Summer time Video games Executed Fast, a charity speedrun marathon that was again with an in-person occasion for the primary time in just a few years, was held between June 26-July 3 in Bloomington, Minnesota. And on the finish of the week, as soon as all of the runs have been accomplished, the occasion had raised an unlimited $3 million for charity.
The ultimate tally was $3,021,310.49, all of which can be donated to Médecins Sans Frontières/Medical doctors With out Borders. If you add that to the $3.4 million that Superior Video games Executed Fast raised earlier this 12 months, which went to the Forestall Most cancers Basis, that may be a lot of cash individuals are parting with to see runners do some very cool shit with video video games.
SGDQ 2022 was the primary in-person GDQ occasion for the reason that pandemic started again in early 2020, so it was superior seeing a stay crowd on-hand to assist/react to all of the motion going down. For those who didn’t catch any of the motion your self, listed here are some highlights. We’ll begin off with this unimaginable Ocarina of Time run, which beats the sport fast, positive, but in addition does a lot extra:
And right here’s a Pokémon Emerald run that concerned four-player co-op, together with a randomiser that meant each time their Pokémon levelled up, it might randomly grow to be a unique Pokémon. The consequence was absolute chaos:
This can be a Tremendous Mario Sunshine run that has ups, downs then ups once more earlier than it’s over:
And eventually, right here’s a Yakuza: Like a Dragon run that completed all the recreation in much less time than it took me to finish a few the more durable boss battles:
If you wish to see extra runs, or simply choose one out of a recreation you’re significantly thinking about, the organisers have recordings of each one in every of them on their YouTube web page.
