Blizzcon

Now that the last expansion of StarCraft 2 will ship in a few short days, it would be easy to conclude that we've seen the final chapter of this iconic franchise.

During the Opening Ceremonies Mike Morhaime announced that there's a new Make a Wish Foundation pet coming this December 2nd.

I was going to talk about BlizzCon but then this happened.

Welcome Dakotaraptor, a contender for largest Dromaeosaurid ever. Not only is it nearly the same size as Utahraptor (it’s built on a more gracile body plan, so it almost certainly weighed less) but this late Cretaceous raptor is a game changer for a variety of reasons. It’s much akin to its relatives Velociraptor or Deinonychus but scaled up to bigger than even Jurassic Park dared dream, and it had long feathers on its forelimbs in a structure that even the most anti-feathered dinosaur grump would have to admit is a wing.

Wings. This nearly twenty foot (six meters) long raptor had wings. No, it couldn’t fly with them any more than an ostrich can, but it had clear, unmistakably feathered forelimbs. At this point, if you put featherless raptors in your dinosaur movie, you look like an idiot. It would be like having hairless lions and tigers in your movie because they look cooler. Just stop it, Hollywood.

This will be another in the long line of BlizzCons I don’t get to go to.

Well, can’t just sit here feeling sorry for myself. It’s Queue time.

Though I’ve been part of the site since I was hired in 2007 and was Editor-in-Chief in the Wrath era before handing the reins over to our current Commander-in-Chief, Alex Ziebart, this is the first Queue that I’ve written. I might have penned a few editions of The Queue’s predecessor, Ask A Beta Tester, but that is lost to the mists of time. In any case, the future is now and questions demand answers. Though I’ve been told quite pointedly that I cannot answer in lolcat memes. Sigh.

I’m listening to Brainsaw by Therapy? and writing The Queue. BlizzCon is in a few days.

Let’s talk about Blizzard games, shall we?

BlizzCon 2015 is only a few more days away!

Linkin Park has finally been revealed as the closing act of BlizzCon 2015.

I really like going to BlizzCon, but I'm not the world's biggest fan of waiting in lines.

Since Overwatch was initially announced nearly a year ago at BlizzCon, we've seen a parade of new heroes and maps revealed for the game.