Superior Video games Executed Fast 2023 ran over the past week, the annual occasion that includes 150 speedruns and 4 damaged information, with a hefty sum raised for the Forestall Most cancers Basis. $2.6 million was raised over the week, and that’s regardless of the dearth of a dwell venue, following the choice to cancel its Florida occasion as a result of…properly, Florida.
Video games Executed Fast, other than being a monstrous assault in opposition to good grammar and adverbs, is the unbelievable group that mixes folks enjoying video games actually shortly (see, fastly) with elevating astonishing quantities of cash for good causes.
January’s annual “Superior” incarnation hasn’t had a dwell dwelling for 3 years now, following two years of Covid, after which this 12 months’s option to abandon plans for a Florida occasion on condition that Florida has change into unsafe for almost everybody. (I’m British and solely watch from afar, however so far as I can inform it’s now the legislation in Florida that in case you’re not completely draped in a Accomplice flag whereas firing a minimum of two weapons into the air Yosemite Sam-style, you will be legally murdered on the street.)
Final 12 months noticed the identical occasion elevate an eye-watering $3.4 million, however given the price of dwelling crises world wide, $2.6 million in 2023 stays beautiful. This got here from viewers who loved a superb array of speedruns, together with—as our sister website down underneath studies—4 world information. They had been a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turles: Shredder’s Revenge co-op, Tremendous Mario Galaxy 2, er, Steven Seagal Is: The Ultimate Choice, and—yay—PowerWash Simulator. The latter, which has taken me roughly 348 weeks to get midway by way of, lasted simply 33:31. Watch it!
You’ll be able to watch the remainder of the runs through GDQ’s YouTube channel. Like Mysteries Of Sith in 26 minutes!
The Summer time Video games Executed Fast(ly) dates have been introduced as Might 28 to June 4.