This week's WoW server maintenance is a big one, at least for some servers: Midnight realms are scheduled to be offline for four hours, while all versions of WoW Classic are scheduled to be back online within the hour.

While there's a ton coming to WoW in patch 12.0.5, one of the smaller features, Abyss Anglers, caught our eye, because it seems similar to an indie game a lot of us around the office adore: Dave the Diver.

It’s the most money I’ve ever spent at once!

Now I’m the proud owner of a 2014 Hyundai Santa Fe, and it has all sorts of decadent features like remote start and a heated steering wheel — which is just the most absurd thing that I assume I’ll never be able to live without now.

I hope to have many good years of driving with my new car. It’ll need a name, of course, but I figured I’d give it a week and see what comes to mind.

While I noodle on a name, it’s time for our daily question and answer column — The Queue!

On this episode of the Tavern Watch Podcast, the team gets a win -- a win in naming things, it turns out, as Wizards of the Coast (in addition to finally announcing some products for 2026) also has started referring to the 2024 revision of D&D as "D&D 5.5e." Considering it ended up being more a balance update than the massive revolution in tabletop gaming that we were originally sold, we're all of the opinion this is for the better (and is easier to say, to boot).

From a surprise patch 12.0.5 reveal to a low-key new Diablo 4 season, there's a lot to catch up on from the last week, and a lot more on the docket this week.

In a blue post released earlier on Friday, steady flight is no longer being locked behind Pathfinder achievements, and instead is now available to all from the start in The War Within and Midnight zones.

The WoW Secret Finders Discord has come through again, this time for WoW player housing aficionados, having discovered a lovely vase of roses hidden away behind a fake advertisement.

Would you believe it’s already Friday the 13th again!? It was Friday the 13th just a month ago! I admit that I hadn’t had enough time to recharge my spook batteries yet! So this is gonna be a considerably less spooky affair than last time.

This is The Queue, our daily Q&A column where the witches are tired, man. They’re sleeping. Do witches sleep? I think witches sleep, but I’m honestly not sure.

Midnight released last week, so this week our podcast crew shared their first impressions of the expansion.

After years of silence and speculation, former Overwatch lead developer Jeff Kaplan has returned to the gamemaking spotlight with a newly announced game after appearing on the Lex Friedman Podcast.