http://www.orbofinsight.com/ Orb of Insight en Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:54:00 GMT Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:54:00 GMT info@orbofinsight.com info@orbofinsight.com http://www.orbofinsight.com/different-strokes/ Bioware's writing director Daniel Erickson demonstrated everything wrong with the gaming community when he declared that Final Fantasy 13 "is not an RPG." At some point between your third and... http://www.orbofinsight.com/different-strokes/#comments http://www.orbofinsight.com/different-strokes/ Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:54:00 GMT http://www.orbofinsight.com/interlude-how-to-save-the-tournament-scene/ If I may divert from the usual style of topic for a moment, I'd like to talk briefly about tournaments. Y'know, those things I swore off a few months ago... http://www.orbofinsight.com/interlude-how-to-save-the-tournament-scene/#comments http://www.orbofinsight.com/interlude-how-to-save-the-tournament-scene/ Fri, 16 Jul 2010 01:21:00 GMT http://www.orbofinsight.com/always-coming-home/ What is the most significant card in Magic 2011? There are almost as many ways to answer this question as there are Magic websites. Remember that new sets have generally... http://www.orbofinsight.com/always-coming-home/#comments http://www.orbofinsight.com/always-coming-home/ Thu, 08 Jul 2010 07:46:00 GMT http://www.orbofinsight.com/underworld-dreaming/ If you look at the cards revealed so far for Magic 2011, there are a couple of interesting choices by the designers and creative team. In past core sets, the... http://www.orbofinsight.com/underworld-dreaming/#comments http://www.orbofinsight.com/underworld-dreaming/ Tue, 29 Jun 2010 03:29:00 GMT http://www.orbofinsight.com/portal-to-the-future/ I picked up one of each of the Archenemy theme decks last week. The two coolest things about it for me were the oversized scheme cards, and the basic land... http://www.orbofinsight.com/portal-to-the-future/#comments http://www.orbofinsight.com/portal-to-the-future/ Mon, 21 Jun 2010 06:20:00 GMT http://www.orbofinsight.com/the-long-and-dusty-road/ Once I had the strength but no wisdom; now I have the wisdom but no strength. -- Persian proverb Motion, by necessity, involves a change in perspective. -- from Sid... http://www.orbofinsight.com/the-long-and-dusty-road/#comments http://www.orbofinsight.com/the-long-and-dusty-road/ Sat, 12 Jun 2010 02:57:00 GMT http://www.orbofinsight.com/not-much-sense-part-3/ Everything you think you know, baby, is wrong, And everything you think you had, baby, is gone. -- Garbage, "All Over but the Crying" Check out part 1 and part... http://www.orbofinsight.com/not-much-sense-part-3/#comments http://www.orbofinsight.com/not-much-sense-part-3/ Wed, 02 Jun 2010 04:31:00 GMT http://www.orbofinsight.com/myth-remembered/ We've had a couple of blocks worth of rarer-than-rare mythic planeswalkers, maelstroms, and dragon riders, and the analyses and retrospectives are going up all over the place. Every angle has... http://www.orbofinsight.com/myth-remembered/#comments http://www.orbofinsight.com/myth-remembered/ Thu, 27 May 2010 05:46:00 GMT http://www.orbofinsight.com/not-much-sense-part-2/ It was long ago and far away, The world was younger than today, And dreams were all they gave for free To ugly duckling girls like me. -- Janis Ian... http://www.orbofinsight.com/not-much-sense-part-2/#comments http://www.orbofinsight.com/not-much-sense-part-2/ Tue, 18 May 2010 06:59:00 GMT http://www.orbofinsight.com/tis-distance-lends-enchantment/ You know what piece of stupid Magic jargon I haven't heard for a long time? "Fail duals." Granted, that was at the tail end of the multicolor-friendly Lorwyn-Shadowmoor environment, and... http://www.orbofinsight.com/tis-distance-lends-enchantment/#comments http://www.orbofinsight.com/tis-distance-lends-enchantment/ Mon, 10 May 2010 06:49:00 GMT http://www.orbofinsight.com/not-much-sense-part-1/ I've looked at clouds from both sides now, From up and down, and still somehow It's clouds' illusions I recall. I really don't know clouds at all. -- Judy Collins... http://www.orbofinsight.com/not-much-sense-part-1/#comments http://www.orbofinsight.com/not-much-sense-part-1/ Thu, 06 May 2010 07:09:00 GMT http://www.orbofinsight.com/four-of-the-best/ This is what Hymn to Tourach looks like. So is this. And this. And this. Randomly replacing cards in boosters, especially common cards, with an alternate-art version is one of... http://www.orbofinsight.com/four-of-the-best/#comments http://www.orbofinsight.com/four-of-the-best/ Tue, 27 Apr 2010 07:51:00 GMT http://www.orbofinsight.com/retrospectives-part-5-judgment/ Magic is on the eve of another brave new world, which brings a great deal of promise and opportunity, but, in all likelihood, a lot of things we'll consider mistakes... http://www.orbofinsight.com/retrospectives-part-5-judgment/#comments http://www.orbofinsight.com/retrospectives-part-5-judgment/ Wed, 14 Apr 2010 02:07:00 GMT http://www.orbofinsight.com/the-world-is-still-hollow/ "Are you telling me you don't know what this means?" -- Grant Morrison, The Invisible Kingdom Some Magic cards reward you for being clever, and seeing what other cards they... http://www.orbofinsight.com/the-world-is-still-hollow/#comments http://www.orbofinsight.com/the-world-is-still-hollow/ Wed, 31 Mar 2010 03:32:00 GMT http://www.orbofinsight.com/beyond-the-borders/ "It is the barless cage. It is the clarion voice, chanting for all worlds." -- Sarkhan Vol, in Awakenings, Part 2 I've seen this guy before. I don't mean that... http://www.orbofinsight.com/beyond-the-borders/#comments http://www.orbofinsight.com/beyond-the-borders/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:19:00 GMT