Internet comedian Francis, who by now has his nerd shtick almost perfected, leaves his webcam and bedroom behind and takes to the streets for a Magic Card tournament.
I hate opening stories with this kind of caveat, but here goes…
I don’t know very much about Magic: The Gathering, I’ve never played it and I’m sure, if I tried, I would totally suck. There are, however, people who are awesome at Magic: The Gathering, and some of them live in Australia. Therefore having an international Magic: The Gathering Grand Prix event in Melbourne would make sense wouldn’t it? Yes, it would. And that’s why it’s happening!
How It’s Made is a TV program that shows us how common, everyday items like footballs and musical instruments go from raw materials to the finished product.
There will come a point, some day in the future, when the lines between card games, tabletop games, board games and video games blur so much the difference becomes irrelevant.
They don’t seem that familiar aside from the fact they’re printed on cards, and they were never really competition, either, but in October 2003 that didn’t stop the companies behind Magic Cards and Pokémon battling somewhere other than the tabletop or the schoolyard.