The Queue

So last month, just after Christmas, Lemmy Kilmister died of cancer. He’d literally just turned 70 years old, his birthday was December 24. Then this month, both David Bowie and Alan Rickman die of cancer, Bowie just after his 69th birthday, and Rickman less than a month before his 70th.

All three of these men had a pretty substantial affect on my life, so I’m sort of in a daze right now.

Anyway, this is The Queue.

So, I logged on to write the Queue and found six hundred comments making “nailed it” jokes to work with for today’s Queue. But I am definitely not contemplating terrible fates for coworkers who shall not be named. I would never. Definitely not. Never ever.

(Read: We’ll see who gets healed in today’s livestream.)

Once again, resident bard Mitch (check out our Heroes of the Storm rotation posts if you don’t know what I’m talking about) is joining me, and will hopefully counteract my grumpiness in today’s super-sized Queue.

Welcome back to The Queue, our daily Q&A feature for all of Blizzard’s games! Have a question for the Blizzard Watch staff? Leave it in the comments!

Hi. I have an incredibly bad cough and it’s utterly kicking my butt.

Let’s do the Queue. I’ll be stopping to cough a lot.

Welcome back to The Queue, our daily Q&A feature for all of Blizzard’s games! Have a question for the Blizzard Watch staff? Leave it in the comments!

Welcome back to The Queue, our daily Q&A feature for all of Blizzard’s games! Have a question for the Blizzard Watch staff? Leave it in the comments!

Man, you go out of your way to save a corrupted wolf Ancient from certain doom and restore his shrine to its former splendor and what do you get in return? A chaotic ride through melting landscape and the worry that falling through the world is suddenly a far more distinct possibility than it’s ever been before. Thanks, Goldrinn. No, really.

Welcome back to The Queue, our daily Q&A feature for all of Blizzard’s games! Have a question for the Blizzard Watch staff? Leave it in the comments!

Mitch was very kind on last week’s leveling stream — when I missed an opportunity to take a selfie with a larger-than-life ogre-ordering version of me, he filled in for a makeshift version. Now if we could keep Alex from photobombing, that would be great. Let’s get down to the business of answering questions, shall we?

If you haven’t read Avram Davidson, I recommend you do so. Start with the Limekiller books, then move on to Doctor Eszterhazy. The man was an unalloyed genius and shockingly well read, I learn something new every single time I read him.

This has nothing to do with today’s Queue, I just wanted to mention him.

While I really feel like I need to overthrow Alex as grumpiest editor (honestly, he’s the team optimist and I don’t know why y’all can’t see it), today I just can’t. Because today is all about Blizzard Watch: The Musical, and let me tell you I love Blizzard Watch: The Musical.

Why is there a Blizzard Watch: The Musical? I’ve honestly forgotten — but once it got started it took on a life of its own. Let me try to explain.

Welcome back to The Queue, our daily Q&A feature for all of Blizzard’s games! Have a question for the Blizzard Watch staff? Leave it in the comments!

It’s 3 in the morning, I can’t sleep, and I’m furious about it. Let’s answer some freakin’ questions.