Summer season Video games Completed Fast, a charity speedrun marathon that was again with an in-person occasion for the primary time in a number of 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 had been executed, the occasion had raised an infinite $3 million for charity.
The ultimate tally was $3,021,310.49, all of which will probably be donated to Médecins Sans Frontières/Docs With out Borders. If you add that to the $3.4 million that Superior Video games Completed Fast raised earlier this yr, 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 help/react to all of the motion happening. For those who didn’t catch any of the motion your self, listed below are some highlights. We’ll begin off with this unbelievable Ocarina of Time run, which beats the sport fast, certain, 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 will randomly turn into a distinct Pokémon. The end result was absolute chaos:
It is a Tremendous Mario Sunshine run that has ups, downs then ups once more earlier than it’s over:
And at last, right here’s a Yakuza: Like a Dragon run that completed the complete sport in much less time than it took me to finish a few the harder boss battles:
If you wish to see extra runs, or simply choose one out of a sport you’re notably focused on, the organisers have recordings of each one among them on their YouTube web page.
