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Aardvark (2008)
Still in beta.
- Cost
- 5 RAM
- Power
- 8
- Rarity
- Common
- Family
- Tech
- Era
- Web 2.0 (2003 to 2008)
- Collection
- The Long Tail
What it does
On reveal: -3 Power to the strongest enemy card here.
On reveal happens once, when the card flips.
It costs 5 RAM to play and brings 8 Power to its lane. You get 1 RAM in round 1, 2 in round 2, and so on.
Tech cards bend the rules: more RAM, cheaper cards and patches that weaken the other side.
The site, in 2008
A social search service that put your question to friends of friends who knew the subject, by web, email or instant message.
Google bought it for $50 million on 11 February 2010 and announced in September 2011 that it would close it. People used it for matters of taste and judgement, and for tech support. It was named after the African animal.
Web 2.0 era, 2003 to 2008. Rounded corners, reflections and drop shadows. Everything was social, and everything was in beta.
The Long Tail: The niche, the local and the specialist. Most of the web, really.
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 2008 page.
Put it on your site
Run Aardvark, or just remember it fondly? Here's its button, 88 by 31 like it's 1999. Paste this into your page:
In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 2008, then plays a short scene. Want Aardvark in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.
