The Queue

It’s patch week in World of Warcraft, for better and for worse, and I’m just checking in to see how everyone is doing out there. Hitting up the new raid? Checking out the Labyrinths? Experiencing perfectly wonderful new content that does nothing but spark joy?

…no? Well, we’ll have to work on that. Maybe while writing angry fanfic and waiting for the latest round of hotfixes.

But that’s the patch cycle for you. Ups and downs and downs and ups. The world keeps rolling onward regardless.

This is the Queue, our daily Q&A column where I, Lizdormi, attempt to answer your questions with what wisdom of the Dragonflights I may have. It’s not always much, but let’s get to it anyway.

Playlist I have made. Song 2 I have chosen as start. Song 2 is best to start.

Is early, no caffeine, am not actually Yoda. Am very smol birb.

This is The Queue, our daily column where you ask us the questions and sometimes we have some answers but sometimes the questions are just out there, man.

Happy Thanksgiving!

I’m thankful for the amount of turkey and gravy I was able to eat. I’m also thankful for all of you here reading this right now! You all rock.

While I go take a post-turkey nap, it’s time for our daily question-and-answer column — The Queue!

With WoW Forever entering the discussion, people have started calling Retail WoW “Modern WoW” now. The questions, then, become: will you play Modern WoW forever? Is WoW Forever modern enough for you?

This is The Queue, our daily Q&A column where we ponder our orbs and try to create future plans on the spot while the Old Gods laugh.

Yesterday was Wednesday, and to be honest I wasn’t sure how we managed to get halfway through the week without me noticing. But now it’s Thursday and we’ve gotten more than halfway through the week without me noticing.

Time is tough, man. Who can keep track of this stuff? I’m not a clock.

But I do know it’s Thursday, which means it’s time for me to write the Queue, our daily Q&A column where I do my best to answer your (mostly) gaming (mostly) questions. Let’s get started.

I played Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning a lot. A lot. It’s one of my favorite games and I’ve argued many times that it’s a significantly better game than Skyrim and deserved better, and also that Rhode Island shouldn’t be allowed to invest in computer game studios.

So when THQ Nordic bought KoA and re-released it along with a brand new DLC, I was temporarily excited. But in the end, what ended up happening was that I got many hours of excellent play out of the original game and its two DLC’s, and then I played Fatesworn and it didn’t feel good. It felt like a fanfic of the original game, not an actual DLC, and the idea that the Fateless One’s ultimate reward was…

I’ll just move on to the first question.

Yes, of course I made several barely-considered but inexpensive purchases for the current Steam sale. I am not made of stone, here. And yes, of course, since the start of the current Steam sale I have added more than double the number of games to my wishlist as I have impulsively purchased. And so shall the sun rise again in the morning.

This is The Queue, our daily column where it seems like you have questions but you already have the answers you want me to give. So.

Oh, fine, you all convinced me. I’ll try out the fancy new Elves in Warcraft: Forever. 

Of course, the first step is coming up with a good name, and after I couldn’t be Tobias Fünke, Ursus Ursus, or Trucka Saurus, I had to settle on Lookout Itsabear. I’ve only just gotten to the second hub in their starting area, but it’s already such a weird mix of familiar and new. It’s been so long since I leveled a character without immediately covering it in heirlooms and spending money that it’s been a fun throwback.

Will I start up another Skyborne Elf when the game comes out? I don’t know, but until then I’ll keep poking around the Azeroth of old.

While I sit and drink some of this sparkling water to get my mana back, again, it’s time for our daily question and answer column — The Queue!

It’s been a hectic week for me. So many games to play, so little time to play them! But, at last, the weekend has arrived.

This is The Queue, our daily Q&A column where we feel like a draenei runner delivering stolen black market crystals to an underground crime gang. It’s just the way things are sometimes.