However, the recent release of Duel of the Planeswalkers is different enough to warrant a mention. For starters, it's an Xbox 360 title, and as I tend to prefer consoles to PC gaming, that's already a good thing. Secondly, it's available via the Xbox Live Marketplace (800 points), so don't go run to your local game store looking for it. Most importantly however, this much simpler release of Magic: the Gathering (because that's still what it is) is being described as a really good way to learn what this "cardboard crack" phenomenon is all about. Granted, a good friend who plays--possessed of patience and good verbal skills--is always the best way to learn to play any game, but if you don't have such friends, you lack a means to learn. This apparently is the way to go, as it has a robust single-player experience. It doesn't throw thousands of cards at you and leave you confused, rather it seems to go the route of pre-constructed themed decks, with other unlockables, so is good for easing yourself in, with an apparently well-done tutorial.
So, check it out. As for the relevance to yours truly, the game reprints a number of cards from various releases, and I believe two of my illustrations appear in the game, some classic ones at that. Giant Spider (originally published in Portal [1997], reprinted a few times since) and the perennial favorite Soul Warden (originally printed in Exodus[1998], reprinted many times since) feature in the game. Expansions are promised, but I'm not sure I'll be able to keep up with them for future notices.
Is it weird to refer to such illustrations as "classics?" I mean, each is over a decade old now, after all. In modern terms, that's positively ancient. I swear, I'm not a day over 60!
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