Wreck websites with these Desktop Destroyer-style websavers
Wreck websites with these Desktop Destroyer-style websavers Rob Beschizza 4:33 am Tue Sep 29, 2026 Destroy Any Website Page Rage and Destroy Any Website let you ruin any website with a little pixel-art character controlled in classic WASD fashion. The styling is retro and the weapons are futuristic and extremely destructive. "Destroying pages is all the rage today," wrote Page Rage creator Alex Reardon to Destroy Any Website creator Hugo Duprez after the similar toys popped up within a few days of one another.
- ▪Wreck websites with these Desktop Destroyer-style websavers Rob Beschizza 4:33 am Tue Sep 29, 2026 Destroy Any Website Page Rage and Destroy Any Website let you ruin any website with a little pixel-art character controlled in classic WASD f
- ▪The styling is retro and the weapons are futuristic and extremely destructive.
- ▪"Destroying pages is all the rage today," wrote Page Rage creator Alex Reardon to Destroy Any Website creator Hugo Duprez after the similar toys popped up within a few days of one another.
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Wreck websites with these Desktop Destroyer-style websavers Rob Beschizza 4:33 am Tue Sep 29, 2026 Destroy Any Website Page Rage and Destroy Any Website let you ruin any website with a little pixel-art character controlled in classic WASD fashion. The styling is retro and the weapons are futuristic and extremely destructive. "Destroying pages is all the rage today," wrote Page Rage creator Alex Reardon to Destroy Any Website creator Hugo Duprez after the similar toys popped up within a few days of one another. The new sites echo a long-gone genre of computer toys such as Desktop Destroyer on Windows and the Bad Dog screensaver from After Dark (which is also enjoying a renaissance). The sudden flood of fun online toys such as "websavers" seems to be a vibecoding thing.
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