Incredible speed runs streaming thanks to Summer Games Done Quick 2015
Games Done Quick is a speed-running marathon in which top gamers perform incredible feats of skill and agility in the hope of raising money for charity. By coughing up funds, viewers can challenge participants to particularly difficult or entertaining endeavours.
As usual, gamers have responded with generosity. At time of writing, the summer marathon had already pulled in $76,748.33, which is awesome. All donations are sent directly to Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières), a humanitarian aid organisation assisting those most in need of medical care.
We’ve popped the Twitch embed above so you can check out the action, which runs right through to August 1. The full schedule has something for every type of gamer.
The brainchild of the Speed Demos Archive team, Games Done Quick has become one of the most popular regular charity events games culture has ever produced.
To learn more and make a donation, visit the GDQ website. If you haven’t got any change to hand over, you can help raise awareness just by watching and sharing.
Forget the sun. Forget the beach. The only island you need concern yourself is Yoshi’s Island, the first of more than 140 video games being speedrun to benefit Doctors Without Borders during the 2015 Summer Games Done Quick Marathon.
Easily one of my most eagerly anticipated annual events, the summer companion to January’s Awesome Games Done Quick tournament is an excellent reason to stay inside glued to a monitor or television instead of going outside to be backed by our closest star.
Running non-stop today through early next Sunday morning, the 2015 Summer Games Done Quick event is all about cheering on players, community spirit and gaming for good. It’s also about rewarding donations to global emergency medical aid organization Doctors Without Borders with cool incentives. For instance, in the Sunday schedule below there’s an incentive for Sonic Adventure DX—if a donation goal is reached, runner KerKro will tackle Big the Cat’s story in the game.
Source: Kotaku
Games Done Quick is a speed-running marathon in which top gamers perform incredible feats of skill and agility in the hope of raising money for charity. By coughing up funds, viewers can challenge participants to particularly difficult or entertaining endeavours.
As usual, gamers have responded with generosity. At time of writing, the summer marathon had already pulled in $76,748.33, which is awesome. All donations are sent directly to Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières), a humanitarian aid organisation assisting those most in need of medical care.
We’ve popped the Twitch embed above so you can check out the action, which runs right through to August 1. The full schedule has something for every type of gamer.
The brainchild of the Speed Demos Archive team, Games Done Quick has become one of the most popular regular charity events games culture has ever produced.
To learn more and make a donation, visit the GDQ website. If you haven’t got any change to hand over, you can help raise awareness just by watching and sharing.
Forget the sun. Forget the beach. The only island you need concern yourself is Yoshi’s Island, the first of more than 140 video games being speedrun to benefit Doctors Without Borders during the 2015 Summer Games Done Quick Marathon.
Easily one of my most eagerly anticipated annual events, the summer companion to January’s Awesome Games Done Quick tournament is an excellent reason to stay inside glued to a monitor or television instead of going outside to be backed by our closest star.
Running non-stop today through early next Sunday morning, the 2015 Summer Games Done Quick event is all about cheering on players, community spirit and gaming for good. It’s also about rewarding donations to global emergency medical aid organization Doctors Without Borders with cool incentives. For instance, in the Sunday schedule below there’s an incentive for Sonic Adventure DX—if a donation goal is reached, runner KerKro will tackle Big the Cat’s story in the game.
Source: Kotaku
