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Tempest was released in October of 1997 and it changed the game, or at least deck building and strategy in innumerable ways. It was the first set of the Rath Block, the name given to the Tempest block. Shadow and Buyback were two new rules added to the landscape of Magic: The Gathering from the set, while Phasing and Flanking were not present having, as it seemed, been contained to just the Mirage block.
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Weatherlight was released on June 6th, 1997 and introduced many new and reinvented uses for the graveyard. It was the last set of the Mirage Block and still expanded upon the themes of Mirage. Phasing and Flanking were expanded and many tribes grew as well; Djinns, Efreets, Elves, Goblins, Dwarves, Dragons, Clerics and Knights.
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Magic: The Gathering’s Fifth Edition was released March 31, 1997, with 429 cards, not including Basic Land and at its heart, Fifth Edition was very much an amalgamation of many different sets.
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Fan Festivals are like Comic Conventions, with a lesser emphasis on comic books themselves. So, I had a few expectations when I attended the 2014 Lehigh Valley Fan Festival this past weekend.
It exceeded my expectations, although I’m not sure if it was, in spite of or, because of it’s unique location in Allentown Brew Works; a multi-level brewery, restaurant, nightclub and event hall, all in one.
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A friend recently drew my attention to the IGN podcast discussing whether or not a new Metroid game would help or hurt the Wii U.
It’s an intriguing arguement that, if nothing else, attempts to balance ongoing criticism of Nintendo’s lagging Wii U sales with praise over what perhaps is the greatest trilogy of first-person shooters and certainly the history of one of the first female video game protagonists.
My quick answer? It cannot hurt.
That, however, comes with qualifications.