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Awesome Games Done Quick 2024 raises $2.5 million for cancer research
Awesome Games Done Quick (AGDQ) 2024 has wrapped after a nonstop weeklong speedrunning marathon. This year’s charity raised over $2.5 million for the Prevent Cancer Foundation and featured the event’s first canine-assisted speedrun.
Awesome Games Done Quick 2022 raised a record $3.4 million for charity
Viewers enjoyed runs like a blindfolded 'Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice' playthrough.
How to watch the Awesome Games Done Quick 2022 speedrunning marathon
Highlights include a blindfolded run of 'Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice' and the debut of 'Deathloop' at the event.
Live speedrunning marathon raises $1.2 million for charity
Games Done Quick offers exactly what its name promises: a marathon of video games played quickly -- this is called "speedrunning" -- in front of a live audience and streamed online. The coolest part is that the organization does all of this twice a year for charity. The winter event is called Awesome Games Done Quick and it just wrapped up with a whopping $1.2 million raised for the Prevent Cancer Foundation (which also offers what its name promises).
Pokemon Blue speedrunner uses 'shortcut,' is super effective
Are you going through Awesome Games Done Quick withdrawal like we are? Those that missed some of the speedrunning marathon's fast-paced antics have two options: Attempt to mash through a game of their choice as fast as possible or catch up on the action with archived videos. Frankly, we're taking the easier approach, opting for this fascinating 21-minute speedrun of Pokemon Blue. Performed by "Werster," this run avoids save-file-corrupting tactics, instead taking advantage of glitches that manipulate the number of items in the speedrunner's inventory. Thanks to the item manipulation glitch, he reached Pokemon Blue's final scene in mere minutes after triggering a few events early in the game. Awesome Games Done Quick wrapped up this past weekend, raising over $1.1 million for the Prevent Cancer Foundation. The marathon offered plenty of entertaining moments to Twitch viewers, including a marriage proposal. [Image: Nintendo]
Get games, streaming tools, apparel with Humble Awesome Games Done Quick Bundle
There will undoubtedly be dozens of cool gaming moments streamed during Awesome Games Done Quick's week-long charity event (which started today!), but why let strangers on the internet broadcast all the fun? Never mind if you don't have the necessary subscriptions – You can just pick up the Humble Awesome Games Done Quick 2015 Bundle, which features tools to help you get started with streaming as well as Steam keys for several games included within AGDQ's schedule (Mac and Linux support varies with each game). Those that celebrate the Humble Bundle series' pay-what-you-want pricing option by paying less than $6 will receive Duke Nukem 3D: Megaton Edition, Shadow Warrior Classic Redux, Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee and Volgarr the Viking. Once $6 or more is contributed, Shantae: Risky's Revenge - Director's Cut and SpeedRunners (along with its YouTuber packs) will be added to that, as well as a 30-day subscription to Twitch Turbo, which allows broadcasts to be archived for sixty days and is mostly ad-free.
