http://www.orbofinsight.com/ The most pro-casual Magic: the Gathering blog on the internet since 2008! en Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:08:00 GMT Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:08:00 GMT info@orbofinsight.com info@orbofinsight.com http://www.orbofinsight.com/the-currents-of-cyberspace/ For in much wisdom is much grief; and he who increaseth knowledge, increaseth sorrow. -- Ecclesiastes 1:18 Here on the internet, we devote a lot of time to "improving" Magic... http://www.orbofinsight.com/the-currents-of-cyberspace/#comments http://www.orbofinsight.com/the-currents-of-cyberspace/ Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:08:00 GMT http://www.orbofinsight.com/the-fifth-age/ Strength will be right and reverence will cease to be; and the wicked will hurt the worthy man, speaking false words against him, and will swear an oath upon them... http://www.orbofinsight.com/the-fifth-age/#comments http://www.orbofinsight.com/the-fifth-age/ Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:15:00 GMT http://www.orbofinsight.com/never-the-twain-shall-meet/ Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own. -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe There are a number of things I'll be interested to see regarding Planechase... http://www.orbofinsight.com/never-the-twain-shall-meet/#comments http://www.orbofinsight.com/never-the-twain-shall-meet/ Fri, 06 Jan 2012 06:45:00 GMT http://www.orbofinsight.com/a-new-leaf/ Observations not only disturb what is to be measured, they produce it. -- Pascual Jordan Most areas of gaming have what you might call "vintage enthusiasts." There are still people... http://www.orbofinsight.com/a-new-leaf/#comments http://www.orbofinsight.com/a-new-leaf/ Thu, 22 Dec 2011 01:32:00 GMT http://www.orbofinsight.com/memory-lane/ You left heaven waiting down the Dixie road. -- Lee Greenwood Long before Gatherer existed, the responsibility for maintaining online lists of Magic cards belonged to private individuals. There was... http://www.orbofinsight.com/memory-lane/#comments http://www.orbofinsight.com/memory-lane/ Sun, 11 Dec 2011 00:47:00 GMT http://www.orbofinsight.com/hit-the-wall/ "People who complain about tourneyf#*s to me are like the f$%^ing idiots who want to play sports with their friends, but suck at it, so they bitch and complain until... http://www.orbofinsight.com/hit-the-wall/#comments http://www.orbofinsight.com/hit-the-wall/ Fri, 02 Dec 2011 00:11:00 GMT http://www.orbofinsight.com/change-of-heart/ "We really try to give you a big vast world to play in. Be who you want. Do what you want. We don't know what you are doing to do... http://www.orbofinsight.com/change-of-heart/#comments http://www.orbofinsight.com/change-of-heart/ Fri, 25 Nov 2011 06:27:00 GMT http://www.orbofinsight.com/blinded-by-the-light/ "I haven't committed a crime. What I did was fail to comply with the law." -- David Dinkins, former mayor of New York City Why exactly is Grand Abolisher a... http://www.orbofinsight.com/blinded-by-the-light/#comments http://www.orbofinsight.com/blinded-by-the-light/ Thu, 10 Nov 2011 01:37:00 GMT http://www.orbofinsight.com/ebony-and-ivory/ What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. -- Thomas Paine As I was reading about the Twitter user... http://www.orbofinsight.com/ebony-and-ivory/#comments http://www.orbofinsight.com/ebony-and-ivory/ Fri, 28 Oct 2011 23:31:00 GMT http://www.orbofinsight.com/under-the-hood/ "What is going on inside your head, Wayne? Bah! He's gone! Just a twisted shell of a man." -- The Scarecrow, in Batman: Arkham Asylum There's a very interesting article... http://www.orbofinsight.com/under-the-hood/#comments http://www.orbofinsight.com/under-the-hood/ Mon, 17 Oct 2011 06:13:00 GMT http://www.orbofinsight.com/retrospectives-part-10-time-spiral/ Two and two are four. Sometimes, Winston. Sometimes they are five. Sometimes they are three. Sometimes they are all of them at once. You must try harder. It is not... http://www.orbofinsight.com/retrospectives-part-10-time-spiral/#comments http://www.orbofinsight.com/retrospectives-part-10-time-spiral/ Mon, 10 Oct 2011 23:55:00 GMT http://www.orbofinsight.com/the-headless-horseman-must-not-be-forgotten/ Sorry for spamming up the joint, everybody, but today I got in on a new letter-writing campaign which I thought I'd share. Leaving the Headless Horseman out of Innistrad really... http://www.orbofinsight.com/the-headless-horseman-must-not-be-forgotten/#comments http://www.orbofinsight.com/the-headless-horseman-must-not-be-forgotten/ Mon, 03 Oct 2011 23:46:00 GMT http://www.orbofinsight.com/last-chance/ You may leave here for four days in space, But when you return, it's the same old place. -- Barry McGuire, "Eve of Destruction" For a Magic expansion that was... http://www.orbofinsight.com/last-chance/#comments http://www.orbofinsight.com/last-chance/ Sun, 02 Oct 2011 23:28:00 GMT http://www.orbofinsight.com/the-endless-road/ "Better to be content in this life, than to aspire to it in the next." -- Ezio Auditore, in Assassin's Creed 2 Ever since that "balance is not as important... http://www.orbofinsight.com/the-endless-road/#comments http://www.orbofinsight.com/the-endless-road/ Wed, 21 Sep 2011 23:38:00 GMT http://www.orbofinsight.com/the-long-ladder/ This town deserves a better class of criminals. -- from The Dark Knight, 2008 According to the new Planeswalker Points system, I'm in the rank named "Guildmage." I think that's... http://www.orbofinsight.com/the-long-ladder/#comments http://www.orbofinsight.com/the-long-ladder/ Sun, 11 Sep 2011 02:42:00 GMT