For the third week in a row, we have a super old Hearthstone Tavern Brawl returning after a very long absence.

As y’all can see in the above screenie, Lilith likes to claim we need her to stop Mephisto. After several hundred attempts to kill the Echo of Lilith on Torment 8 (I’m handily clearing Torment 9 content otherwise) I don’t think we do.

I’m really willing to take a chance on this.

Diablo 4 lore junkies are in for a treat this week as Matt and Joe run down a spoiler-filled recap and analysis of the story of the latest expansion, Lord of Hatred.

The World of Warcraft Trading Post is lining its shelves with an influx of Gilneas-themed apparel, weapons, and mounts for the month of May, though there are some other random oddities sprinkled into the inventory here and there that don't typically match anything Gilnean but might be intriguing regardless.

Midnight's patch 12.0.5 added several Void-themed world events that involve repelling the leftover void forces that are still wreaking havoc across Eversong Woods and Zul'Aman: Void Strikes, Void Incursions, and Ritual Sites.

Nobody tell Rutherford, whose middle initial does not stand for bear, that I’ve been doing Prey with my cat. It’s bound to be awkward and all, but come on, Leech. Be cool, okay?

Also, what’s the deal with Spirit Beasts. I understand that they don’t want their healing to be too OP, but I swear, one 30 second cooldown heals me for maybe .5% health over 10 seconds. I’d report this as a bug but I’ve been feeling exceptionally suspicious as to whether things are genuinely bugs, or if I’m just doing everything wrong.

This is The Queue, our daily column where you ask us the Queues, and we’ll answer .5% of them.

Bungie is releasing the last content update for Destiny 2 on June 9, 2026, officially ending active development for the game and effectively sunsetting the original franchise after a 12-year run that began in September 2014.

This week's World of Warcraft maintenance is relatively quick for most realms, with just an hour of downtime scheduled for all servers except Midnight.

In this week's Tavern Watch Podcast, we're discussing Daggerheart, the much-hyped TTRPG from Darrington Press and Critical Role which is celebrating its first anniversary.

My favorite person and I wandered around a pop art gallery today. It was full of some great pieces involving interesting perspectives, drunken olives who were also pirates, cowboys painted from interesting angles, and more lovely portraits of celebrities and public figures than you can count. It reinforced two things: one, neither of us makes enough money to buy large original art despite how cool it would look on our walls, and two, who knew the world needed so many olive people paintings.

The standouts that we saw, and lamented not being able to buy the most, were a series from a local artist of astronauts and hot dogs in space. There was a fantastic piece that was extra wide and skinny, which was just an astronaut on the moon, with a hot dog cart, and nothing else. For some reason, it spoke to us. Maybe it was the absurdity, maybe it was our love of hot dogs — all I know is that it would be fantastic hanging above my TV, but sadly, I don’t have the two weeks’ wages to spend on whimsical art.

While I look into a set of burglars tools, it’s time for our daily question and answer column — The Queue!