dub3 card · www.osnews.com
OSNews (1997)
This just in, eventually.
- Cost
- 3 RAM
- Power
- 3
- Rarity
- Common
- Family
- Media
- Era
- Boom (1995 to 1998)
- Collection
- The Long Tail
What it does
On reveal: +1 Power to your cards in other lanes.
On reveal happens once, when the card flips.
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.
Media cards broadcast Power to your other lanes.
The site, in 1997
A computing news site that began in 1997 with a focus on operating systems and now also covers consumer electronics.
Wired described it as a web magazine for alternative operating systems. In 2011 its editor Thom Holwerda, who joined in 2005, said that scene had gone quiet but was still where the site's heart lay.
Boom era, 1995 to 1998. Netscape, frames, hit counters and animated envelopes. Everyone had a homepage, and every homepage was under construction.
The Long Tail: The niche, the local and the specialist. Most of the web, really.
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 1997 page.
Put it on your site
Run OSNews, or just remember it fondly? Here's its button, 88 by 31 like it's 1997. Paste this into your page:
In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 1997, then plays a short scene. Want OSNews in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.
