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Joystiq (2004)
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- Cost
- 5 RAM
- Power
- 10
- Rarity
- Rare
- Family
- Games
- Era
- Web 2.0 (2003 to 2008)
- 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 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.
Games cards roll the dice. Sometimes the dice roll you.
The site, in 2004
A video game blog from the Weblogs, Inc. network, later owned by AOL, run alongside Engadget.
Its editor-in-chief Chris Grant and Justin and Griffin McElroy left in 2012 to found Polygon. AOL shut Joystiq on 3 February 2015, and its address now redirects to Engadget.
In 2004: Soft launch in April, formally unveiled on 16 June. It was a small player taking on Kotaku, which launched around the same time.
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 2004 page.
Put it on your site
Run Joystiq, or just remember it fondly? Here's its button, 88 by 31 like it's 1999. Paste this into your page:
In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 2004, then plays a short scene. Want Joystiq in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.
