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dub3's pixel tribute to Hype Machine in 2005: a Web 2.0-era music site
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 2005 page

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Hype Machine (2005)

Still in beta.

Cost
5 RAM
Power
10
Rarity
Common
Family
Media
Era
Web 2.0 (2003 to 2008)
Collection
The Long Tail

What it does

No ability.

No ability, just Power. Sometimes that's all a homepage needs.

It costs 5 RAM to play and brings 10 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 2005

A music blog aggregator, built by Anthony Volodkin, that gathers what music blogs are posting into one place.

Volodkin started it in 2005 while studying computer science at Hunter College in New York. The first version was an RSS feed of what the blogs were covering. It added a friends' listening history in 2008.

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 2005 page.

In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 2005, then plays a short scene. Want Hype Machine in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.