The Queue

One thing I’ve discovered while hanging out in the alpha is that all the housing plots have their plusses and minuses. They’re all pretty great.

Except Plot 47, that one is awful.

This is The Queue, our daily column where you ask us the questions and we’ll give you the answers even if they’re controversial.

The new Hearthstone set has our favorite Infinite Pirate Dragon, and now they’ve gotten a promotion! No longer a mere Time Captain, now they’re an Admiral. Does that mean that there are whole fleets of pirate ships out there under the command of a Dragon? Does that feel more or less dangerous than a regular old dragon?

Surely it can’t be that hard to convince a bunch of pirates to follow you if you are a dragon, y’know, you’ve got all those claws and teeth and such. I just feel like it’s more impressive if they’re achieving their goals through straight-up Dragon stuff, rather than convincing a bunch of weak-willed pirates to do pirate stuff.

Yes, all of this was an excuse to use this card art as my header. Why do you ask?

While I go find more awesome card art in the new Hearthstone expansion, it’s time for — The Queue!

This pretty great Jamiroquai song from 1996 is about the unchecked advance of technology as a whole, but maybe it fits into more specific themes as well.

It’s a bop, and the video is still very much worth a watch.

You know the drill, this is The Queue! Let’s do it.

I could watch the opening cinematic of The Outer Worlds 2 every single day.

So, how about those BlizzCon tickets going on sale?

I’m not actually a robot, but sometimes I play one on TV. You know how it goes…. some days you’re lagging and you feel a little more like a robot. (Or sound a little more like a robot, when you’re chatting in Discord.) We just have to roll through those days (not on wheels, but on definitely totally normal human legs) and keep going.

So beep boop everybody. Let’s Queue on this lovely Wednesday afternoon.

I always enjoyed the quote from Anne of Green Gables where Anne says she’s glad she lives in a world where there are Octobers. I will admit October definitely holds its own, but I’d guess that the mood Anne likes so much is more like November in my latitude.

This is The Queue, our daily column where you ask us questions and we’ll supply the answers while sitting in a comfy chair wrapped in a cozy blanket, with a warm mug of something.

Halloween may be over for the year, but next year’s is just a few hundred days away; that’s practically nothing! Before we know it, we’ll be getting our fill of fun-sized candy and pumpkin-flavored things. It’s almost not worth mentioning any other holidays between now and then.

Plus, you can always honor Halloween in your heart and try to keep it all the year. I read something similar to that sentiment in a book once… and I’ve seen it in a surprising number of movies.

Like too many movies, and somehow there are going to be two more versions soon?! Forget the war on Christmas, I wanna join up on the war on The Christmas Carol. 

While I go and look for more discount Halloween candy, it’s time for — The Queue!

More powerful than a post-walk treat! Can leap on to tall beds with assistance — it’s Marshmallow! If you can’t tell his Halloween costume this year is Krypto, the hero of this summer’s Superman film! … he’s not fond of costumes, hence the dour expression. Still, he looks awesome! And would totally attack Lex if needed.

While we ensure there is no kryptonite squirreled away in our house and steal candy out of the bowl by the front door, let’s answer some questions!

Sometimes I get smug because I don’t have a ton of unplayed games on Steam, because I can be thoughtlessly hypocritical. So now I’m suffering for my thoughtlessness, as GOG had a big sale on games which meant that I could pick up Neverwinter Nights and a ton of DLC for it for under $10 Canadian.

Did I need to buy it? No. I’m not even playing it — The Outer Worlds 2 is out on Game Pass, and I have to justify that $30 price tag. But getting the entire Enhanced Edition for ten bucks? Even though I’ve got like 37 games I don’t play and in fact don’t even have installed, it felt impossible to pass it up.

Yeah, I know. I’m a sucker.

But you can’t nap while waiting in the queue, because you might miss it. So let’s get to the questions… we can take the perfect cat nap later.