Lord Darius Crowley likely never meant to be a hero.

Hiraeth is a hard word to define, and I’m not a native Welsh speaker by any stretch, so it’s just a thing I feel from time to time. It’s similar to saudade, the Portuguese word — both are often described as a kind of melancholic longing for something one loves that is in some way gone or unattainable, be it through death, having lost contact with it, or perhaps through realizing that it never was in the first place.

It’s February and March is fast approaching, and I’m reminded of Thomas Wolfe. “O lost, and by the wind grieved, ghost, come back again.” But of course it can’t, and so it won’t — the past is the only place it exists. All we can do is remember.

Yeah, I’m feeling cheerful tonight. This is the Queue. Let’s talk about Blizzard games.

“You’re perfect yes, it’s true/ But without me, you’re only you.”

Oh, and there may be spoilers for Legion in this Queue. Fair warning.

Today's submitter writes, "I recently proposed to my long-time girlfriend/roommate/best friend, in a not-so-eloquent way, in an ice cream shop parking lot (she said yes!).

I'm really, really excited for the return of the Overwatch closed beta next week.

Welcome to episode 55 of Blizzard Watch's podcast!

There is honestly no substitute for actually getting a class in your hands and playing with it.

In celebration of Blizzard Watch's first birthday, our first anniversary t-shirt is now available for purchase for a limited time.

Look, we may have successfully cleared Neltharion's Lair on last week's Legion alpha livestream, and we might even be feeling just a little accomplished about that.

Sure, the Burning Legion is invading and likely well on its way to wiping us all out. But that doesn't mean that everything in Legion has to be grim stories of our impending demise — as with every Blizzard game, there's more than a little silliness to be found.

The day after a birthday is the worst. The presents have been opened and no new surprises await you. You feel awful because you ate way too much cake and ice cream — and worse, today will be a boring cake-free day. Ugh!

Well, we’ll have to persevere anyway. Today I am answering questions with my co-conspirator Mitch, who is definitely not quietly planning a major regime change.