The expansion itself is still a few weeks away, but the prepatch for said expansion is almost here, and we’re about to be hit with the brunt of the changes. Addons going kaput! Simplified rotations! Far fewer buttons on your action bars! Feral Druids and Worgen living together! Psychic Scream!

It’s simultaneously scary and exciting — which is weirdly appropriate with an expansion about the Void coming into our world, making the sky go dark. So welcome to The Queue, our daily Q&A column where we panic about upcoming things (while also being fired up about them).

It's a big week for World of Warcraft maintenance as the Midnight pre-patch finally hits live realms.

We have featured Girl With The Dogs before for its impressive videos navigating grooms for many difficult animals.

I have the sneaking suspicion that something important is happening this week. I can’t quite put my finger on it, though. I’m pretty sure that we’ve hit the major holidays already, and I’m not forgetting Christmas 2: And This Time it’s Personal. I’m also pretty sure I remembered to feed the cat and take the garbage out.

Whatever it is, I’m sure that it can’t be that important, or I’d remember it. Guess it’s just a regular week.

While I go about my business as usual, it’s time for our daily question and answer column — The Queue!

There's an old chestnut about how if you confront an average D&D party with a door, they'll try anything except going through it.

It's a big month for World of Warcraft, with a pair of absolutely massive patches: WoW Classic Anniversary launched The Burning Crusade pre-patch last week, and modern World of Warcraft launches the Midnight pre-patch this week.

The Burning Crusade Classic anniversary pre-patch is now live and players have until February 5 when the expansion launches to ready themselves for Outland.

The Cooldown Manager is an in-game tool to help players track their ability cooldowns, buffs, and debuffs, replicating functionality that has usually been provided by addons such as WeakAuras and TellMeWhen.

My favorite part of Hearthstone’s latest miniset, Echoes of the Infinite, was when Morchie showed up, calmly said “IT’S MORCHIE TIME!!!” and Morchied all over those guys.

Welcome to The Queue, our daily Q&A column where the Infinite Dragons are infinite, therefore it’s always Morchie time.

We're waiting on a whole lot this week -- servers to come up for the Burning Crusade Classic Anniversary realms pre-patch, and for the Midnight pre-patch next week, and all the sweeping changes that brings.