Thanks Kaz, I got my high score working now, I didn't end up using the code you wrote but it got me thinking in the right way and I was able to build what I needed in the block diagram because of it.
Last question, I swear...as of right now I've got a 8 bit wire just dangling out there in my schematic and I need to convert it's output to display on the LCD display on the DE2 board. Ideally I'd like for the display to read
"The Binary Game
High Score: XX"
Where the 2 Xs are the 2 digit high score...I've been reading on this site but I have absoluetly no coding experience and haven't a clue where to even begin or what I would even need to write to get it to display that way. We didn't use the LCD at all in my labs and was just something I wanted to see if I could get to work to make my project just a little something extra.
When I get this thing working I'll throw a video on youtube and post the link here.