I Came to Game is currently eleven months into production. We have filmed over 150 hours of interviews and events in Japan, Honolulu, Seattle, Chicago, Memphis, and Kansas City. We will be filming throughout 2009 with stops in New York, San Diego, Austin, and Rome.
Upcoming Stops
Las Vegas for WSOP — July 9-14
Kansas City for US Nationals — July 23-26
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In My Odyssey That Was Grand Prix: Los Angeles
by Mark Herberholz
Here is my odyssey that was GP LA.
Day 1
Arrive into LA about a week before the GP on a Thursday to hang out with Paul “Li’l D” Rietzl for a while. He picks me up at the airport and tells me that we are going to a bar called Happy Endings. I am excited when I hear this. We arrive at the bar and it turns out to be not an Asian massage parlor and I receive no “happy ending.” I am unexcited. Turns out they serve alcohol though. I again am excited. Continue reading…
by Brian David Marshall
A crowd gathered last night under the skull of the black themed Feature Match area to watch Jon Finkel square off with none other than Mike Long in the semifinal round of the I Came to Game Invitational Continue reading…
Tournament Results
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | Champion | ||||
| 1 | Jon Finkel | Jon Finkel | |||||
| 8 | Paul Cheon | Jon Finkel | |||||
| 4 | Kenji Tsumura | Mike Long | Jon Finkel | ||||
| 5 | Mike Long | ||||||
| 2 | Gabriel Nassif | Patrick Chapin | |||||
| 7 | Patrick Chapin | Patrick Chapin | |||||
| 3 | Michael Turian | Michael Turian | |||||
| 6 | Mark Herberholz |
At Worlds 2008 in Memphis, Wizards of the Coast and I Came to Game will be presenting a tournament featuring some of the game’s greats, both past and present. Among those participating are Jon Finkel, Gabriel Nassif, Michael Turian, Kenji Tsumura, Mike Long, Mark Herberholz, Patrick Chapin, and Paul Cheon. Each player will be randomly assigned a deck from the top 8 of Pro Tour: New York 1996, the first Pro Tour. Coverage by the esteemed Brian David-Marshall and Jeff Zandi.
by Mark Herberholz
I originally had planned on writing a report for this GP, much like I plan on writing one for every other tournament I go to. Then, like after every other tournament, I come home get distracted by pinkies, poker, and partying. This time, though, I’ve been running bad at poker and needed to take a break before I destroyed my laptop; getting slammed by ruthless three-outers all night will drive you to that. And since I’ve been trying to get a ton of work done rather than party, my break finds me at home at 1 am on a Wednesday night after an MSU basketball game–prime pinkie-patrolling time. But alas here I am, and the only thing of value I can find to do is regale you with my tales from GP Atlanta. Continue reading…
Mike Long talks about the game beyond the game of Magic and what winning means.
We went trucking to Overland Park, just outside Kansas City proper, to shoot footage for I Came to Game. It was cold—the biting Midwestern fall hinted at the cold winter that inevitably comes.
We had just gotten one of our HD cameras and were excited to put it in action. We had originally planned to begin shooting again at Worlds in Memphis, but response on our test and promotional footage from US Nationals was so positive that we decided to get the ball rolling early. And we’re glad we did—we got some great interviews with Pro Tour legends both past and present, including Mark Herberholz, Gabriel Nassif, Patrick Chapin, and Chris Pikula. Continue reading…
John Fiorillo and David Williams discuss reaching a level of success at Magic that they can be satisfied with…or not.
Paul Cheon and Luis Scott-Vargas talk about what it takes to win at the highest levels of the game.
A Documentary on Magic: The Gathering
In 1996 Wizards of the Coast established the Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour, a series of tournaments that paid out more than a million dollars a year in cash prizes. People began playing Magic: The Gathering in the hopes of living the dream. Some got there but found that the dream was fleeting. So they moved on. But they always come back.
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