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Is the time between these Games Done Quick marathons getting shorter every year? Actually, what’s happening is you’re getting older and your perception of time is decreasing, but that has nothing to do with what we’re talking about…it’s a new GDQ, gang! For most of you, I don’t have to explain what GDQ is at this point, but for the few that just now joined us, it is a week-long marathon of video games, played as quickly as possible by the best speedrunners in the world, using any game-breaking techniques or bugs that are allowed. The stream is a charity event and alternates between supporting the Prevent Cancer Foundation and Doctors Without Borders (this one is helping DWB again). 100% of pledges go to the charity; the sponsors listed at GDQ are funding the cost of the event. Pledges to the charity also count as votes toward special events — quite often a speedrunner will do something extra if the pledge line goes past a certain point by the time

Summer Games Done Quick just set another record with a $2.8 million haul for Doctors Without Borders. Another epic week of game speedrunning has come to a close, and consequently, there’s a solid 168 hours of videos to catch up on. Since you probably don’t have THAT much time, let us guide you to the choicest moments, as we do every year. These runs should not be missed… This is nuts. “Stop N Swop Paper Mario” is a speedrun achieved by starting Ocarina of Time, manipulating that game to store some data in the N64 Expansion Pak, quickly swapping the cartridge with that of Paper Mario, and entering some more inputs, causing the game to jump directly to the final screen. And this 100% collection run of Majora’s Mask is only possible to make in under two hours by performing another data manip maneuver to bring up the hidden Debugger’s Menu, which gives you 90% of the items in the game instantly. The rest of the run is about hunting

It’s obvious what’s happening July 4, but just for the minority few of you who live in the US and don’t know, let me spell it out for you: GAMES DONE QUICK! Yes, the Thumb Olympics returns this Independence Day, just before the actual Olympics, and runs for a solid week. It will once again be a remote affair, just like the last few, but hopefully this will be the final time that’s necessary. The summer GDQs usually benefit Doctors Without Borders and this one is no exception. 100% of donations will be given to the charity — the sponsors you see during the event are funding the costs of running it. What have we got this time? Day 1 starts with an appropriate bang with Mega Man X, Psychonauts, Kirby Super Star, Zelda: Oracle of Ages, F-Zero GX and more. Day 2 packs in Pikmin 3 Deluxe, Ninja Gaiden, Super Mario Odyssey, Bayonetta, Metroid Prime 2, and possibly Paper Mario if donation goals are met. Day 3 has the

Originally, Summer Games Done Quick 2020 was to be held from June 21-28 in Bloomington, Minnesota. But as it turns out, a LOT can happen in just six months. The event was delayed to August, and a special weekend edition was launched in April which raised $400,000 for Direct Relief. With August barrelling towards us, it doesn’t look like COVID-19 is going to disappear by late summer. SGDQ could theoretically still be done in a hotel ballroom, but a lot of social distancing and sanitizing would need to be involved. Rather than bother with that, the GDQ organizers have decided to make Summer Games Done Quick 2020 a strictly online affair. “We will move the event to online-only, broadcasting the event from our studio with participants performing speedruns from the safety of their homes,” explained the staff in a post to the official website. “As we prioritize the health and safety of everyone who attends GDQ events, we have made the difficult decision to cancel the on-site portion of Summer