another quest zone with more chores (and more transmog to collect, so I guess it’s alright).

Let’s get Queuing, my friends.

One of the easiest, most straightforward ways to stay informed with my kids’ schools is social media, and many of my friends and relatives are teachers for a bunch different concentrations and grade levels. Now, the algorithm thinks that I’m just broadly interested in education posts. I’m seeing the team of teachers for first grade in Biloxi, Mississippi, and the flier for lacrosse tryouts in Wheeling, West Virginia, and the school lunch graphic for this week out of Missoula, Montana. Meanwhile, I’m not seeing posts from my kids’ schools or my friends back-to-school wishlists. This is fine.

This is The Queue, our daily column where you ask us questions and we’ll give you some answers just as soon as we scroll far enough to see the wishlist my cousin said she posted for her art class. It might be a while.

Cory is off doing awesome things this week, so I’ll be your Queue Keeper on this fine Monday afternoon. I’m excited to be here! I’m excited to be careening around K’aresh in the newest Ethereal threads. I’m excited that I got to talk to Matt and Joe about Jurassic Park for an extended period of time. I’m excited about some of the projects that I’ve been working on. I hope you’re excited too!

Finally. After years of NPCs taunting us with their casual leaning against walls and other structures, with patch 11.2 we finally have the ability to /lean! While slouching against a wall is cool and all SJHawk pointed out in yesterday’s queue comments that it works without a wall, effectively making players mimes! Hopefully this is not the last mime-able emote as /pullrope and /againstthewind — cue Bob Seger — would allow us to further perform mimeish (mime-like? mime-style?) feats.

It’s been a week but it’s Friday so let’s answer some fun and have some questions!