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dub3's pixel tribute to Ain't It Cool News in 1996: a Boom-era online magazine
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 1996 page

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Ain't It Cool News (1996)

Best viewed in Netscape 4.

Cost
2 RAM
Power
3
Rarity
Common
Family
Media
Era
Boom (1995 to 1998)
Collection
The Long Tail

What it does

On reveal: +2 Power to the next card you play.

On reveal happens once, when the card flips.

It costs 2 RAM to play and brings 3 Power to its lane. You get 1 RAM in round 1, 2 in round 2, and so on.

Media cards broadcast Power to your other lanes.

The site, in 1996

An entertainment news site of reports, rumours and reviews on upcoming films, television and comic book projects.

Harry Knowles started it in 1996, and his sister Dannie Knowles has run it since September 2017. It leans towards science fiction, superheroes, fantasy, horror and action.

Boom era, 1995 to 1998. Netscape, frames, hit counters and animated envelopes. Everyone had a homepage, and every homepage was under construction.

The Long Tail: The niche, the local and the specialist. Most of the web, really.

Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 1996 page.

Put it on your site

Run Ain't It Cool News, or just remember it fondly? Here's its button, 88 by 31 like it's 1996. Paste this into your page:

Ain't It Cool News is a dub3 card

In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 1996, then plays a short scene. Want Ain't It Cool News in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.