The Queue

Do you remember your first trip to Ironforge? If you were a Gnome or a Dwarf, you were probably sent there around level 5 on one errand quest or another, your whole game life to date spent trekking through the snow of Dun Morogh. You can’t even see Ironforge from down there; the city is nestled in the mountains, up a steep hill, and you trek up, through the snow on foot, and the entrance slowly comes into view. And there it is, massive, so much bigger than you.

There’s a sense of grand scale that, somehow doesn’t come across in the modern game, where we would take a flight path or ride a mount or use a hearthstone to get to Ironforge without much thought. We wouldn’t trudge up to it on foot; how tedious! But there’s something to be said for the sense of scale and wonder as you walk up for the first time, or for the first time in a long time, and think about how small you are, and how large this Dwarven city is.

But I digress. This is the Queue, our daily Q&A column where you ask questions and I do my best to answer them. Here we go.

I last used that header image in 2015. I think it was due a comeback.

That is a ridiculously cute stab at Borophagus diversidens by paleoartist Charles R. Knight. However, based on the animal’s actual skull, it likely had a much shorter muzzle and bigger lower jaw for more bone crushing power. Still, I love the detail in Knight’s sketch and he was in line with what other artists were doing when he sketched it.

With the amount of help — “help” — the Old Gods have given me in Battlegrounds over the years, as Anomalies release today, I feel like I might owe them something. I just made Rice Krispies treats. Do you think Yogg will go for that?

This is The Queue, our daily column where you ask us questions, but one at a time, based on this little handmade book of coupons we made. You can redeem for one answer, one hug, or even one load of laundry done. Do you think that would be enough for like, cosmos-spanning dark power? No? Shoot.

Sometimes the muse strikes

no not the rock and roll band

inspiration fool

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It’s Friday! Can you believe it was just BlizzCon last weekend? Honestly, even as someone who was a somewhat disinterested watcher going into the whole thing, it was hard not to get more than a little excited about some of the stuff that we’ve all discussed endlessly all week around here. Now it’s a new weekend, and I have to shift into a tabletop headspace: I have four games scheduled for this weekend. Pray for my poor brain cells, they’re gonna get worn out by Sunday night.

This is the Queue, our daily question and answer question column where the definition of “question” can get pretty broad, but so can the definition of “answer.” Let’s get into it.

I’m not sure, but after playing World of Warcraft for over 20 years, I’m willing to give it a chance. And we’ll know how things play out very soon, because the beta is scheduled to go live at NQT.

But while we wait (seconds) for that to happen or (hours) for the servers to be stable, let’s get to the questions. This is the Queue, our daily Q&A column.

Is anyone else still voraciously consuming BlizzCon 2026 content? Watching missed panels, reactions and thoughts by content creators, analysis and predictions, etc.?

No? Just me? Great.

This is The Queue, our daily Q&A column where we ponder just how much time we’ll end up investing in WoW: Forever while daydreaming about Hearthstone Monks — and answering your questions.

I just love a good glittery magic girl transformation sequence.

This is The Queue, our daily column where you ask us questions and 私たちは答えを提供します (though honestly, sometimes I prefer the dub).

When I was telling Liz that I wouldn’t be able to contribute much to BlizzCon coverage, but I would jump on if there was a Heroes of the Storm announcement, I didn’t expect to have to get to work for the first major news out of the opening ceremonies! I also told her that the article would just be me laughing and then end with an “I told you so.” However, I did manage to contain myself just enough that I kept all of my “I told you so” moments to Discord chats.

Heroes is back, baby! I’ve got my Xal’atath bundle bought, my PTR updated so when she goes live today I can jump on, and I’m ready to shout from the mountaintops that this game continues to deserve your support. It’s the best thing in the MOBA space, hands down, and I love it so much. It’s wonderful to see support for it from the highest point of Blizzard, and it was great to see the crowd pack the seats for the exhibition match between Gen.G. and Dignitas.

While I go hang out in the Nexus, it’s time for — The Queue!

No time to talk. Blizzcon is almost here! Excitement is in the air!

This is The Queue, our daily column where questions get asked about BlizzCon, and answers are given about BlizzCon. At least this time.