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CraveOnline (2004)
Have you tried turning it off and on?
- Cost
- 3 RAM
- Power
- 4
- Rarity
- Common
- Family
- Tech
- Era
- Web 2.0 (2003 to 2008)
- Collection
- The Long Tail
What it does
On reveal: A random card in your hand costs 2 less.
On reveal happens once, when the card flips.
It costs 3 RAM to play and brings 4 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 2004
A lifestyle website aimed at men, based in Los Angeles, launched as CraveOnline in 2004 and renamed Mandatory in 2018.
Evolve Media owns it. It began in late 2004 under AtomicOnline, Evolve's publishing arm, and was relaunched in 2015 with a wider lifestyle focus.
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 2004 page.
Put it on your site
Run CraveOnline, 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 2004, then plays a short scene. Want CraveOnline in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.
