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Summer Games Done Quick raises $2.3 million for Doctors Without Borders, and had some great speedrunsHere’s a few of my favourite speedruns
Here’s a few of my favourite speedruns
The first fully digital Summer Games Done Quick is over, and they’ve managed to raise $2.3 million (about £1.7 million) for Doctors Without Borders. This is one of the highest amounts raised at a GDQ event, which is pretty respectable considering it had to move online this yeardue to the Covid-19 pandemic. But despite not being able to attend the event in person, the speedruns were still excellent, and we sawthe event’s very first VR run in Half-Life: Alyx.
If you haven’t watched the VR run, please do. Most speedruns done in Source games are pretty entertaining, but watching runner “Buffet Time” occasionally sprint around in circles and crawl along the floor to get underneath the world inHalf-Life: Alyxis something else.
Watch on YouTube
Watch on YouTube
Another that’s well worth your time is the ‘true ending’Baba Is Yourun. Speedrunner “Punchy” completes the (usually) 30-hour game in about 23 minutes. It’s absolutely brain-melting and he has a godlike commentary speed to match the baffling speed at which he completes puzzles.
Watch on YouTube
Watch on YouTube
Watch on YouTube
Watch on YouTube
I also really enjoyed thisHollow Knightrace between runners “Pestilentbox2” and “fireb0rn”. This is the sort of run that makes me want to try out speedrunning for myself, and the couch commentary is wonderful to boot.
Watch on YouTube
Watch on YouTube
There are so many more brilliant runs to catch up on, you can find all the VODs over onthe Games Done Quick YouTube channel.
A bonus SGDQ stream went up yesterday on Twitch, too, that was intended to be the event’s pre-show. There are five extra speedruns here that didn’t quite make it to the main event. It’s good fun, and you check it out below.
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If you’re already yearning for more speedy gameplay, the next speedrunning event to look out for isFleet Fatales, which takes place between the 15th and 21st of November. Then the next big GDQ event,Awesome Games Done Quick, kicks off in the new year, running from the 3rd until the 10th of January.
