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Topic: Magic: The Gathering This week, we’re diving in to our first real game that we’ve ever talked about on the show. We plan on talking about other games, notably Fortnite/PUBG, Warcraft, and sometime in November, I want to do a buyer’s guide for nerds. But this week we’re talking about Magic: The Gathering, a long running collectible card game with lots of history in the nerd world. Tutorial HistoryOriginal concept and idea created by Richard Garfield. Worked as an Adjunct Professor at Whitman College in 1991, while working his doctorate in mathematics as University of Pennsylvania. He approached Wizards of the Coast about producing a different game, but was asked to make a game that was portable to play. This developed in to Magic: The Gathering. Originally known for testing purposes as “Magic”, but after trademarking “Mana Clash”, people continued to call it magic. It was rebranded as “Magic: The Gathering”, in order to copyright and secure the name. Released in 1993, it was an immediate success and started a collectable card game craze that found additional games like Pokemon, Star Wars, and many others trying to capital off the success. Multiple expansions have come out, and over a billion cards were sold within a 2 year span. 1996 – Pro Tour established 1999 – Hasbro purchased Between 2008- 2016: Approximately – 20 billion cards sold Story:While no initial story, various expansions have developed a rich narrative over multiple years. Initial concept is two wizards fighting against one another. There are infinite ‘Planes’, acting as various multiverses where anything can be or happen on them. Some rare special beings can jump between various Planes, known as ‘Planeswalkers’. The various Planes are intended to allow various type of magic, technology, locations, and themes to be used. Such as location settings like Egyptian, Middle-Eastern, Japanese/Chinese, and traditional European Fantasy settings. The story is told over an expansion, namely through the cards’ flavor text and supplemental material. Story told from various planeswalkers on the planeswalking ship Weatherlight to fight various enemies. Stories initially centered on character, but shifted toward world based events and the characters wrapped up within them. With each expansion saw new planes to travel to, with later years revisiting older planes that hadn’t been visited in over a decade. Gameplay:Games can include multiple players, though more players take more time. Typical games are one on one. While some format have differing rules regarding how many and what types of cards you can use or have, the typical game format includes a deck of 60 cards of various card types, also known as your “Library”. A major theme in magic is card color, which helps denote the types of spells, creatures, abilities, and play style a player will have access to. Most decks will focus on one color, with two colors giving greater play options, but more difficult to use. The colors include: White (Plains)These cards are consider righteous creatures and characters. They often have low level creatures, offer protection and power-ups, along with healing. White denotes making things fair and disabling abilities in order to overcome their enemies. Blue (Islands)These cards are consider water or air in theme, but include essence of knowledge/wisdom. The often help with drawing cards, controlling other creatures, negating spells, and controlling the battlefield through abilities. Creatures tend to be weaker, but more ability focused as a trade off, causing them to be physically weaker. Black (Swamps)These cards represent sacrifice, corruption, power, and general evil, but also reflects Necromancy, demons, vampires, and other horror creatures. Their cards often include instant kill abilities, stealing life, and even bring creature back from the grave. Unlike other colors, black tries to win at any cost, often meaning you might sacrifice other things to get ahead. Red (Mountains)These are cards that represent Fire and raw power as a hole. Their cards are often direct damage, destroying anything in its path, and temporary boosts in power. Red’s creatures are lower level, but offer high power with low defense, leading to a glass cannon situation. So they’re great in the beginning but suffer in the end game. Green (Forests)These are cards that represent evolution, life, and overall nature. Their cards are often strong power for low cost, offering survivability and regeneration, and focus on creatures more than spells. Their spells tend to focus on enhancing their creatures and creating smaller creatures, but lack many ways to counter abilities or spells from other colors. Multi-ColorThese are rarer cards that rely on multiple color mana, usually two, to be cast. They’re typically cards that represent both types of mana in some way and are often more powerful than single color cards. ColorlessThese are cards, that like their name sake, do not required any color mana.They’re useful as they can pull abilities from some other colors, but aren’t as effective. An Example, as where green doesn’t have a lot of good spell cards, colorless cards can help make for it by offering some mechanics or spells that Green doesn’t have access to. Cards in your hand can only be played via Mana, which you get from lands associated with your color of cards. IE, White card require white mana. Some cards require only a certain amount of colored mana, and then can use any other type of mana, which leads to great uses of other color mana. IE, a white card might require 1 white mana and 1 colorless mana, so you could use a black mana instead of white to play it. A basic concept in Magic is Tapping and Untapping. Essentially, anything that would stay on the battle field becomes tapped upon use. Tapped creatures, lands, or abilities can’t be used again once tapped. It can’t be untapped until the start of your turn, or by some special effect cards that allow you to untap it. The act of tapping a card is by placing it sideways on the battle field. One of the major features of Magic the Gathering is keywords. While some cards have unique mechanics, these Keywords are common mechanics that can also be found on other cards, in order to not have to repeat it constantly. Some might include:• Flying – which can only be attacked by spells and other flying creatures• Reach – which means you can attack flying creatures• Trample – any extra damage done over the health of a creature is done to the player instead• Lifelink – when you do damage, you gain life equal to that damage.• Menace – Means two cards have to block itThese mechanics are introduced in new expansions frequently, but some are also taken out during this period. Some are retired all together based on the current rules or expansion. Over the years, Magic the Gathering has created several different types of formats for its card game. While play is traditionally always the same set of turns being taken, different formats include different ways you create your Libraries or what you can have in them. Some formats include how many players can play and in certain ways. Some formats include:• Constructed – The most basic format where you build a deck based off current rules and allowed cards. • Limited – Similar to constructed, but you are limited to what you have on hand rather than all available cards. Limited includes two popular formats:o Sealed – Where you are limited to only 6 booster decks that you receive and must make a deck out of them.o Draft – Where 8 people take turns picking cards from a booster pack and pass it along to the next. A very popular format between friends and small tournaments. • Two Header Giant – A 2 on 2 match where each teams shares life totals.• Casual – These are less strict formats that offer a more wide way to play. Popular in this format is Commander, where you have a semi-permanent card that you can have on the battlefield at all times. Why Fun?Beyond playing for the sake of playing, a lot of magic is played because it offers challenges related to strategy and tactics. While no card is perfect, it forces people to plan ahead of time and focus on different strategies in their games. Do they go for a quick win, a game where they stop anything from happening, maybe they force their enemy to over draw cards, or perhaps it’s about getting bit creatures out to do big damage. Forcing you to plan can help open up ways of learning and make you smarter overall. The game itself is a very social game, as there is very few ways to enjoy the game outside of interacting with others. A wide variety of formats allows lots of different types of play and complexity, giving players plenty of choices in how to enjoy their content. Magic the Gathering has an amazing community too. Beyond the company’s major Tournaments and MagicFest conventions, they support a wide collection of smaller stores throughout the world with product and promotions. A majority of cards purchased can be found in comicbook or gaming stores, with many holding their own smaller tournaments and events. Friday Nights is a campaign by Wizards of the Coast to support local game store by offering magic tournaments and gathering on Friday Nights. The community has a very active secondary market as well, with local game shops buying and selling individual cards, along with accessories. Online has seen a big boost to players trying to find certain cards for their decks. A huge market of accessories, collectables, books, and more have been created over the years, so it’s guaranteed that most people will rarely see a second of anything in the wild. Art for Magic the Gathering are all individually painted and created, leading to hundreds of artists over the years painting works of art for the game. Prints of card’s art can be quite collector’s items alone. The community has also a great collection of online personality, who namely create content in the form of playing and even discussing the game. There are even communities of creators that make parody of the game, leading to their own online success over the years. With advent of Magic the Gathering Arena, a free online game version of the card game, it allows all sorts of people to give the game a try. The game spent nearly ten years of algorithms and testing before it could create NPC(Non-player Character) or BOT that could play against people legitimately, factoring in tactics, strategy, and cards drawn. The game is great because it allows people who can’t visit game stores, or don’t have one in their area, it allows them the chance to play against real people online. New features are being added all the time, so custom game types may one day be allowed on there, or atleast Draft might come about. Recently announced, a Netflix series will be created based on the popular card game
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This week on Stream Key: After Dark...Hosts SnoopHogTV and MissFatalKisses discuss new streamer support systems coming to Fortnite and PUBG, how to handle co-streaming, what it's like to experience front-page time on Twitch, and many more caller questions!Live every Wednesday night at 9:30pm PST / 12:30am EST (Thurs morning).Are you an affiliate on Twitch?Join our TRUaffiliate program to get podcast opportunities, commission, event invites, and more as a streamer!http://bit.ly/streamkeyJoin the show community! Twitter - https://twitter.com/stream_key Discord - https://discord.gg/5W39sjRConnect with SnoopHog! Twitch - https://twitch.tv/SnoopHogTVTwitter - https://twitter.com/SnoopHogTVConnect with MissFatalKisses! Twitch - https://twitch.tv/MissFatalKissesTwitter - https://twitter.com/MissFatalKissesConnect with TRUgaming! Twitch - https://twitch.tv/trugaming Twitter - https://twitter.com/trugamingllc Discord - https://discord.gg/trugaming Website - https://trugaming.com Connect with GreenChord! Twitch - https://twitch.tv/greenchord Twitter - https://twitter.com/greenchord_Instagram - https://instagram.com/greenchord_ #twitch #streamkey #twitchgrowth #twitchstreaming #twitch.tv #fornite #streaming #streamer #twitchtv #streams #growth #twitchtalk
This week on Stream Key: After Dark...Hosts SnoopHogTV and MissFatalKisses discuss new streamer support systems coming to Fortnite and PUBG, how to handle co-streaming, what it's like to experience front-page time on Twitch, and many more caller questions!Live every Wednesday night at 9:30pm PST / 12:30am EST (Thurs morning).Are you an affiliate on Twitch?Join our TRUaffiliate program to get podcast opportunities, commission, event invites, and more as a streamer!http://bit.ly/streamkeyJoin the show community! Twitter - https://twitter.com/stream_key Discord - https://discord.gg/5W39sjRConnect with SnoopHog! Twitch - https://twitch.tv/SnoopHogTVTwitter - https://twitter.com/SnoopHogTVConnect with MissFatalKisses! Twitch - https://twitch.tv/MissFatalKissesTwitter - https://twitter.com/MissFatalKissesConnect with TRUgaming! Twitch - https://twitch.tv/trugaming Twitter - https://twitter.com/trugamingllc Discord - https://discord.gg/trugaming Website - https://trugaming.com Connect with GreenChord! Twitch - https://twitch.tv/greenchord Twitter - https://twitter.com/greenchord_Instagram - https://instagram.com/greenchord_ #twitch #streamkey #twitchgrowth #twitchstreaming #twitch.tv #fornite #streaming #streamer #twitchtv #streams #growth #twitchtalk
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, the popularity of video games like Fortnite and PUBG has exploded over the past year. Is it possible to take what we learned from these games and apply it to running a business? You bet your sweet ass it’s possible, so enjoy this ridiculous episode of The Six Figure Home Studio Podcast. For full show notes, go to www.thesixfigurehomestudio.com/39 If you want to suggest a guest, an idea for the podcast, or you have some general feedback, then you can submit that via email to podcast@thesixfigurehomestudio.com
Welcome to episode 8 of the L.A.N Party Podcast! This week we talk about Cosplays that are cosplayed-out, Fortnite adding some new items into the mix and in-game "Promposals", PUBG's Red Zone issues get addressed by the creator, an unlikely crossover of He-Man and Injustice, Zelda BOTW easter egg discovered a year after its debut, and a disucussion about the hit anime/manga Erased(2016)
PUBG is suing Fortnite, Sesame Street tried suing some other movie thing- What's going on? We're not qualified to give legal advise, but we'll walk you through these and a bunch more on the 8th episode of the Weekly Show.
In this episode, we make the crucial mistake of asking: "Why do we play videogames?" It's clearly not for competent social commentary, as Detroit: Become Human shows us. It's not necessarily for compelling experiences, as House Flipper shows us. And it might not necessarily be to choose-our-own adventures, as The Witcher 3 shows us. Join us in BAD END 26 as we wrestle with (and ultimately fail to) come to terms with all these questions and more. 2:30 - House Flipper 16:35 - Detroit: Become Human 42:35 - Fortnite / PUBG reader mail 57:37 - The Witcher 3 reader mail Intro/Outro music is TABOO by Seiho Break music is 3 31 from the Persona 3 OST
Does Call of Duty Black Ops 4 point to the beginning of the end of single-player campaigns in AAA gaming? Games editor Rishi Alwani and friend of the podcast Mikhail Madnani join host Pranay Parab to discuss. Call of Duty Black Ops 4 reveal (0:45) What we know now Thoughts on gameplay ‘Boots on ground’ - does it work? Multiplayer thoughts No single-player campaign (5:00) How Treyarch justified this decision Does Call of Duty need single-player? Why Activision is pushing a multiplayer game Titanfall 2 Doom Our theory on the missing single-player campaign Where do you go for a good single-player experience? If Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Doesn’t Have a Single-Player Campaign It Shouldn't Cost $60, But It Probably Will Anyway Editions and season pass (9:05) Physical copy details Zombies pass? Blackout mode (battle royale) Battle.net exclusivity (14:40) Pricing errors in India Should it have been on Steam? Should you pre-order? Battlefield V (16:25) Release date? Single-player campaign Battle royale mode Multiplayer Games we’ve been playing this week (18:56) Mass Effect: Andromeda Overwatch Dark Souls Remastered Stardew Valley Detroit: Become Human Music: Popular Potpourri and Path Complete from PPPPPP by Magnus “Souleye” Pålsson.
In our thirty-ninth episode we discuss our most memorable release day stories! Late nights, faking sick, and shipment mishaps - we share our favorite day one memories! What we've been playing (0:01:05) - Snipperclips - Monster Hunter: World - The Swords of Ditto - God of War Main Topic (0:21:27) - Game / Console Release Stories News Bytes (0:52:18) Shooter Roundup (1:07:00) - Destiny 2 - Fortnite - PUBG
On today's issue of Comicast the guys are discussing the fallout from the cancellation of FX's animated Deadpool series and how Donald Glover was not happy with the cancellation. Plus the guys discuss Fox delaying X-Men: Dark Phoenix and New Mutants for a very long time, more info regarding Avengers: Infinity War, news regarding season 3 of Stranger Things, Marvel Comics, Dragon Ball Super, and mobile gaming specifically Fortnite Mobile and PUBG Mobile.
In the week’s episode: the Cambridge Analytica debacle, Elon’s had enough — #DeleteFacebook, the Fortnite/PUBG battle rages on with mobile, is a new Atari needed, Vive Pro debuts with pro-pricing, and we debate the outlook of our driver-less future.
In the week’s episode: the Cambridge Analytica debacle, Elon’s had enough — #DeleteFacebook, the Fortnite/PUBG battle rages on with mobile, is a new Atari needed, Vive Pro debuts with pro-pricing, and we debate the outlook of our driver-less future.
149: Fortnite, PUBG, And Deus Ex This week brings us a new guest, Derek, as Gary's flight ends up being delayed. And like the good hosts we are, we let him go first. Fortnite is on his mind and he let's us know what he thinks of the game compared to PUBG. After that, he's got Breath of the Wild. It's pretty much his first Zelda game. Very interesting. Following that is Stephen, and speaking of Zelda he's still going through Ocarina of Time 3D on the 3DS. It's not too bad of a remaster, but one I think he wants to see on the Switch. Lastly, Anthony, and he's got Deus Ex. One thing's for sure, Justin's Adam Jensen voice was spot on. We got a surprise mini Nintendo Direct, and we go through all the announces in it, but not before we talk about all the other news that happened in the week. The Drunken News Valve Backs Out Of $1 Million Dota 2 Tournament Due To Drug Testing Requirement Rumor: Fable 4 is Being Developed by UK Studio Mad Catz Returns Following Bankruptcy All The New Switch Games Revealed During The Nintendo Direct January 2018 PUBG players respond to BP apology with demand for Chinese region lock over cheating Nintendo Switch hacked, opening door for homebrew games (and pirates) Boise-made "Harambe Kong" video game has some calling foul Switch Fastest Selling Game System Ever In United States Extras Creep us on Facebook Stalk us on Twitter Watch us on YouTube Or throw us that review on iTunes or Stitcher Questions, comments, concerns? E-mail us: brian@pxlpts.com And be sure to check out what we're doing at our website: Pixelated Points Theme music: 'My Lady Carey's Dompe' performed by Jon Sayles
Fortnite announces a Battle Royale mode and PUBG threatens legal action, The Witness comes to iOS, and Jeff answers a question about Divinity Original Sin 2 and couch co-op