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dub3's pixel tribute to Gay Star News in 2011: a Modern-era news site
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 2011 page

dub3 card · gaystarnews.com

Gay Star News (2011)

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Cost
2 RAM
Power
4
Rarity
Common
Family
Media
Era
Modern (2009 on)
Collection
The Long Tail

What it does

On reveal: If an enemy card was revealed here earlier this round, +2 Power to this card.

On reveal happens once, when the card flips.

It costs 2 RAM to play and brings 4 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 2011

A UK-based news website for the global LGBTI community, founded in December 2011 by Tris Reid-Smith and Scott Nunn.

It covered politics, religion, business and entertainment, with interviews. In July 2019 it said it would close, citing falling revenue, but Iconic Labs took on its rights and publishing resumed. Joe Media relaunched it in June 2024.

Modern era, 2009 on. Phones, feeds and cookie banners. The web got fast, flat and very sure about notifications.

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

Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 2011 page.

Put it on your site

Run Gay Star News, or just remember it fondly? Here's its button, 88 by 31 like it's 1999. Paste this into your page:

Gay Star News is a dub3 card

In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 2011, then plays a short scene. Want Gay Star News in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.