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The charity video game speed running marathon is live in Pittsburgh, USA, and live on twitch! It's the Winter Olympics of video games: Watch adorable nerd communities come together to show off delightfully niche skills, and raise a million or so dollars for the Prevent Cancer Foundation. Runs Sunday 14th to Saturday 20th January. [more inside]
posted by Hermione Dies on Jan 16, 2024 - 7 comments

The bi-annual speedrunning event has started up once more, this time raising money for Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders). It's going from today until the early morning hours of Sunday June 4. Please talk about any runs you see or commentary you like here! [more inside]
posted by The Pluto Gangsta on May 28, 2023 - 3 comments

Let this post serve as a catch-all for anyone who wants to talk about any of the runs at this year's Awesome Games Done Quick. They're raising money for the Prevent Cancer Foundation, a returning partner. Also, please remember they are starting this year in a bit of a financial hole, after they cancelled live AGDQ events in Florida to support LGBTQ runners and fans (to say nothing of Florida's lax vaccination requirements). Full schedule of runs can be found here.
posted by The Pluto Gangsta on Jan 9, 2023 - 2 comments

The semi-annual Games Done Quick speedrunning marathon has begun today, going until midnight-ish January 15th, beating video games as fast as possible while raising money for the Prevent Cancer Foundation. Let's use this post to talk about any of the speedruns happening during the week. [more inside]
posted by The Pluto Gangsta on Jan 9, 2022 - 6 comments