dub3 card · www.hotwired.com
HotWired (1996)
Wired Magazine's web companion and the birthplace of the banner ad.
- Cost
- 2 RAM
- Power
- 2
- Rarity
- Common
- Family
- Media
- Era
- Boom (1995 to 1998)
- Collection
- The Long Tail
What it does
On reveal: +3 Power to the next card you play.
On reveal happens once, when the card flips.
It costs 2 RAM to play and brings 2 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
The web arm of Wired magazine, an online magazine with its own original articles rather than reprints.
Launched on 27 October 1994, it is called the first commercial online magazine and is usually credited with the first banner adverts. It ran until 1999 and launched the HotBot search engine in 1996.
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.
In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 1996, then plays a short scene. Want HotWired in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.
