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dub3's pixel tribute to Microsoft Academic in 2016: a Modern-era science site
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 2016 page

dub3 card · academic.microsoft.com

Microsoft Academic (2016)

Indexed before you were looking.

Cost
5 RAM
Power
6
Rarity
Common
Family
Search
Era
Modern (2009 on)
Collection
Dead Links

What it does

Ongoing: +2 Power to this card for each card you have here, up to +4.

Ongoing is always on while the card is in play.

It costs 5 RAM to play and brings 6 Power to its lane. You get 1 RAM in round 1, 2 in round 2, and so on.

Search cards grow with the friends in their lane, and some draw you cards.

The site, in 2016

A free search engine for academic papers, made by Microsoft Research as the successor to Microsoft Academic Search.

It was shut down at the end of 2021. Two projects, OpenAlex and The Lens, both say they carry on its work.

Modern era, 2009 on. Phones, feeds and cookie banners. The web got fast, flat and very sure about notifications.

Dead Links: Gone, but not forgotten. Mostly forgotten.

Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 2016 page.

In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 2016, then plays a short scene. Want Microsoft Academic in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.