magic the card game goes online
While I really would have liked to have seen some type of game where you walked around and dueled other people and played for ante like the old microprose version this is by far the best version of computerized magic ever produced.
This is really nothing more than an online gaming store where players from all over the world can come to play each other. there are various rooms that separate newbies from pros and there are organized tournaments as well as formats like 2 headed giant and emperor, however anyone can freely choose what room they wish to be in which leads to some veteran players staying in the new player room just to boost their egos.
while the server does go down from time to time this has been reduced quite a bit since 2.0 came out and I rarely notice any lag or other server side issues.
all in all if you are a magic player then this is really a must have for you. the simple fact that you can log in at any time of the day and always have an opponent waiting for you makes this game superior to physical magic in my eyes...the only exception would be the lack of human interaction, but if you've ever been to a major tournament you know how smelly it gets in there with 100+ magic players....so i'll take a lack of human interaction as a bonus :)