dub3 card · freerice.com
Freerice (2007)
Please upgrade your plug-in.
- Cost
- 2 RAM
- Power
- 3
- Rarity
- Rare
- Family
- Tech
- Era
- Web 2.0 (2003 to 2008)
- Collection
- The Long Tail
What it does
On reveal: +1 RAM next round.
On reveal happens once, when the card flips.
RAM is what you spend to play cards.
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.
Tech cards bend the rules: more RAM, cheaper cards and patches that weaken the other side.
The site, in 2007
A multiple-choice quiz game where each right answer donates rice through the United Nations World Food Programme.
John Breen, a programmer, built it to help his son study for the SAT. In its first ten months it donated over 42 billion grains. He gave the site to the World Food Programme in March 2009.
In 2007: Went live on 7 October, giving 830 grains of rice on its first day. A Thanksgiving campaign in November briefly doubled the rice per answer.
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 2007 page.
In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 2007, then plays a short scene. Want Freerice in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.
