The Queue

On June 24, 2006 I completed a quest that began in a Molten Core raid. I stood in a baking hot Seattle (technically Kirkland) back yard and married Julian, who came down from Canada and began the long, strange trip that has brought us to this day. We saw the Warcraft movie together. We stood in line for four expansions, and leveled together for decades. 20 years later, I am still Busbandon and they are still Gwifelor.

Thank you, Julian, for all of it. I love you.

I have jury duty this week, so please think of me as you enjoy your life out in the world, as I sit on an uncomfortable chair in the most liminal space you can experience that still has people in it. I have a granola bar, and they provide coffee but it was too hot and I burned my entire esophagus. Here’s hoping my phone battery holds.

This is The Queue, our daily column where I hope you have a lot of Qs so I have something to do while I wait through the beigest of hells.

It’s Storm Watch time, and oh boy have we been getting hit by a big rainstorm. It’s been about a week of off-and-on rain, and all weekend, some steady, hard rain has left the city and surrounding areas in a rainfall/flooding warning. Sadly, no truly epic thunder and lightning, but maybe that’s coming next week.

While I go invest in some sandbags, and a new bathing suit, it’s time for our daily question and answer column — The Queue!

I don’t usually endorse advertising jingles for department stores, but Nanako is cute and must be protected at all costs. You go, Nanako. You sing about how great every day is at your local Junes!

This is The Queue, our daily Q&A column where the only reason I don’t say I’m looking forward to February 2027 is because I can’t remember off the top of my head when exactly each of the several other games I’m currently excited about will be released.

Why did we come have to come back here? Didn’t we do enough of these otherworldly invasions during Legion? That we now have to come back and do them again, just fighting the Void instead of the Burning Legion?

Apparently not, because now we’re teleporting off to Void “showdowns” in those same places, but at least this one is cool (as in temperature) and will give us a break from the Midsummer Fire Festival (starting this weekend). But still, I could have skipped this. (But I won’t, because there’s new transmog.)

This is the Queue, our daily Q&A column where we do our very best to answer your questions, but our best varies depending on the day. Let’s get to it.

Do you ever read a word so many times that it ceases to look like a real word? Lately, for me, that’s been “Void.” We’ve been combating the forces of the Void for years now. We fought a Voidlord. We’ve visited their home turf in Voidstorm. We’ve empowered Voidforges to get Voidshards we can make into a Voidcore, and then there’s the other Voidcore that’s a bonus roll. We’ve got Void Invasions, Void Assaults, and Void Rituals in ritual sites. Now we’re off for a Void Showdown on other planets.

I guess if there’s one thing you can say for the Void, it’s got consistent branding.

This is The Queue, our daily column where you ask us questions and the answers, like your Voidwalker used to complain, are void where prohibited.

It’s that time of year, when the humidity and heat conspire, and there is a predictable, yet unpredictable, 15 minute thunderstorm almost every afternoon. Comes on suddenly, pours, then stops and the sun comes out immediately, the pavement smoking as the rain evaporates. It’s a pretty wild phenomenon I haven’t really seen in many other places, and it means the dog days of summer are truly upon us.

This is The Queue, our daily column where you ask us questions and we have an umbrella just in case.

I spent the afternoon on Sunday walking around a park with my favorite person and a 163-pound St. Bernard. The local Humane Society puts on a big afternoon for people to bring pets to the park called, fittingly, Pets in the Park. We saw lots of dogs of all shapes and sizes, a few cats, some gerbils, and a bird. Somewhere there might’ve been a turtle too! There was a dachshund dash, and vendors, kiddie pools for the dogs to splash around in, and even free pup cups from Starbucks!

A great time was had by all. Arthur the St. Bernard was a very good boy and well behaved, which is never a guarantee when there are so many new smells and animals around. He was definitely the centre of attention wherever he went. There wasn’t a bigger dog that we saw all day! He even got to meet a very chill cat that was being carried around by its owner all day.

While I go and tell him what a good boy he was again, it’s time for our daily question and answer column — the Queue!

Feels like good games are just dropping from the sky. There are so many games that have been announced recently that I’m tremendously excited about, like Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, the long-awaited finale to the FF7 Remake project, seven years after it started. But there are many more, and we’ll talk about them — but also about WoW, and other random things, like hot dogs, and gravity!

This is The Queue. It’s a column. It’s daily. It has Qs. Let’s gather together, look at the sky, and wait for those As to drop down, and let’s try to catch them. It’ll be fun!

It’s been a busy week of games, so this week should really be dedicated to sleeping things off. Or at least a nice piece of cake. As a treat. The week hasn’t been like that at all, but it should have been.

Many weeks are marred by a disappointing number of naps (and disappointing lack of cake).

But this is the Queue, our daily Q&A column where we try to answer your questions. Let’s dive in.