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Magic on Penny Arcade
by Bill Stark | posted at 2010-02-05 13:35:00
tagged: MTG, Magic, Magic the Gathering, Penny Arcade, Gabe, PAX, Tycho, Chris Crile
The irrepressible Gabe and Tycho at Penny Arcade riffed on Magic a bit today. Normally fans of the WoW TCG, Tycho posted the following in a blog entitled "Appocalypse":
"I went back to the kitchen yesterday to grab a drink, and hearing the rasp of tearing foil in the next room wandered in to determine its source. Kiko and Gabriel looked up from the table, then, Magic cards spread from hell to breakfast, starter boxes split with the fury of their opening, a mixture of guilt and fear percolating up their faces. They were orchestrating some kind of card draft, frenzied and immediate, like they were bagging a huge mountain of coke in some halogen flooded sub-basement.
I assumed the unmistakable eyebrow crinkle/lip configuration that was like, "Magic, guys? Seriously?"
But Magic it was. They started with Pokemon, ironically I think, moving on to harder stuff like the WoW TCG, ever skirting the form's coiled All-Father. They are engaged in a perilous sort of business, here, but they'll never know it; not 'til ten years hence, looking into their own hollow eyes in the bathroom mirror, trying to scrub tiny flecks of foil which will not come off."
Penny Arcade began as a web comic and uniquely tapped into gaming and nerd culture. Since then it has expanded into a veritable nerd empire, hosting the annual PAX, short for "Penny Arcade Expo." The event has grown dramatically over its half decade of existence, and nearly rivals Gen Con in size. At this year's event in Seattle, a special party was hosted by Wizards of the Coast, who used the opportunity to debut numerous cards from Zendikar.
(Thanks to Chris Crile on email for the tip on this story).
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Bill Stark is the founder and editor-in-chief of TheStarkingtonPost.com. He began playing Magic in 1995 after being introduced to the game by his brother. Since then he has competed at all levels of play including the JSS, Grand Prix, Nationals, and Pro Tour. In addition to his career as a pro, Bill began writing about the game early on for TheDojo.com, the first website dedicated to Magic. Since then he has written and edited for nearly every major Magic website on the web. In 2007 he began work as an official coverage reporter for Wizards of the Coast, flying to Grand Prixs, Nationals, and World Championships to record the events happening at each. He was also hired for six months as an R&D intern at Wizards where he worked on the redesign for DailyMTG.com as well as helping to develop multiple Magic sets. After leaving Wizards, he started TheStarkingtonPost.com to utilize his many contacts in the industry to provide a better information solution for fans of TCGs, gaming, and Magic: The Gathering.