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Ninja Gaiden Pacifist Speedrun Is Impressive AF
7.7.2021
Ninja Gaiden protagonist Ryu Hayabusa deals with a lot of bullshit in the iconic NES platformer from 1989, so it only makes sense that he would obliterate everything in his path en route to finding his father’s killer. But speedrunners, the crazy people that they are, have devised a way to beat...
Nintendogs Speedrun Foiled By A Very Bad Boy Indeed
6.7.2021
Meet Korone, the worst possible Nintendog and all-around not-good boy. At Summer Games Done Quick yesterday Nintendogs speedrunner ZooKetra’s early-morning beginner medal run was going just fine until this petulant black lab pup refused to be guided through a simple obstacle-course tunnel.Read more
Summer Games Done Quick 2021 Starts Today, Here’s How To Watch
4.7.2021
Like last year, the in-person part of this 2021's Summer Games Done Quick was canceled due to the continuing covid-19 pandemic. However, there are still a ton of games being played really, really fast online, all week long. And all of it for a good cause! Read more
Stardew Valley Speedrunners Are Racing To Get Married
23.6.2021
In real life, few things are more bone-chillingly terrifying than the prospect of marriage. In the simulation game Stardew Valley, though, it’s just what you do. Some speedrunners are messing around to see how fast they can get the job done—and they can do it in under an hour.Read more
Minecraft Megastar Admits To Cheating After Months Of Denial, Death Threats
2.6.2021
Many, many, many YouTubers and streamers have attempted to deny cheating accusations over the years, but at the end of 2020, Minecraft sensation Dream took the cake by getting into a war of graph-filled, math-heavy statistics reports with Minecraft speedrun moderators who deemed his runs...
Saves Don't Matter When You Can Beat Returnal In Less Than 5 Minutes
20.5.2021
Returnal speedrunner MentalToast set a new world record yesterday, becoming the first person to beat the game in under five minutes.Read more
Hell Yeah! The Summer Games Done Quick 2021 Schedule Looks Amazing
18.5.2021
The Summer Games Done Quick 2021 schedule is now out, and I’m so excited. Taking place from July 4-11, the online speedrunner charity event will feature over 100 full-tilt sprints through games famous and obscure, with the proceeds raised going to Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans...
Ve Falloutu 3 je jediné dítě. Speedrunner objevil způsob, jak ho sníst
6.4.2021
Jeden z největších expertů na značku Fallout streamer Tomatoanus zaujal komunitu vskutku neobvyklým rekordem. Rozhodl se totiž zjistit, jak dlouho mu bude trvat, než ve třetím díle série dokáže pozřít jediné dítě, které ve hře je
Wind Waker Speedrunners Finally Found A Way To Skip Cutscenes
1.4.2021
The latest trick in The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker speedrunning has the potential to do away with the game’s previously unskippable cutscenes entirely.Read more
Summer Games Done Quick Returns In July As Online-Only Event
30.3.2021
Annual charity speedrunning festival Summer Games Done Quick will return as an online-only event, running from July 4 through 11.Read more
It Takes Less Than 20 Minutes To Eat A Baby In Fallout 3
19.3.2021
File this one under Answers to Questions No One Asked: It apparently only takes 18 minutes and 51 seconds to go from the beginning of Fallout 3 to eating a baby in one of the expansions. Speedrunners, folks.Read more
Expert Doom Players Continue To Complete Challenges Once Thought Impossible
14.3.2021
Classic Doom players are continuing to pick away at some of the hardest remaining community challenges left, beating missions without attacking a single enemy in some of the hardest retail Doom levels ever released.Read more
Mario Kart Speedrunners Are Racing To Blow Themselves Up With Blue Shells
12.3.2021
Do you know you can hit yourself with a Blue Shell in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe? Speedrunners do, and they’re going all out to blow themselves up with the first place-targeting item as quickly as possible.Read more
SpongeBob Players Discover Filthy Game Discs Make Speedrunning Tricks Easier
9.3.2021
SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom may be one of the most improbable video games of all time, a licensed project that turned out to be both a great game and a worthwhile challenge for the speedrunning community. But the absurdity doesn’t stop there: SpongeBob speedrunners recently...
Zelda Speedrunner Beats Breath Of The Wild With His Feet
17.2.2021
Speedrunner Joedun is a force to be reckoned with when it comes to doing the unthinkable in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Not content to have a top 10 time when it comes to 100 percenting the game, he decided to do it again earlier this month without taking any damage. Now he’s back...
Mario Kart 64 Speedrunner Sets New World Record By Repeatedly Slamming Into Wall
12.2.2021
It’s usually pretty obvious that video game speedruns are things of finesse and precision. But sometimes, they just look like a guy is running into a wall over and over again before completely demolishing a single-track record in Mario Kart 64.Read more
Speedrunners Are Beating Hitman 3's Dubai Level In Under 10 Seconds
24.1.2021
Hitman 3's opening level, set in a large tower in Dubai, is made up of various floors, rooms, and security measures. It’s a tricky stage for many players. But if you are quick, have a steady hand, and some luck, you can beat the whole thing in about nine seconds.Read more
AGDQ 2021 Raises $2.7 Million For Charity
11.1.2021
Awesome Games Done Quick 2021 has wrapped up after a full week of speedrunning. The event raised an impressive $2,764,437 for the Prevent Cancer Foundation. This is the second-highest amount raised at AGDQ, only beaten by last year’s total of over $3 million. Read more
After A Very Shitty Day, The Mr. Bones Speedrun Helped Me Cope
8.1.2021
The speedrunning festival Awesome Games Done Quick is not yet over but the greatest run of the event has already been crowned. There’s a good chance you might not have even seen it. No, I don’t mean Argick’s Sonic Mania run that might have broken the Guiness record for fastest commentating....
How To Watch Awesome Games Done Quick 2021
3.1.2021
Awesome Games Done Quick, back for its 12th year, starts today. After a terrible 2020, these fun and impressive speedruns might just be the best way to kick off 2021.Read more