With exactly a week before launch, we have the first details for Diablo 4 Season 3: Season of the Construct (aka the Season of the Orange Text).

I very rarely follow a Cory queue, so I don’t often get an earworm. I did switch with Anna this week — but I’m still not following a Cory queue because the divine Liz P was up yesterday. Fortunately(?) she replicated Cory’s earworm formula and so I’ll be writing this queue by a crystal blue Italian stream. Unfortunately the weather forecast is:

Look around
Leaves are brown
And the sky is a hazy shade of winter

Oh wait, that’s a different Bangles song. Fun facts: Manic Monday was written by Prince, and A Hazy Shade of Winter was originally a Paul Simon song performed by Simon & Garfunkel. If I had to pick just one Bangles song, though, it would be In Your Room which while a top 5 at the time is largely ignored now. Probably because Walk Like an Egyptian is just as iconic of the band as Manic Monday so those two get all the airtime.

Long story short, they should be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame alongside the Go-Go’s and Pat Benatar. Hopefully they’ll be 2024 nominees.

Anyway, while I clearly have an eternal flame for the Bangles, let’s actually answer some questions!

Last year, the biggest story in tabletop RPGs was Wizards of the Coast's proposed changes to the Open Gaming License, in which they planned to revoke a long-standing license allowing people to make their own Dungeons and Dragons content.

World of Warcraft's next patch, patch 10.2.5, Seeds of Renewal, launches today, on January 16.

Dragonflight patch 10.2.5 arrives this week and while it does not herald a new raid tier or Season there's a lot of new activities coming for players with the new patch.

It's the start of a new era for Diablo 3: with Season 30 and beyond, the game will have no new Seasonal themes but instead remix past themes for new experiences.

Okay, Watchers, rise and shine, and don’t forget your booties ’cause it’s cold outs– wait, this isn’t an audition for Groundhog Day? Whoops!

My weekend involved cleaning the house and my emails. I still managed to play a bunch* of Diablo 3 at the kickoff of Season 30. This is the Queue — I am definitely not your regularly scheduled Cory, but we’ll still have fun today.

(* more than 12 hours and that’s all I’m going to say about it.)

A new year has begun, which means it's time to get hype!

There's no denying it, Diablo 4 had a rough start.

The grand tradition of the Diablo 3 Season's Journey is storied, Watchers.