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dub3's pixel tribute to Kokkolan Halpa-Halli Oy in 2003: a Web 2.0-era online shop
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 2003 page

dub3 card · www.halpahalli.fi

Kokkolan Halpa-Halli Oy (2003)

Still in beta.

Cost
3 RAM
Power
3
Rarity
Common
Family
Commerce
Era
Web 2.0 (2003 to 2008)
Collection
The Long Tail

What it does

Each round end: +1 Power to this card.

Each round end fires as every round finishes.

It costs 3 RAM to play and brings 3 Power to its lane. You get 1 RAM in round 1, 2 in round 2, and so on.

Commerce cards grow every round and make your opponent pay more to play.

The site, in 2003

A Finnish chain of department stores based in Kokkola, selling clothes, everyday goods, home electronics and food.

Esko Ylinen opened the first Halpa-Halli store on Rantakatu in Kokkola in 1969, and the name means roughly 'cheap hall'. By 2014 the family-owned chain had 38 stores and about 1,400 staff.

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 2003 page.

Put it on your site

Run Kokkolan Halpa-Halli Oy, or just remember it fondly? Here's its button, 88 by 31 like it's 1999. Paste this into your page:

Kokkolan Halpa-Halli Oy is a dub3 card

In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 2003, then plays a short scene. Want Kokkolan Halpa-Halli Oy in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.