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Blizzard Watch Weekly: Senioritis
It's such a nice, warm, beautiful day outside! I would love to be lying in the hammock, sipping a tall lemonade, and reading a book, but instead I'm stuck in here with you people. Alas. No offense. I think you get it, though.I'm going to type this as quickly as I can: let's take a look back at what happ...
Blizzard Watch Podcast Uncut: Elder Scrolls Oblivion is just one game we wish would make a comeback
This week's preshow was dominated by Liz and the hot new game that makes everyone seem like a crazed conspiracy theorist when they discuss it, Blue Prince. It's a puzzle that you didn't know was a puzzle. It's a story you didn't know was a story. It's an ever-shifting house wrapped in an enigma,...
Tavern Watch Plays Pigeon's 11, Episode 2: Seeking the coveted pretzel trophy
This week we're bringing you another gamePigeon's 11, in which our feathered cast of criminals dives into the world of esports and culinary delights at MetzlCon. The plan: to steal the coveted pretzel trophy in the middle of a packed house of gamers and amateur chefs. It may be the biggest gaming convention of ...
Blizzard Watch Weekly: Pizza Night!
It is the best night of the week, with the best food for the best night of the week.We're gonna grab a slice while we take a look back at what happened this week, and what we have to look forward to next week, plus some stuff you may have missed.What happened this week?This week’sHearthstone Tavern Brawl: Blood M...
Blizzard Watch Podcast Uncut: Noblegarden: taking several years to become the cutest baby ducky
In this week's preshow we wave through the microphone. We also discuss Gundam, which Joe is very interested in, at which point Matt busts in with Garzy's Wing, which leads to a broader conversation on localization of Japanese media. You know, how we like to do. The preshow ends at 27:44Puzzling Cartel Chips and...
Lore Watch: Xal'atath, the Void, and the dawn of Azeroth's creation
This week's episode was inspired by a question from a listener, about where the story is going from here as we make our way toward the next expansion of World of Warcraft, Midnight. We veer right into Tinfoil Hat territory pretty quickly. After all, it's tough when a lot of the sources we have are either writte...
Blizzard Watch Weekly: Calling in sick
Ever since Blue Prince -- which was included in this week's games post -- came out yesterday I've been feeling a little feverish. I adore (most) puzzles in games -- my favorite all-time board game is Boggle -- so it's super unfortunate that I have to call in sick today. Cough cough. Definitely coming down w...
Tavern Watch Plays Pigeon's 11, Episode 1: A fine flock of felonious fowl
This week we're playingPigeon's 11, an adventure where our fine flock of felonious fowl are getting ready for the heist of a lifetime. (Spoiler: it involves a lot of baked goods and bread puns.) Join GM Liz Harper and a cast made up of Blizzard Watch's bird alter egos:Phil Ulrich as Frankie Two-Talons, a bo...
Blizzard Watch Podcast Uncut: WoW Classic goes from #SomeChanges to a whole new raid
Liz is excited about Murderbot, and explains exactly what that is in this week’s preshow. Our guest host Nick is all about Dragon Age Veilguard right now, and that leads into a larger conversation on the Dragon Age series and the gameplay of the series — and Bioware’s games as a whole. Everyone agrees that we sho...
Lore Watch from the Archives: Cyberpunk Edgerunners explores a crumbling dystopia
The Netflix animated show Cyberpunk Edgerunnersis a great entry in the Cyberpunkuniverse, and one we felt worth exploring in-depth. Joe and Matt give us a spoiler-filled tour of Night City and how all the details of life in that universe lead to a dystopia packed with despair. This is an episode from the archives, so i...
Blizzard Watch Weekly: Once more into the breach
Ironwood Studios pushed a huge update to Pacific Driveearlier this week, so I'm happy to report that Mel's back, baby. There's a new set of maps called Expeditions, and a new trader who has cool stuff for sale. I've played through a few, and in typical Pacific Drivefashion, just as soon as I've work...
Blizzard Watch Podcast: Warcraft Rumble is cute, and other April Fools' Day pranks
This week's preshow discusses how Canadians are nice because all their meanness is concentrated by eldritch ritual into their eponymic geese (true). Plus, Liz is playing Pacific Drivebut I keep telling her that despite it being my favorite game of 2024, she absolutely should not play it -- you'll probably start...
Lore Watch Podcast: Crucial Source Material
Sometimes it's a good idea to go back to the basics, and really dig in to the source material given. This week, we went ahead and really, really dug in to some of the most cherished stories in WoW. We know this is the content you really wanted, but were too shy to ask for.
Blizzard Watch Weekly: Contentment
Ah, to be a tiny rabbit made of rice, dunking a cucumber slice into a mug of steaming hot tea in a cozy breakfast nook.Actually, no. It's Friday, I'm ordering pizza.While I try to convince the delivery person my actual name is honest to god Anna (space) Bell, let’s see what happened this week, and what we hav...
Are TTRPGs taking a turn away from crunchy to bring us more narrative-focused one-shots?
While there are still plenty of crunchy tabletop games out there, lately we're playing a lot of shorter TTRPGs that lean into narrative elements — and are easier to schedule than long form campaigns. We talk about our recent Pigeon's 11 game, the cozy fantasy of Legend in the Mist, and the Nebula-nominated Ya...
Blizzard Watch Podcast Uncut: Diving into The Emerald Dream (in Hearthstone, don't get your hopes up)
In this week's preshow Matt is still monologuing about Godzilla. The team also talks about their plunder from the most recent Steam sale while this week's special guest Phil Ulrich slanders me about my wishlist (I wasn't even there!). The preshow ends at 32:29.Hearthstone's new expansion Into the Emeral...
Lore Watch Podcast: Can you play Hearthstone in the Emerald Dream, and other questions
This week's Lore Watch Podcast is Q&A style, so the topics veer all over the place -- more so than usual. We start off with a question about the Emerald Dream and whether it was designed as a prison -- timely, given Hearthstone's latest expansion releasing yesterday. Speaking of Hearthstone, the next question c...
Blizzard Watch Weekly: Springtime fun with the girlies
I've been playing my way through the games I bought during the Steam Spring Sale, and one really stands out. Sulfur's gameplay isn't revolutionary, but its take on the roguelike genre is both fun and punishing. I also adore a lot of the UI elements, particularly how they represent the clips of some of the w...
Tavern Watch Plays Triangle Agency 3: Get in the briefcase
It's a tough day for the employees of Triangle Agency, but our skilled Agents are always ready to beat back any challenge — even when that challenge is a mass of anomalous electrical wires intent on their deaths! But don't worry about them, because Triangle Agency is always here to help Agents who help themse...
Blizzard Watch Podcast Uncut: Racing to World First in the Undermine
Cory joined Joe and Liz this week to hide their shame, discussing all the games they've purchased during the Steam Sale (Wanderstop! The Long Dark! Avowed! The now-Nebula nominated Pacific Drive!). And also on the spending money topic, Joe talked about his hobby of painting minis, and he wants to emphasize that it ...
Lore Watch Podcast: On the origins of the Sethrak
Join our hosts Joe Perez and Matt Rossi as they discuss the lore around the Sethrak, the snakelike humanoids we initially met in Vol'dun in Battle for Azeroth. How does their worship of the animalistic Loa spirits shape their society? Titans may tie in to the animalistic loa, and the two working together may have s...
Tavern Watch Plays Triangle Agency 2: An unintended (artistic) detour
Triangle Agency's agents are on the case — with a little help from corporate HQ, of course! Our highly skilled team of experts is in the process of tracking down a dangerous anomaly, but don't you worry (or you might become a loose end we have to deal with).In this episode, GM Phil Ulrich helps the Agency'...
Blizzard Watch Weekly: What can I say except you're welcome?
If you're wondering how the site curseis going, this is a photo I took in the moment as my phone started blowing up with notifications from discords that BlizzCon is backin 2026. I don't announce my vacations publicly -- that's kind of internet safety 101 -- but somehow, Blizzard always knows.So, you can th...
Blizzard Watch Podcast Uncut: BlizzCon bound, baby! (in 2026, anyway)
This week's preshow featured a discussion about how some cats really enjoy video games, and how majestic samoyeds are. This discussion does feature an unwarned spoiler for Dragon Age Veilguard, so if you're not into that (or the preshow, really) you may want to skip ahead to 28:37 when the preshow ends.This wee...
Lore Watch Podcast: Could the Sunwell become a Voidwell? (And other wild Warcraft speculation)
This week we put on the tinfoil hat to contemplate Xal'atath's plans for the future, the nature of the void, and where we might be going in the Midnightexpansion due out in 2026. As with most of our wild speculation episodes, the conversation goes off the rails and then forgets there were ever rails in the firs...
Blizzard Watch Weekly: mm mm good
The highlight of my week has been the Race to World First, not because I care about cutting edge raiding, but because Chef Heidi(who you might remember as the chef for the Philly Fusion) is allowing us behind the scenes into her kitchen on Twitch every day of the race. She's cooking for Team Liquid, but many of the...
Tavern Watch Plays Triangle Agency 1: The Agency has your very best interests at heart!
Welcome to beautiful Ternion City, home of the Triangle Agency. In our corporate headquarters, agents are hard at work — right now! — to preserve reality. You like reality, don't you? Of course you do. And your friends at Triangle Agency are here to keep the reality you love safe... preferably without you notic...
Blizzard Watch Podcast Uncut: Racing our way to season 2 of The War Within
Well, this week Matt began the preshow with the strident assertion that Godzilla is a cat, and things just kinda unfolded from there. Despite working here in the word mines for 10 years I don't have any available to describe the preshow further. It's peak unhinged Blizzard Watch. You're welcome -- I think. ...
Lore Watch Podcast: What you need to know about Paladins, Templars, and Crusaders in Diablo
We're doing something a little new this week for Lore Watch, with a remaster of an older episode. As Joe explains in the new intro, we wanted to highlight something that we've already covered, but which could use another look as it becomes relevant again. Paladins or Crusaders are one of the most common fan pic...
Blizzard Watch Weekly: An embarrassment of riches
While I know we're all in on Blizzard Entertainment around here, when Steam Next Fest started I once again went feral. Everything from Squirrelled Awayto Creepy Redneck Dinosaur Mansion 3is just waiting on a release date, and until then, they're with a thousand of their besties in the purgatory that is my wishl...
