The Reign of the Black Empire expansion has just been released for Hearthstone, and as is tradition, the Recipe Tavern Brawl is here on the first week, to let players get a taste of the new cards and mechanics for each class.

Okay, so if anyone else had Fallout 4 getting a new story DLC featuring original Nora and Nate actors Courtenay Taylor and Brian T. Delaney reprising their roles created by modding legends Kinggath Creations (I loved At Hell’s Gate, btw) and available on practically every platform the game is on… well, that makes one of us. Sure, this week (tomorrow!) will be Fallout day and we did see a teaser for this last year, but I still didn’t see a fully voiced with all new dialogue DLC with the original Nora and Nate actors just dropping like this.

Immediately after experiencing the story for World of Warcraft patch 12.1.5, Liz started yelling in work chat that she wanted to be on Lore Watch so she could yell about it there.

As expected from their recent teasers on social media, the new Hearthstone expansion will take us back to cosmos-spanning adventures: Reign of the Black Empire brings the Old Gods back to Hearthstone — again — but this time, things seem more serious.

There is the lightest chill on the wind that rustles the slowly crisping leaves left at the tips of the branches of the trees this morning. Sure, it’s noon and it’s like, 75 degrees out now, but you know what this means.

It is officially Soup Season. Congratulations and best wishes to all who celebrate.

This is The Queue, our daily column where you ask us questions and honestly we’re just trying to decide between butternut squash with sage or minestrone. Maybe a tortilla-style with the last of the fresh corn and some cubed sweet potato for body? Hmm.

It's a long maintenance day in World of Warcraft no matter what you play.

We're less than a month from the launch of World of Warcraft: Forever, and the beta test has been in full swing.

It’s my birthday! Today, this very day!

Of course, if you want to have a week-long celebration to properly observe it, I won’t stop you. Just make sure you watch lots of spooky things and tell someone a joke. Jokes and spooky things sum me up pretty well now that I think of it. Here’s a couple just for you, guaranteed groaners.

How do you know when a skeleton is sick? It runs a high femur!

Why do ghosts like to ride in elevators? It really raises their spirits!

While I think of some more wonderful spooky puns, it’s time for our daily question and answer column — The Queue!

Deep in the bowels of the vampirate-laden Maelstrom, our scurvy scallyways discover something truly unexpected: an entire forest, inside the hull of a ship.

World of Warcraft patch 12.1.5 has been live for just under a week, so of course it's already time to talk about patch 12.1.7, which Blizzard revealed last week.