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The A.V. Club (2002)
Now in 56k.
- Cost
- 2 RAM
- Power
- 2
- Rarity
- Rare
- Family
- Media
- Era
- Dot-com (1999 to 2002)
- Collection
- The Long Tail
What it does
On reveal: +3 Power to the next card you play.
On reveal happens once, when the card flips.
It costs 2 RAM to play and brings 2 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 2002
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 2002: Its staff had moved to The Onion's Chicago office the year before, though founding editor Stephen Thompson stayed in Madison.
Dot-com era, 1999 to 2002. Glossy buttons, big money and a bug called Y2K. Some of these companies were worth billions for about a fortnight.
The Long Tail: The niche, the local and the specialist. Most of the web, really.
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 2002 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 2002. Paste this into your page:
In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 2002, 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.
