I will be up front -- I am an old curmudgeon and I hate change and newfangled things, even as I am also violently opposed to nostalgia and the idea that change is bad and we should keep the old ways.

Two of my favorite games -- Diablo 3 and World of Warcraft -- both have leveling up and gaining XP as core parts of their gameplay.

Update: Patch 8.2 now has an official release date!

The Havana map from Overwatch's latest event, Storm Rising, is now available to play on live servers.

You heard me. When you see a Lalafell, you punt it.

Please keep this in mind as we Queue.

A couple of weeks ago we talked about Moros intrepidus, one of the most fascinating fossils we've recently discovered.

Even if you're avoiding spoilers, you still probably know the basic outlines of what's coming in patch 8.2 -- Queen Azshara's Naga are attacking the world and we're going to Nazjatar, there's a new kingdom of steampunk Gnomes called Mechagon and we're going there too, and, oh yeah, all that stuff that happened in 8.1.5 has repercussions in the War Campaign.

Many employees of Riot -- developer of League of Legends -- held a walkout today in protest of toxic and sexist work conditions and the company's forced arbitration.

Non-spoilers for Game of Thrones: Daenerys Targaryen enjoys a hot cup of coffee while in the cold climate of Westeros.

I wasn't at all a fan of the idea of classic servers the first, let's say fifty five thousand and seventeen times I heard it.