In case I haven’t already made it painfully obvious — or the alpha has stolen all the attention from me — today is my birthday! Specifically, it’s my 30th birthday.

It’s a bit surreal in some respects, but it’s exciting all the same! I mean, it would be more exciting if I hadn’t recently caught Covid (again) but hey, I’m making the most of it. And wouldn’t ya know it, despite having a whole day of plans rescheduled, Blizz was kind enough to give me a birthday/get-well present in the form of an alpha! 😊 I’ll be off enjoying that as well as the other benefits of not having to worry about a dang thing today. In the meantime…

…here comes The Queue.

With so much new information and sneak peeks coming out of the initial World of Warcraft Dragonflight alpha, it's easy for small bits of information to fall through the cracks.

One of the changes coming in Dragonflight is a small one, and yet it not only has the potential to lead to larger things in the future, it also allows for more player flexibility and is a step towards accessibility and representation.

WoW's standard Alchemy formula is changing in Dragonflight. Gone are the flat buff Flasks we have enjoyed for so long, replaced by Phials, which offer unique benefits for a shorter 30 minute duration.

Yes, players are getting an extra bag slot in Dragonflight, but it's a reagent bag, likely the same as the reagent tab you have in your bank right now.

Dragonriding is a major feature in the upcoming Dragonflight expansion for World of Warcraft.

A look at the currently available zone maps for WoW: Dragonflight on the alpha.

You know, I've read a lot of criticism of the story of Diablo 3 over the years, but the moment where Adria betrays the Nephalem and transfers the essence of all seven of the Evils into her own daughter Leah haunts me.

So let’s talk about Meraxes gigas, the latest of the Carcharodontosauridae to be described. As you might expect from the gigas on the species name, it was a member of the Giganotosaurinae, the group that contained old Giganotosaurus carolinii herself.

 

I really wanted to like Brutal Legend.