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Summer Games Done Quick charity speedrun marathon kicks off Sunday
Speed Demos Archive, an online collective and host for video game speedruns, announced that its next streamed charity marathon will begin this Sunday and extend through June 29, in partnership with SpeedRunsLive and Twitch. Next week's Summer Games Done Quick marathon will raise money for the Doctors Without Borders charity, with viewer donations going toward a number of featured incentives, challenges, and prize raffles. The organization's January event Awesome Games Done Quick raised more than $1 million for the Prevent Cancer Foundation, attracting over 100,000 simultaneous viewers during peak hours. Featured games include The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds, Octodad: Dadliest Catch, and a grueling seven-hour trek through Final Fantasy 6. A full schedule is available here. [Image: Speed Demos Archive]
PSA: Week-long speed run marathon for charity starts today
Awesome Games Done Quick 2013 is the third annual marathon gaming event in which players attempt to complete games as quickly as possible for days on end. The marathon runs through Saturday, January 12 and is raising donations for the Prevent Cancer Foundation.The week-long event is being hosted by the Speed Demos Archive and features over 115 games. Head over to the AGDQ 2013 site to watch the live stream of the event.
Speed Demos Archive playing through 100 games in four days for charity
As far as altruistic gaming marathons go, we can't think of any quite as ambitious as this: Speed Demos Archive, a group of gamers who've trained their thumbs and minds into razor-sharp, game-beating machines, are currently attempting to beat 100 games in four days. If you feel like rewarding the group for their tenacity, you can make a donation, all of the proceeds from which go directly to the Prevent Cancer Foundation. Lucky givers might even receive a special prize relating to whatever game the group is currently plowing through. It's still pretty early on in the proceedings -- early enough that their sanity hasn't yet been utterly decimated. Check out the Speed Demos Archive's official site to watch them devour some great games, or check out the marathon's official page for a speed run schedule.
