The Queue

I have spent a lot of time building houses, settlements, spaceships and other home bases in various games, and so far, everything I’m hearing about player housing has me terrified of what World of Warcraft is going to look like for me going forward.

I can foresee a lot of killing people for specific pieces of furniture.

Wednesday keeps coming around my dudes. Let’s Queue.

It’s funny, we’re doing so much stuff behind the scenes for Midnight that I’ve neglected a whole lot of other stuff around here. I think we need to just slap on the sunglasses and YOLO. I figure if you’re ready for nothing then technically you’re just as ready for anything. Right?

This is The Queue, our daily column where you ask us the questions and we vibe the answers.

I know that Hallow’s End hasn’t started yet, but at least I’m not playing Christmas music like that one store I was in… last weekend! It wasn’t even October yet!!! Halloween is supposed to be the barrier that stops Christmas from leaking too far forward; honestly, it should be Remembrance Day on November 11, but at least Halloween is big and commercial enough that it could stand a chance. Clearly, someone has been getting too much of a jump start on their Christmas decoration buying, and it’s ruined everything. I blame Mariah Carey.

At least I still have lots of pumpkin spice flavored things to keep me warm, plus with Canadian Thanksgiving upon me, I have eggnog in stores again! Best of all, the pumpkin-shaped Reese’s are back in stock, and they’re the best! I don’t know why they taste better than regular cups, or even the other holiday shapes — they just do.

While I do more taste-testing on different Reese shapes, it’s time for — The Queue!

It’s been five years since I started writing for Blizzard Watch! I was so young back then! Well actually no I was old back then too — but I was younger! To quote They Might Be Giants: I was young and foolish then/I feel old and foolish now.

Dang, that’s a horrible intro. You’d think I’d have the hang of this writing thing after five years.

Of course the big news is all the Midnight info that’s been coming out this week, but we also got a new album from Rachael Yamagata today! Fun fact: she’s half-sister to Josh Ruben of Dropout/Make Some Noise fame. I’m not aware of any other albums being released today.

While I patiently wait by the mailbox for my celebratory 5-year Blizzard Watch sword let’s answer some questions!

I mean, it’s the day after the podcast, why wouldn’t they drop a ton of news about the upcoming expansion?

Unrelated but naming your kid Arator is like the WoW version of naming a kid Artur. Just put in the H, you’re not helping.

Every now and then you just have to pull on your best tabard, grab your favorite artifact appearance, and go for a stroll. Touch the grass, remind yourself that there are still flowers blooming — and look rad doing it. So of course I took a pre-Queue stroll around Dornogal to get my head in the game before coming in to answer your questions. Let’s Queue.

I guess it’s time to start decorating for Halloween for real, which is just wild in so many ways, but I really need only the flimsiest of excuses to break out the pumpkins and the purple.

This is The Queue, our daily column where you as us questions and we answer while riding on a broomstick. It’s fine, I can use my phone as a wifi hot spot.

I ordered a new razor on Amazon recently, and it arrived that same day! That’s so quick! Unbelievably quick. Too quick. Mankind was not meant to have such convenience at our fingertips. I’m going to show my age here, but anything ordered online should take at a minimum two weeks to arrive, and more often four weeks. That’s just the natural order of things!

Most of the time, we didn’t even know if the thing we ordered was legit, or if we’d just gotten scammed. You just had to assume that things were going to work out with your things. Ah, the memories.

The new razor is good, though! It turns out if you spend more than the minimum amount on a product, sometimes you get a good product.

While I go and place an order for more cat food to arrive at my door before this even goes live, it’s time for — The Queue!

Ah Brewfest, the most wonderful time of the year! There is no event in WoW I enjoy more, and there are a lot of fun new additions this year (although I will miss Barking for the Thunderbrews). Of course there’s only so many times I can run the new Banquet scenario or race rams so I’m going to take a break to answer some questions!