dub3 card · www.gameinformer.com
Game Informer (2002)
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- Cost
- 4 RAM
- Power
- 7
- Rarity
- Rare
- Family
- Games
- Era
- Dot-com (1999 to 2002)
- Collection
- The Long Tail
What it does
On reveal: +0 to +4 Power to this card.
On reveal happens once, when the card flips.
It costs 4 RAM to play and brings 7 Power to its lane. You get 1 RAM in round 1, 2 in round 2, and so on.
Games cards roll the dice. Sometimes the dice roll you.
The site, in 2002
The website of an American video game magazine that began in 1991 as an in-house newsletter for the FuncoLand game shops.
By 2011 the magazine was the third biggest in the US, with over 8 million copies circulated. GameStop closed it in August 2024 after 368 issues; Gunzilla Games bought it in March 2025 and brought the site back.
In 2002: The original site had closed around January 2001, after GameStop bought the magazine. It returned in September 2003.
Dot-com era, 1999 to 2002. Glossy buttons, big money and a bug called Y2K. Some of these companies were worth billions for about a fortnight.
The Long Tail: The niche, the local and the specialist. Most of the web, really.
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 2002 page.
Put it on your site
Run Game Informer, or just remember it fondly? Here's its button, 88 by 31 like it's 2002. Paste this into your page:
In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 2002, then plays a short scene. Want Game Informer in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.
