The Queue

I ate all the rest, and now I gotta eat you.

It’s the Queue. I lost my soul when I fell to Earth, and my planets call me to the void of my birth.

It’s a good quality for any Death Knight candidate to have, really. I get why Bolvar saw it in her!

I feel like I’ve honed my skills at avoiding obvious bait on the internet. I don’t participate in memes designed to weasel out security questions. I don’t respond when people ask about the best music or movie or book in this genre or that decade, especially if the question is phrased in a way that ignores whole demographics. But there’s something about the Patient Scout I just cannot resist. Sure, the last dozen times I grabbed him, he gave me absolute garbage for a build I’m not even trying to pursue, but maybe this time…

This is The Queue, our daily column where you ask us questions and we will, if nothing else, optimistically assure you we’ll give you some kind of answer (of questionable validity or thoroughness, but optimistic).

Once again we’ve come to another holiday — at least if you live in the States. For Canucks like myself it’s just another Monday. Although last week we had a holiday and y’all didn’t, so I guess we’re even.

I will miss the ability to sleep in though.

While I try and get a few more minutes of sleep, it’s time for — The Queue!

How are we supposed to accomplish all of our gaming goals in a scant 24 hours a day? When some of those hours must be sacrificed for working, sleeping, eating, and so on?

I haven’t figured it out yet, but I hope one of you has found the answer and will let me know.

But for now, let’s Queue.

Yeah, last week was not great.

I’ve written up two guides to gems this week, one for Cataclysm Classic and one for The War Within. And while they’re not hard to write per se, they require a lot of meticulous work and fact-checking which are not my favorite things to do. By the time I finish I want to immerse myself in a sensory deprivation chamber for an hour just so my eyes can listen to fragrances for a bit. Sadly I do not have access to one so I’ll need to content myself with my second favorite post-writing activity, video games.

ReMists is of course the big news alongside Cata Classic (which I’m skipping) but even though it’s been less than a week I’ve already made huge progress towards my goals. Which is good because I have a lot of other games to play — still need to finish Tales of Kenzera: ZAU and Persona 4: Arena Ultimax, and I’d like to get started on Unicorn Overlord. We’re also only a couple weeks out from Summer Game Fest 2024 — Assassin’s Creed: Shadows got a head start by announcing last week — and I’m sure there will more games added to my list that weekend. TL, DR: SO MANY GAMES.

So while I level my Goblin Hunter through remixed Pandaria let’s answer some questions!

I do appreciate how, as my personal life gets incredibly busy to the point where everything feels like chaos, it also gets incredibly warm out. Is everything on fire? Are we in hell? Such ambiance. The vibes.

This is The Queue, our daily column where you ask us questions and I’m honestly shocked you expect me to have answers.

Once upon a time, a horse walked into a bar and asked the bartender for a drink, as one does. Well, not horses usually, but just go with me. Anyway, this horse asks this bartender for a drink which is a normal occurrence because the bartender asks the horse, “Say you’re in here kind of a lot buddy, do you think that you might be an alcoholic?” This question gives the horse a ibt of a pause before it responds “Gee, I don’t think I am…” When suddenly — poof!! The horse vanishes from existence.

You see, this is a play on the famous line of philosophical thinking by Rene Descartes that “I think, therefore I am” The horse said I don’t think I am and thus must not have been. However, if I explained this to you earlier it would’ve been putting Descartes before the horse.

This is all a long and roundabout way of saying, I’m pretty sure I am — let’s Queue!

I feel like I was just here, Queue. Like we just did this. Everything is just so familiar…

Well, happy Friday, Queue. Let’s answer some questions.