Maybe I’m just not into comics enough, but the superhero world has become so convoluted, so ridiculous, that I have no idea what is going on.
How many times has each of the X-men died? And don’t you dare ask me in which universe, or I will pour grape juice on your comic collection!
I liked being able to pick up a hulk comic and have it be the same story as the other hulk comics, not three different universes all battling each other for shock value supremacy.
I yearn for the simple days of hulk smash and baterangs, when superheroes where what they were supposed to be, stories about caped crusaders saving the world from the bad guy.
I’m not saying that we shouldn’t come up with new and different plotlines and drama, I am just worried that they just killed off captain America, and I am not very concerned.
OK, so I cried a little.
Just a little.
But we all know he won’t stay dead. That’s the kicker. Comics are more than soap opera’s for men right?
The past needs to stay as you wrote it, comic book writers, so plan ahead. And stop killing characters and bringing them back! It’s like a necromancers bad dream.
Please, just think of the poor necromancers.
Sunday, October 14, 2007
Sunday, October 7, 2007
That New Card Smell
Magic the Gathering is the undisputed king of trading card games. It has one of the widest fan bases for a trading card game in America. They must know what they are doing right? Even the best can make mistakes however.
Now I haven’t bought Magic the Gathering cards for a long time. My friends started playing in tournaments, and I had a girlfriend that I liked to take out on dates, so I just couldn’t keep up with them financially. I stopped playing for about two years, though I have collected enough cards over the years. If I were to sell all of them, they could probably fund a third world country.
I just bought a Fate Blaster, Future Sight deck and I have to tell you, as a deck it rocks, but the new future sight cards are a 2d designers worst nightmare, or at least, that’s what I thought at first.
The Time Spiral cards were from the past, the Planar Chaos cards were from an alternate present, so the Future Sight cards are from the future. The time Spiral Cards were old cards with old framing, the Planar Chaos cards used the newer frame and the new Future Sight cards are framed different than any Magic card before. I see why they changed the frame but it doesn’t get the new frame completely off the hook.
The new frame isn’t as readable as the old one, the mana cost is on the left side instead of the top right, and the text boxes are all see through. The illustrations are beautiful, and when no text is needed to explain the card, the illustration fills up more of the card.
My biggest beef with the card is that the illustration is framed twice, once in an opaque eye shaped thing, and secondly with the translucent text boxes. It causes disruption in the flow of the card.
So Wizards of the Coast, I have one thing to say, I don’t mind the new card format right now. I only ask that you don’t put it in any more sets; let it die as the gimmick was intended.
Now I haven’t bought Magic the Gathering cards for a long time. My friends started playing in tournaments, and I had a girlfriend that I liked to take out on dates, so I just couldn’t keep up with them financially. I stopped playing for about two years, though I have collected enough cards over the years. If I were to sell all of them, they could probably fund a third world country.
I just bought a Fate Blaster, Future Sight deck and I have to tell you, as a deck it rocks, but the new future sight cards are a 2d designers worst nightmare, or at least, that’s what I thought at first.
The Time Spiral cards were from the past, the Planar Chaos cards were from an alternate present, so the Future Sight cards are from the future. The time Spiral Cards were old cards with old framing, the Planar Chaos cards used the newer frame and the new Future Sight cards are framed different than any Magic card before. I see why they changed the frame but it doesn’t get the new frame completely off the hook.
The new frame isn’t as readable as the old one, the mana cost is on the left side instead of the top right, and the text boxes are all see through. The illustrations are beautiful, and when no text is needed to explain the card, the illustration fills up more of the card.
My biggest beef with the card is that the illustration is framed twice, once in an opaque eye shaped thing, and secondly with the translucent text boxes. It causes disruption in the flow of the card.
So Wizards of the Coast, I have one thing to say, I don’t mind the new card format right now. I only ask that you don’t put it in any more sets; let it die as the gimmick was intended.
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