Mtg: Cube-laborative
I’ve been compiling and trading cards for my Magic the Gathering cube for years. This is an atypical project for me, because it requires evaluation skills, financial planning, and commitment to a...
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My daughter is not much for gaming. She takes after her mother more in that regard. I’ve let her watch me play games in the past, but she doesn’t often want to play games with me other than Lego Marvel...
View ArticleMoney for…time and electricity?
I’ve been playing Team Fortress 2 since a coworker started installing it on the computers in the office. This has been a drain on my free time. I really shouldn’t get involved in something as brain...
View ArticlePushed
Over the weekend, after I totally fried my brain on my paper, I sent out a call for people who wanted to play Magic the Gathering and my Cube. It turns out there were games going on that afternoon that...
View ArticleProject M for Awesome
I was scrolling through Twitch waiting for some Magic the Gathering tournaments to begin live, and my daughter saw the logo for Super Smash Brothers. While we have the Wii set up in the house, we use...
View ArticleThe great sort
One of my friends I play Magic: The Gathering with is a judge. This means that when he participates in tournaments or goes to seminars about a game, he is eligible for special perks. These used to...
View ArticleA lost race turned towards a profit…?
I had an unhealthy obsession with the game “Race for the Galaxy” a few years ago. It’s an extremely deep game I really enjoy playing, but the steep curve when learning means that you need people...
View ArticlePrioritization
I’ve been busy for the past few weeks, and I’ve been reexamining how I want to spend my time when I am not working. A few days ago I submitted my final version of my dissertation. It weighed in at a...
View ArticleCarcassone, a winning experience.
My wife and I have been trying to entertain our children for weeks while my daughter is out of school. We’ve been trying to keep the kids busy without just putting them in front of a screen all day....
View ArticleMagic: Drive to Work Podcast/ Critical Curriculum Design Concepts
I’ve been a subscriber to the Maro “Drive to Work” podcast ever since I started designing my cube using my collection of Magic: The Gathering cards. Mark Rosewater is a game designer with tons of...
View ArticlePuca’d
When I first signed up years ago, Pucatrade required a trade on good faith before you could get “puca” points to receive cards. These points are an intermediary step so that you can aggregate lots of...
View ArticlePucatrade & Deflation pressures
The last post extolled the virtues of Pucatrade as a medium of exchange, however I’ve read some economic analysis about their site that has tempered my enthusiasm about their particular service as a...
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