This one was as fun to research and put together as tinfoil hat articles usually are, but...it also makes a disturbing amount of sense. It would explain *a lot*.

It's my seasonal Azerothian fashion roundup! If you're like me and you assign play time to alts based on tier set awesomeness, then behold!

When the maintenance is so short that the #warcraft servers go up before the weekly reset

I popped on an Elegant Dress a few days ago to help someone with Blushing Bride, the Noblegarden achievement for emoting a /kiss to a dress-wearer while sporting a tuxedo. And my character select screen transmog has been stuck on that ever since.

Finally got the Xanthous Siphonmite battle pet to go along with my Acidic Void Creeper Mount. Don't talk to me or my big green son or my little green son again. #worldofwarcraft #warcraftpets #warcraftmounts

If Aman'thul owned and operated a kid's birthday party fun park #warcraft

It's been a long decade-plus of farming Heroic Dragon Soul for Experiment 12-B. No luck so far, but I did manage to acquire the last token I needed to complete the tier set for all ten classes. #warcraft

I'm still relatively new on the gaming journalism scene, but I was super excited to be given the exclusive reveal of a brand new World of Warcraft animated comedy series! #warcraft

How am I sick again? Why do I have the immune system of a 90-year-old baby?

This still gets me every time. I know my character is insignificant in the Grand Scheme of Things, but the Garrosh fight in SoO makes me feel like a third-grader who walked onto an NBA court.

What gets Eric to stop at any particular PAX demo booth with hundreds to choose from? The answer to this question has many layers...but a raccoon hanging out of a trash can is going to cut through them all every time.

Just spent ten minutes at PAX East befriending birds so they would bring me teeth for...reasons?

Strong showing early at PAX from Cat Secretary. There are dedicated buttons for "meow" and "bat", and I managed to knock over a vending machine during the office orientation.

Blizzard Watch is at PAX East today! Eric is on the floor trying out the most exciting soon-to-be-released games.

How is Season 1 going for you so far? Are you raiding, hanging out in the Darkway (love the pun btw). And how was your first vault of the season?

YOU ARE NOT WELCOME HERE. YOUR PRESENCE VIOLATES OUR MOST ANCIENT CUSTOMS. PLEASE SELECT A COMPLIMENTARY CLOAK, ACCEPT A SMALL CASH REWARD, AND BE ON YOUR WAY.

TIL that Pringles are not technically chips, and are instead more accurately categorized as extruded potato snacks.

Do you live in Koblenz, Germany? Did you see the fireball? Maybe you happen to live in the house that got damaged by the meteorite fragment! If so, let me know here and get in touch via email for a story I’m reporting on: [email protected]

Hello, I have just met you and I love you.

Gremlin the Elder pointed out that Jenny's number has a '67' in it. Generations collide!

I like the way you work iiit...

production of The Muppet Show should not be dependent on petty vulgarities like “ratings” or “revenue.” it should be preserved as a vital function of american culture. it should have a taxpayer-funded budget rivaling the CIA

We put on an all-Yiddish community production of fiddler on the roof in Philadelphia and cast member and local artist Sofie Rose Seymour created the most amazing show poster that ever was

Get out of here with that animated AI slop in the Olympics Opening Ceremony. Disgraceful.

*TIE Fighter noises intensify*

Seeing a lot of online nonsense about a "Smiley Face Moon" tonight. There is a beautiful crescent Moon (go look!), but claims of a conjunction with Saturn & Neptune are bogus. Saturn is well below the Moon, and Neptune is not within observing means of folks getting their space news from Facebook

21 years ago today, the Huygens probe touched down on the surface of Saturn's moon Titan. This is still the furthest object from home that a human-built spacecraft has made contact with.

Playing phone tag with an HVAC company's AI which can't process payments. I eventually got a call from a human that needed a CC number read out loud. They invested in a clanker that serves as a glorified answering machine instead of a payment portal. It's the worst of 1995 and 2025 in one.

The Midnight beta test starts November 11, and we're giving away a key to the Epic Edition which includes beta access! To enter, reply with an answer to this question: Our realtor has been working overtime. Which housing plot (Horde or Alliance) should she visit for a vacation, and why? #WoW_Partner

Great view of C/2025 A6 (Lemmon), even from crummy suburban skies!

Anyone who is in favor of twice-annual Daylight Savings changes has never been the primary caregiver of a child under 5. Buckle up for a week of confused rage.

Finally decided it was time to comb through Dalaran in search of Pepe in his adorable goggles for "The Tangerine Traveler" Little dude was in the second place I looked! #worldofwarcraft #pepe

Only took a few days of having it on the top of my login list for this alabaster beauty to drop. #wowmounts #worldofwarcraft

Had some fun running world PvP tonight for the first time in ages. Bombing across the sky with 38 other players hits a bit different than slogging through Ulduar by myself again.

Hanging out with my own skeleton, waiting for the Time-Lost Proto-Drake to spawn #worldofwarcraft

I demand to speak to a manager about the still-unexploded status of T Coronae Borealis

I'm surprised there's so little interest in finding this battle pet (vs figuring out other Secrets). From the name/flavor text, it has me speculating that it's hidden somewhere during Phase Diving in the outside version of Tazavesh. Cat getting stuck on a ledge or something would be very on brand 😅

Slugs are just nudist snails

Congratulations to two of my favorite former colleagues as they add another Screaming Hairy Armadillo to the family!

Welcome to the world, little one! Say hello to the newest (and cutest) member of the Museum of Science family, a baby armadillo named Backpack! Born right here at the Museum, this tiny pup is already stealing hearts with their tiny nose and big personality. #Science #Animals #Armadillo #BabyAnimal

I've been on a quest for the best transmog since 1991

Will Druff venture back into the forest, or hang up what remains of his heirloom spear? Will Nocash identify the source of the poison that plagues Redwood Watch? Will the party run into that baby Rust Monster again? Find out tonight, as we are back for more Dragon Delves! www.twitch.tv/tcarfe

Having kids is like that old story where you have two hungry pigs, and one always lies while the other always screams incoherently into your face

I painted the duck blue because I've never seen a blue duck, and I wanted to see what that would look like

I'm streaming D&D tonight with SirBocash! We're on part 2 of Dragon Delves Chapter 1: Death at Sunset. www.twitch.tv/tcarfe #dungeonsanddragons #dnd #5e #streaming #dragondelves

Today's Favorite Newly Learned Fact: Polaris, the North Star, does not move. It remains in the same place in our sky because it is directly above the Earth's North Pole. Because of this, The Pawnee people indigenous to the Great Plains called Polaris "The Star That Does Not Walk Around."

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I'm streaming Dungeons & Dragons 2024 with SirBocash, running the first chapter of the newest adventure anthology, Dragon Delves. 10pm-12am ET. Come hang out! www.twitch.tv/tcarfe #dungeonsanddragons #dnd #stream

Doing some fishing World Quests in Shadowlands and the icon for the Glorious Shimmerfin is...a brownish-grey recolor of a Mud Snapper. I guess I was expecting something a little more shimmery and/or glorious. #worldofwarcraft #shadowlands

I'm streaming Final Fantasy 1 (1987), with an "Oops, All Black Mages" challenge. We're on to the Earth Cave to vanquish the Vampire, and if we're efficient we might just face off against the Lich and re-light one of the ORBS. www.twitch.tv/tcarfe