I am a firm believer that there are few things in the world as funny as a dog wearing boots for the first time.

It’s the first Friday of 2022, and I hope you are all having a good one. I plan to celebrate the day with a nice nap in a sunbeam, like a cat. Except it’s supposed to be overcast, so there might not be any sunbeams. So maybe just a nap under a nice blanket. Naps are great, and I hope all of us have had a nice nap in 2022.

But let’s take a break from napping to answer some questions.

This week we discuss what we would like to see from Blizzard and gaming in general in 2022.

With the release of Endwalker last month I've been playing a lot of Final Fantasy XIV, and one of the activities I've devoted more time to is group content -- not only the FFXIV version of World of Warcraft dungeons called "duties," but also the raid equivalents that are available in 8-player or 24-player varieties.

When we last saw Azshara back in patch 8.3, we had freed her from Dark Inquisitor Xanesh and in payment she gave us Xal'atath as means of defeating N'Zoth.

The first time I realized I could just give players a level whenever I felt it was appropriate for the story, I almost fell over.

Hello and happy 2022, Queue! It’s Thursday, which means it’s not only almost the end of the week, but it’s also my turn to steer this Queue ship through the waves of questions and bring us safely to Port Disqus. Thankfully(?) it won’t be all that bumpy of a ride.

Queue ahoy!

There are certain characters, settings, and properties that just feel tailor-made for a video game, especially when the industry is capable of turning major media into surprisingly good experiences like Guardians of the Galaxy — heck, even Oswald the Lucky Rabbit has gotten a game.

The subtitle to this post could just be and why is it Arcane because Arcane is one of, if not the, best video game tie-in stories I've ever seen Yes, even better than The Last Guardian, my previous favorite. The Last Guardian is one of the best novels ever set in a game world, which may not be a surprise as it features characters like Medivh and Khadgar and is written by Jeff Grubb, longtime AD&D designer and author of the Azure Bonds tie-in novel, which introduced Dragonbait the Saurial and yes I admit it I loved that book because it made dinosaur people canon in D&D.

Turns out the saying “I like the cut of X person’s jib” is an old nautical reference to sailing days, when you could identify the nationality of a ship by its jib sail. Anyway, I really like this Jenkins kid. He’s really a go getter, wants to make a difference, and he’s a native of Eden Prime, the planet we’re on. I bet he’s going to distinguish himself on this ‘find the beacon’ mission. He seems affable, eager to please, and a real go getter, and displays no awful space racism at all.