The more I dig into the metagame, the more article topics I find. This is by design, because that’s how research is supposed work. Every article is just the preface to the next, as I heard in graduate school. It’s usually…
How does one measure the unmeasurable? I’m not being facetious or rhetorical. That was an actual question. It’s something that analysts in many capacities must struggle with alongside quantifying the unquantifiable and persuading the unpersuadable. The struggle is very, very…
Being unable to play with your cards sucks. No one will dispute this. What is also unequivocally true is that cards need to be banned. Sometimes Wizards makes mistakes while making cards, and the likes of Oko, Thief of Crowns…
Nobody enjoys performance reviews. Even if they’re positive. There’s just something existentially distressing that comes with being assessed, aside from any professional implications stemming from said review. And they’re also frequently boring for everyone involved. (From personal experience.) However, they…
There’s a reason that stories tend to follow a certain structure. And similarly why studios seem to favor reboots and retreads over actually new movies. Humans are creatures of expectation and habit. We are used to certain things happening a…
It’s summer. There’s not much happening on the Magic front. And I’ve got summer things to do. So I’m giving in and doing a list article. At least the algorithm will be satisfied. And I still have my professional pride preventing…
