Music
Off Topic: Spotify’s Discover Weekly feature understands my disparate love for screamo and Ariana Grande better than I do
Whether or not you're a paid Spotify user, you should regularly check the Discover Weekly playlist to find new artists.
Pause your lo-fi hip hop beats and turn up Grizzly Hills Radio
Lo-fi hip hop beats to relax or study to your thing?
Lucio album Synaesthesia Auditiva is now real and you can download it free
As I type this, I'm listening to Lucio's album and I gotta be honest with you -- it's not my thing, but it's not bad.
What’s your personal gaming soundtrack?
I'm looking at my iPhone right now, as I listen to a playlist that has songs on it from various World of Warcraft soundtracks — for example, this one's a perennial favorite — a bunch of Diablo 3 songs, and even songs from other games.
Blizzard’s composers talk about the music behind Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls
Though this video from GDC 2015 is hardly new, if you're interested in the music behind your favorite games — Diablo or otherwise — it's an astonishing look at the music-making process.
WoW’s patch 7.3 music is amazing
Music is just one of the things that creates so many memories in WoW.
Composer Russell Brower leaves Blizzard after 12 years
If you're a fan of Blizzard's music (and I don't know how it's possible to play their games and not be a fan) then this is some pretty sad news.
The Queue: Music, for I am Erich Zann
No, I’m not. I mean, sure, everyone else is appointing themselves things. But I’m not. I’m just me. Listening to music, looking over yesterday’s Queue for questions to answer. Hopefully I’ll get this done in a manner that satisfies you all.
Today’s header image is my warrior on the Alpha. That sword is ridiculously oversized on a Tauren Male.
Let’s talk Blizzard games. Or maybe I’ll snap and talk about dinosaurs. It’s always up in the air.
Breakfast Topic: What’s your favorite Blizzard music?
I'm having one of those weeks where I'm obsessed with a particular piece of music -- this time, it's the soundtrack from Auchindoun, which contains all the sweeping parts of the login screen track along with a lot of eerie chanting.
The Queue: It’s 4 a.m.
Actually, as I write this, it’s quarter past four in Edmonton.
This is the Queue. I’m Matthew Rossi, your host. I’m listening to How Will I Laugh Tomorrow by Suicidal Tendencies. Basically my anthem for a solid ten years there. Let’s get some questions answered and some answers questioned.