
There's a whole bunch of impressive speedruns from the event on Games Done Quick's YouTube channel, if you want more where that came from. The run starts at 1:41 in the video above, and here's one highlight, a mini boss fight with the Blazing Bull:

Then, over the next two hours and 35 seconds, he uses audio cues and his long hours of meticulous training to complete the game. Game demonstrates the legitimacy of the blindfold on camera. nonprofit dedicated to cancer prevention and early detection, with Mr. The event itself raised over $3.4 million for Prevent Cancer, a U.S. Game completed the notoriously difficult Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice in just two hours while blindfolded. On Sunday, during this year's Awesome Games Done Quick, the gaming speedrunning event that raises money for charity, speedrunner Mr. Speedrunning is one hell of an artform, but one gamer just took their skills to a new level. That’s the dream, anyway.Intense 'Emily the Criminal' trailer sees Aubrey Plaza turning to crime 3:13 They loved it, they ate it up, and that can only mean the community is going to expand in the future. We had a massive stage, we had a ton of seats, and they were pretty much all filled throughout the whole event - people who may never have been exposed to speedrunning before watching the games that they love being played incredibly quickly. When it comes to the future of the scene in the UK and whether it will continue to grow or not, I just have to look back on our EGX event. The UK speedrunning scene has only just begun. “UKSM proved that the community was there and it wasn’t being catered for. “The UK speedrunning scene is something that I think is truly incredible,” echoes Matt. “Attendance has been steadily increasing, so I think we’re on a good track.” Truly, the variety of games in the UK scene is huge.” says Paul Lambropoulos of UKSG. “There are a lot of people in the UK that speedrun all sorts of games, so I am confident in saying that it’s vibrant, but still growing.
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The American event series Game Done Quick is at the forefront of this global sensation, having garnered almost $26 million for the likes of cancer prevention and Doctors Without Borders over the last ten years. Whatever the case, it’s a scene that’s as collaborative as it is competitive the definitive symbols of speedrunning are the aforementioned marathons in which players congregate to blast through games before a pledging audience, whose support has, to date, raised millions for charity.

It’s a showcase of raw talent and raw skill.” In other cases, you just get to see some play segments of a game incredibly precisely and incredibly well done to get things done quickly. In some cases, you get to see a game totally broken apart with glitches to cut down on time. A speedrun is a completely different beast. Alternatively, they might watch a casual playthrough on YouTube or Twitch. “Most people play a game once, twice, maybe, if they enjoy it, and then they never play it again. “I think it’s the spectacle,” ponders Matt. People who may never have been exposed to speedrunning before were watching the games that they love being played incredibly quickly.
