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dub3's pixel tribute to The A.V. Club in 1993: a Pioneer-era online magazine
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 1993 page

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The A.V. Club (1993)

Now in 56k.

Cost
1 RAM
Power
1
Rarity
Rare
Family
Media
Era
Pioneer (up to 1994)
Collection
The Long Tail

What it does

On reveal: +2 Power to the next card you play.

On reveal happens once, when the card flips.

It costs 1 RAM to play and brings 1 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 1993

An entertainment website with reviews and interviews on film, music, television, books and games, started as a supplement to The Onion.

Stephen Thompson, a student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, began it in 1993. It isn't satirical, unlike The Onion. Paste Media has owned it since March 2024, separate from The Onion.

In 1993: Started by Stephen Thompson, then a student at Madison, as an entertainment section of The Onion's newspaper.

Pioneer era, up to 1994. Grey pages, blue links and a browser called Mosaic. Images were optional. So was colour.

The Long Tail: The niche, the local and the specialist. Most of the web, really.

Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 1993 page.

Put it on your site

Run The A.V. Club, or just remember it fondly? Here's its button, 88 by 31 like it's 1993. Paste this into your page:

The A.V. Club is a dub3 card

In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 1993, then plays a short scene. Want The A.V. Club in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.

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