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Game Designer

How My Kid Lost a Game of 'Magic' to Its Creator But Scored a Piece of Its Original Art

The author’s then-six-year-old ended up with the original artwork for one of the cards in Magic’s Alpha series—but he’s not selling, so don’t even ask.

Ben Marks Collector's Weekly Nov 2019 20min Permalink

Arts Tech

The Creator

On Swedish game designer Markus Persson and his singular creation, Minecraft, which has sold over twenty million copies and earned Persson over a hundred million dollars last year.

Simon Parkin New Yorker Apr 2013 10min Permalink