Speedrunning charity marathon Summer Games Done Quick is barrelling in the direction of us at prime pace, and it’ll be right here in just some hours. Raising cash for Doctors Without Borders, gamers will probably be dashing by means of greater than 100 games for a continuous week. If you’ve by no means seen a speedrun earlier than, think about how briskly you could possibly get by means of your favorite game. Now throw that concept away, as a result of these folks get weirder and glitchier than you could possibly anticipate.
This 12 months all the things’s kicking off with some Spyro Reignited Trilogy, adopted by Portal 2. Lots of the classics are Nintendo games, so I can solely speak about them very quietly (subsequent weekend, Breath Of The Wild adopted instantly by Majora’s Mask ought to be glorious, although it runs from about 3am BST on Saturday), however there are many PC goodies too.
Pick your poison on something from Half-Life to Catlateral Damage, or whereas away the entire week watching most of all the things like you already know you wish to. Dominic has his eye on Prey and Titanfall 2, that are each good shouts. The actual magic of the occasion, although, is certainly stumbling into one thing glorious you had no intention of watching. Some of the least-known games have probably the most fascinating methods or participating runners.
Of course, it’s additionally all for trigger. Last 12 months’s Summer Games Done Quick raised over $2.12 million (£1.66m) for Doctors Without Borders, and its accomplice occasion Awesome Games Done Quick topped that with $2.39 million (£1.88m) for the Prevent Cancer Foundation earlier this 12 months.
Summer Games Done Quick 2019 kicks off at 5:30pm BST, and you will discover the total schedule (which is able to handily regulate to your time zone) here. You’ll be capable to tune in on Twitch, and meet up with something you’ve missed (together with earlier years) on YouTube.
