I could imagine Magic: The Gathering using this type of technology way in the future. Something that could be a boon to give less experienced players a boost. Imagine cards that could sense the other cards on the playfield and and either let you know what cards you are allowed to affect of warn that the move you are about to make isn't legal. It might cut down on quite a few arguments.

Although with the way the rules change and are challenged, I could also imagine having to sync up all your cards with a computer like plugging in your iPod to download the latest 'firmware' and rules. Which could lead to more arguments when people jailbreak their cards and insist on playing by a previous ruleset because it was the best version before the company 'lost its way' (and it stopped benefitting that player's articular type of gameplay.)

I don't really see this type of thing happening for a game as complex as Magic in the near future. It might be interesting to come up with a game for this tech that let people play a turn-based strategy or even a real-time strategy game without a computer.

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Oh come on people... this is *quality future gaming fun!

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