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Magic Article in Hemispheres
by Bill Stark | posted at 2010-02-13 13:49:00
tagged: MTG, Magic, Magic the Gathering, BDM, United Airlines, UA, Brian David-Marshall, Marijn Lybaert, Hemispheres
Frequent fliers of United Airlines will find a familiar name and article subject in this month's issue of the in-flight magazine, "Hemispheres." It seems a writer for the publication put together a piece about Magic at the World Championships in Italy. The article prominently stars Belgium's Marijn Lybaert. It's pretty hilarious to see a familiar face and friend published in a familiar article (I do a lot of flying with United), but as usual the writer gets Magic laughably wrong. Check out this gem of a quote:
"For many people, Magic cards are—along with Sailor Moon, EverQuest and Jolt Cola—part of a pantheon of departed 1990s adolescent geekery."
It's hard to buy that after the best year ever for the game (better than any year in, say, the 1990s), a big player in the bottom line of the second largest toy company in the world (Hasbro).
Still, congrats to Marijn for getting some notice in a mainstream publication. And thanks to Brian David-Marshall for posting about it on Facebook (you can follow BDM on Twitter at Twitter.com/Top8Games).
Read the full article on the web here.
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Bill Stark is the founder and editor-in-chief of TheStarkingtonPost.com. He began playing Magic in 1995 after being introduced to the game by his brother. Since then he has competed at all levels of play including the JSS, Grand Prix, Nationals, and Pro Tour. In addition to his career as a pro, Bill began writing about the game early on for TheDojo.com, the first website dedicated to Magic. Since then he has written and edited for nearly every major Magic website on the web. In 2007 he began work as an official coverage reporter for Wizards of the Coast, flying to Grand Prixs, Nationals, and World Championships to record the events happening at each. He was also hired for six months as an R&D intern at Wizards where he worked on the redesign for DailyMTG.com as well as helping to develop multiple Magic sets. After leaving Wizards, he started TheStarkingtonPost.com to utilize his many contacts in the industry to provide a better information solution for fans of TCGs, gaming, and Magic: The Gathering.