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dub3's pixel tribute to Destructoid in 2011: a Modern-era online magazine
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 2011 page

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Destructoid (2011)

High score: you, for now.

Cost
2 RAM
Power
3
Rarity
Rare
Family
Games
Era
Modern (2009 on)
Collection
The Long Tail

What it does

On reveal: If played in round 5 or later, +3 Power to this card.

On reveal happens once, when the card flips.

It costs 2 RAM to play and brings 3 Power to its lane. You get 1 RAM in round 1, 2 in round 2, and so on.

Games cards roll the dice. Sometimes the dice roll you.

The site, in 2011

A video game news site, begun as a blog by the Cuban-American cartoonist Yanier Gonzalez, with a robot mascot called Mr. Destructoid.

Gonzalez once turned up at an E3 press conference dressed as the robot, to hand out flyers. Enthusiast Gaming bought the site in 2017 and sold it to Gamurs Group in 2022.

In 2011: It was making a twice-weekly in-studio video game news show for Revision 3, which ran from 2010 to 2013.

Modern era, 2009 on. Phones, feeds and cookie banners. The web got fast, flat and very sure about notifications.

The Long Tail: The niche, the local and the specialist. Most of the web, really.

Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 2011 page.

In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 2011, then plays a short scene. Want Destructoid in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.

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