Grip.Cards

Returning to More Frequent Updates

I was pulled away by the twin forces of a demanding day job and a lot of infrastructure work to let me be a lot more casual in posting these updates. Both forces are waning just a little bit: site work is done and the job is relenting a little bit. So, hopefully, more frequent updates are coming as well.

One thing that just debuted with the site work is the new set of Community Assets. During the weekend, I also added the existing MtG format iconography that was used on GRIND.EVENTS and the new Netrunner format iconography to that page, which you can download as-is or query programmatically if that’s your jam.

The hope is to not flood your feeds. 1-3 links a day will be all, plus the occasional announcement. And, hopefully: not links about minutiae or about things you would hear about anyway; I will not note about absolute weirdness like cards selling for six figures, but I will absolutely link to pieces that talk about the phenomenon of cards selling for six figures, for example. Dots don’t make a line.

Null Signal Games Recruiting a New Lead Designer

From nullsignal.games

After the lead designer had to leave the position for a full-time job, Null Signal is looking to recruit a new lead.

March of the Machine Aftermath Story — “She Who Breaks the World”

From magic.wizards.com

Hate that a game that gives me such grief dared to have its story make me cry.

Beginner Guide for Runeterra

From youtube.com

As a gal who likes going into a game, making an account, and then finding time to play it perhaps months or years later, Runeterra doesn’t let you get a lot of context back, and doesn’t have a ready explanation of its modes once you go back — especially now that they’re landing the concept of formats into the game. I was happy to find a video that helped make sense of it again.

GRIP.CARDS Community Assets

From grip.cards

Starting today, GRIP.CARDS hosts community assets — things that I made to help myself play at a game, but that can also be more useful at large. This first release has easy Netrunner proxy stickers for staple cards!

WotC hires Pinkertons to intimidate content creator, recover leaked product

From polygon.com

Jesus Christ. Pinkertons?!?