https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMq1PiUbf-M
 
unbelievable

 

Happy Halloweenk.
 

back down a couple of states My library had a 2001 edition Scrye magazine ccg price guide. It was a huge fucking book and it had both little jokey reviews/explanations and complete card lists with notes on card rarity, all from a wide selection of the most popular (Magic) and dumbest, most obscure games (?????? trash ccg that had "Firey Winds" and "Killer Sheep"). One game was all about ANTS and all the cards were the most disgusting red lineart over bright white, just awful. From this tome I also learned that the very earliest prototype Magic cards used Calvin and Hobbes art (turning into safe midair = Earthbind). I fully intend to go back to that library and nab that book for myself someday because it's not the sort of thing you can just order online, and it constituted many many lendings worth of gaming inspiration.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyJBSpJlIyc
 


Seems like this guy reviews a lot of obscure japanese games too. Channel is worth checking out.

back down a couple of states My library had a 2001 edition Scrye magazine ccg price guide. It was a huge fucking book and it had both little jokey reviews/explanations and complete card lists with notes on card rarity, all from a wide selection of the most popular (Magic) and dumbest, most obscure games (?????? trash ccg that had "Firey Winds" and "Killer Sheep"). One game was all about ANTS and all the cards were the most disgusting red lineart over bright white, just awful. From this tome I also learned that the very earliest prototype Magic cards used Calvin and Hobbes art (turning into safe midair = Earthbind). I fully intend to go back to that library and nab that book for myself someday because it's not the sort of thing you can just order online, and it constituted many many lendings worth of gaming inspiration.

http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=14097739151&searchurl=kn=Scrye%20price%20guide%202001
 
Some trivia from the author http://www.farawaypress.com/nonfiction/ccgguide.html

A report on Cybersoaps (an early attempt at internet advertising) 1996

http://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/11/business/media-business-advertising-with-soap-operas-now-web-what-s-next-j-r-ewing.html
 
Cybersoaps available today include:
 
*"Techno 3" (http://www.bluepearl.com/bluepearl), which follows three women controlled by a "ruthless cyberterrorist." The program does not carry advertising, but Zima, the malt beverage marketed by the Adolph Coors Company, sponsors its site.
 
*"The Spot" (http://www.thespot.com), which focuses on the hijinks of six 20-something friends renting a Santa Monica beach house, has carried advertising since January. Two employees of Rubin Postaer & Associates, the Santa Monica agency that handles the account of the show's first advertiser, the American Honda Motor Company, were written into one episode in January; they signed the contract for Honda on the hood of a Passport. "The Spot" is produced by American Cybercast, Marina del Rey, Calif., which is owned by the Grey Advertising unit Fattal & Collins and the Creative Artists Agency of Beverly Hills, Calif. The show's monthly advertising rate is $16,500.
 
*"The Squat" (theory.physics.missouri.edu/squat), a spoof of "The Spot" by four college students, is about "five hicks livin' in a trailer with a horse"; Integrated Online Designs of Albuquerque, N.M., will sponsor it shortly.
 
*"Ferndale" (http://www.ferndale.com), which concerns a fictional California therapy center, comes from Songline Studios, in Sebastopol, Calif. Songline, which is 20 percent owned by America Online, offers advertisers several options, including product placement in programming at $5,000 a month for 20 guaranteed mentions or $15,000 for 80, and standard banner ads at $20,000 a month.

One that still exists (as an archive): http:// www.theeastvillage.com