The Queue

Happy Friday the 13th, everyone! Let’s enjoy the day while we have it, so we’re gonna get right to questions.

So no one told me that I’d end up playing so much Metroid Dread when I started on Phantom Liberty.

Fortunately for me, when I get too upset and tense from being constantly chased by a killer robot, I can go into Starfield and be chased by an extremely sparkly person in a faceless helmet. Oh, and also often killer robots, mustn’t forget those.

What I’m saying is I’m spending a lot of time being chased by things in my off hours and it’s a touch exhausting.

Hello and happy “It is Wednesday, my dudes” day! It is Wednesday, my dudes, and we’re here to Queue.

So let’s Queue.

You know, I’ve always been incredibly resistant to Christmas creep. Aside from things I’ve picked up while I’m travelling, I rarely start shopping until after Thanksgiving, and I really resent it when I go to the store in mid-November for a butternut squash or something and Michael Buble is already singing his heart out.

But Halloween creep? Well, for Halloween, we’re all creeps, aren’t we.

This is The Queue, where you ask us questions and we’ll answer just as soon as you stick your hand into this bowl of skinned grapes. OooOOOooo!

Today marks the return of Steam Next Fest, probably my current favorite gaming experience. Held thrice a year, Next Fest has hundreds of demos with a heavy focus on indie developers, although some of the major studios will have titles to show off (could Hades 2 make an appearance? Unlikely! But I can dream). What’s cool about Next Fest is that games are only allowed to be featured in one event, so you’re guaranteed to get a ton of new game demos every four months. Of course, many games keep their demos active after Next Fest is over, but it’s still a nice time to try out games and add them to your wish list.

It’s Thanksgiving in Canada so Cory asked me to fill in for him. I’ve even put in an earworm from a Hall of Fame Canadian band!

For clarification, today is not that day, but let’s hold out hope for tomorrow. Or maybe the day after. The day after that?

Anyway, I just got my Covid shot and hit the hour where I feel like falling over. It’s not that I don’t love you guys, but also I want to pass out now. Let’s Queue (and then take a nap).

One of the many little things I loved about the Obi-Wan Kenobi series was how it basically highlights how the fall of the Jedi was the Jedi’s fault — how their failure to embrace the Force in all its aspects, the Dark and the Light, Hate and Anger and Love and the wild tumult of the heart, how their turning away from the will of the Living Force was their undoing.

On yesterday’s Queue, Anna correctly mentioned that I love 13 Sentinels, and gave it a shout for my benefit. Well, who’d have imagined that I’d be writing the Queue the next day, and giving it more than just a shout, but a whole dedicated article!

This is The Queue. We eat crepes and answer questions, and we’re all out of crepes, so let’s go.

We’re officially in BlizzCon Month! There are so many things we have to get ready even before some of us start making the trip out to sunny Anaheim that it simultaneously feels like we have tons and tons of work to do on a daily basis, and yet there’s almost nothing going on. A quiet before the Heroes of the Storm, if you will.

This is The Queue, the daily column where you ask us questions and we’re not freaking out, are you freaking out? Because we’re not freaking out.

We’re officially into the Autumn season and the best month of the year!

Seriously October has all of the best things: it’s cool enough to wear all my nice sweaters again, hot drinks like cider and pumpkin-spiced coffees, cold pumpkin-flavored beers, Canadian Thanksgiving, my birthday, and best of all — Halloween!

While I indulge in all of the above a little too much, it’s time for — The Queue!