One of the best scenes in Nerdcore Rising a documentary on MC Frontalot and geek culture-laded hip hop was when one of Frontalot’s band-mates tries to explain the rules of Magic: The Gathering to the doc’s cameraman. A timer pops up at the bottom of the screen and before you know it hours of vague rule description have passed.
That nerdiest of games is getting a dose of indie rock cred though. This Wednesday at 8pm Sled Island overlords Zak Pashak and Shawn Petsche are organizing an M:TG night where they’ll also be giving away a few free passes to the fest. It’s bring your own deck though so I’ll unfortunately have to sit it out — I was more of a Marvel: Overpower guy back in the day anyway and these days my dungeon-crawling card game of choice is something a little sillier.
