Getting schooled in cards

Nov. 1, 2010   Leave a Comment  

Blake Eastman holding court (Courtesy of School of Cards)

School of Cards, the first brick and mortar poker school in the country

Upper Deck also loses NFL license

April 7, 2010   Leave a Comment  

Months after losing its Major League Baseball, and only weeks after settling a lawsuit by MLB for allegedly illegally using its trademarks anyway, news has broken that the National Football League will not renew Upper Deck’s licensing agreement. This means no more (official) baseball or football cards from UD. Upper Deck released the following statement: [...]

Reel Deal Card Games ’09

Oct. 29, 2008   Leave a Comment  

I’ve been in a pissy mood lately when it comes to card games, but I’m being nice here. Kinda.

World Championship Cards is a flop

Sept. 30, 2008   Leave a Comment  

You would think with all the hundreds of examples out there on virtually every platform that it would be impossible to screw up something like video game CARDS … right?

EA’s Solitaire For Dummies launches, now give me $20

Sept. 10, 2008   Leave a Comment  

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Oh Jesus Christ. Okay, folks. We’ve been very, very nice to Electronic Arts lately, particularly giving them high marks for their E3 lineup, but this is just off. Electronic Arts’ Casual Entertainment Label announced the release of Solitaire For Dummies, the second “For Dummies” game themed on the popular books. The game, available on Pogo.com, [...]

A provocative new e-greeting

Dec. 25, 2007   Leave a Comment  

With current tech trends, your inbox may be full of them right now. E-cards, carrying messages of “Happy Holidays,” “Happy Birthday,” “I’m Sorry,” and various stages of romance flood e-mail accounts with cute, fuzzy, make-your-insides-warm images and songs. And, truth be told, they’re usually deleted after the minute it takes to watch them. I’m guilty [...]