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Start Competing: Best Painted, Part 2 - Paint Rubrics
In our third subscriber-only post this week, Rob looks at the "competition" part of competition-grade painting, examining rubrics and scoring systems.
Interview: "We Have To Lead By Example" - How Thalamus Is Doing Its Bit For Game Preservation With Armalyte: The Remake
"If we don't care about our own IP, then people will either turn on you or turn away". Released on the C64 in 1988, Cyberdyne Systems' Armalyte is considered to be one of the finest 8-bit home computer shooters ever made, scoring a whopping 97% in Zzap!64. In 2010, it was remade for PC by Psytronik...
HYPERDROP: A Pachinko Roguelite Announced by Devolver Digital With Free PC Demo
Devolver Digital and developer Dark Dark Goose have announced HYPERDROP: A Pachinko Roguelite for PC via Steam, with a demo now available. HYPERDROP tasks players with constructing a pegboard capable of producing increasingly elaborate scoring chains. Runs revolve around choosing where to drop a...
Name That Game (August 18, 2026)
Hunt nightmarish beasts through Gothic streets and string together high-scoring skate tricks with today's Name That Game quiz.
Roundup: The First Reviews Have Arrived For Hell Let Loose: Vietnam
Scoring good's good enough. Saddle up, new meat! R-E-V-I-E-W-S are in for Hell Let Loose: Vietnam and it's looking fairly positive! If this is your first time hearing about the game, let me get you up to speed. Vietnam is the second Hell Let Loose title, a series known for its brutal and...
Guild Wars 2 recaps WvW beta 2’s ‘healthier spread’ for scoring, plans beta 3 for August 11
Guild Wars 2 PvP fans already know that ArenaNet has been hard at work trying to shore up the game’s PvP all year and last year too – including WvW. In today’s blog post, the studio has popped up to discuss how the testing and development has been coming along – and what’s next now […]
Splatoon Raiders Review Round-Up
Splatoon Raiders reviews are starting to appear, and as it stands, the spinoff is scoring just as well as the three mainline games in the series.
New Tabletop Battles App Updates: July 16, 2026
Today's app update adds all of the terrain measurements and some UI improvements to make scoring more intuitive.
Best players for FC 26 Scoring Sensation Evolution
Driving through! The post Best players for FC 26 Scoring Sensation Evolution appeared first on Destructoid.
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