The flavor of Innistrad.

Innistrad--the badass new classical-horror-inspired Magic: The Gathering set--comes out the weekend of Sept 25-26, which is this approaching weekend at the time of my writing of this blog post.  And I am so ready for it.

There are a few things to understand before I start spouting off about how awesome this set is, though, and so first allow me to explain a few things about Magic for those that have never gotten a chance to play/look at a card.

The Minecraft Hunger Games

Minecraft.  AND the Hunger Games.  Yes!

Recently, I was talking to my friend Brian Conklin (who is very funny and should be followed on twitter if at all possible) and he brought up a charity that he and some of his friends had started for Child's Play that combines popular book series "The Hunger Games" and the indie smash hit "Minecraft."