dub3 card · www.joystiq.com
Joystiq (2009)
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- Cost
- 1 RAM
- Power
- 2
- Rarity
- Rare
- Family
- Games
- Era
- Modern (2009 on)
- Collection
- The Long Tail
What it does
On reveal: Add a copy of this card to your hand.
On reveal happens once, when the card flips.
The copy is a fresh card, ready to play.
It costs 1 RAM to play and brings 2 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 2009
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 2009: The console Fanboy spin-off blogs were merged back into the main site, starting that January.
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 2009 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 2009, 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.
