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Games Done Quick’s Frost Fatales Is Back For 2024

Games Done Quick’s Frost Fatales Is Back For 2024

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Last year the charity marathonners of Games Done Quick launched a sub-marathon for female gamers exclusively. They call themselves the Frame Fatales, except in winter when they call themselves the Frost Fatales. The 2024 marathon just started and it runs all week. Proceeds benefit the National Women’s Law Center. The difference between this and the main GDQ marathon, aside from the focus on women, is that it doesn’t run 24 hours per day. Each day of Frost Fatales will begin at around 9:30 AM Pacific / 12:30 PM Eastern and conclude twelve hours later at 9:30 PM  12:30 AM. But a lot will be packed into those seven days: scheduled speedruns start with Tomb Raider (running as I’m typing this), Timespinner, Haven. Afterimage, GYLT, Silent Hill 2, Resident Evil 4, Maid of Sker, Sonic Adventure DX, Luigi’s Mansion, Link’s Awakening DX, Metroid Dread, Haunting Ground, Chrono Cross, Chrono Trigger, and something called “Scoot Kaboom and the Tomb of Doom.” Things will wrap up with Paper Mario on the evening of

The Most HYPE Moments From Awesome Games Done Quick 2024

The Most HYPE Moments From Awesome Games Done Quick 2024

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The sun has set on another weeklong games Done Quick marathon, and when all was done, AGDQ 2024 raised over $2.5 million for the Prevent Cancer Foundation…and had a lot of fun while doing it! The full archives are now up on the GDQ YouTube page, but since watching them all would literally take a week, we’ve hand-selected our favorite runs from the existing 168 hours. This is the one you all expected, so we have to get it out of the way. If you haven’t already seen a Shiba speedrun the NES game Gyromite (normally played with ROB the robot), don’t miss the chance now that it’s in front of you this moment. Arf! Super Mario Maker 2 made another appearance, but this one was a little different. Instead of another relay competition, they showed off levels made to take advantage of various glitches in the code. Nintendo tends to not like it when stuff like this is uploaded, so it’s all probably gone already, but the video is

Awesome Games Done Quick 2024 Starts January 14

Awesome Games Done Quick 2024 Starts January 14

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Got nothing to do this weekend? If you’re like the near-majority of this country, you’re currently snowed in right now, so the answer is “yes.” Why not check out the Awesome Games Done Quick marathon? It’s back, just when we need it the most. AGDQ 2024 will be held live, from the main ballroom of the Wyndham Grand Hotel in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dozens of the world’s top video game speedrunners will shred through your favorite games, taking advantage of loopholes, stunts and glitches to break them down like never before! The weeklong event benefits the Prevent Cancer Foundation and you can shape the course of it by donating. Various prizes will be up for grabs, and you can also donate to vote on polls or to meet a crowdfunding goal for a special bonus game. This year’s marathon starts at 9:00 AM Pacific with Tunic, and continues with Super Monkey Ball, Doukey Kong Country, DK64, F-Zero, Batman Arkham City and Ultimate Doom on just the first day. As the week

A Freakin’ Dog Will Speedrun A Game At The Next AGDQ

A Freakin’ Dog Will Speedrun A Game At The Next AGDQ

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Games Done Quick has pulled some interesting stunts in the last few years. People have rigged bots to play games and even input custom code that changes them. Speedruns have been done blindfolded, with feet, two players on one controller, etc. But perhaps nothing can top this: one of the games at the next AGDQ event will be played by a dog. The pooch is a shiba inu named Peanut Butter, and his owner is gaming speedrunner JSR, who’s been coaching his furry friend to follow in his footsteps. “This took years of training,” JSR is quoted as saying. “I wanted to train him to do something special, when I realized as a puppy that he was much smarter than most other dogs I’ve seen. Since I’m a speedrunner and PB was literally named after getting a ‘P’ [personal best] in a speedrun it only made sense to me.” Now JSR feels Peanut Butter is ready to step up. PB has become the first canine to place into the GDQ

Awesome Games Done Quick 2024 Moves To Pittsburgh

Awesome Games Done Quick 2024 Moves To Pittsburgh

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Though Games Done Quick is traditionally hosted from a hotel ballroom, that hasn’t been the case for most of the events held since 2020. The pandemic and subsequent shutdown meant close quarters were no bueno, so Awesome Games Done Quick, Summer Games Done Quick and any and all spinoffs had to be hosted remotely, with each speedrunner broadcasting from their own rooms. When the pandemic started clearing up, GDQ finally started hosting from ballrooms again….EXCEPT for AGDQ 2023, which once again was done remotely. Why did this happen? Here’s three facts…. For the last few years, Awesome Games Done Quick has been hosted out of Florida There are a lot of trans people in the speedrunning community, and at GDQ Since Florida became DeSantisland, GDQ could no longer guarantee the safety of any of their participants if they hosted from Florida It’s depressing, but it’s the world right now. GDQ has now moved out of Florida and has announced their next speedrun will be held from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania instead. Other

Flame Fatales 2023 Raises $110,835 for Malala Fund

Flame Fatales 2023 Raises $110,835 for Malala Fund

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Last week Games Done Quick organized another Flame Fatales event: the summer marathon for the Frame Fatales, a group of female video game speedrunners. The event ran from Sunday, August 13 through Saturday, August 20, and a lot of cool stunts and glitches were performed. But the real purpose of the Flame (and Frost) Fatales runs is to raise money for Malala Fund, a non-profit organization devoted to the education of young girls worldwide (which is harder to get in some countries than others). Though it’s a quieter event than GDQ’s summer and winter marathons, and doesn’t run for 24 hours a day, it’s no slouch either — this year’s Flame Fatales raised over a hundred thousand bucks. The full archive of Flame Fatales 2023 speedruns can be watched at any time on the GDQ YouTube channel. Here are a couple of runs we found most interesting: Did you know you can beat Pokemon Blue in one hour — and in REVERSE order? That means challenging the last Gym Leader

The Flame Fatales Return This Sunday

The Flame Fatales Return This Sunday

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Games Done Quick has a spinoff group consisting of all-female speedrunners called Frame Fatales. Twice yearly, they run their own charity marathon for GDQ with a seasonally appropriate name — in winter they’re the Frost Fatales; in summer they’re the Flame Fatales. Mere days from now, the “flame” variant will commence once again. As it did last time, Flame Fatales 2023 will benefit the Malala Fund — a non-profit that works to secure free, safe, and quality education for girls around the world. Last year’s Flame Fatales raised over $137,000 for Malala. Flame Fatales is not a 24-hour marathon; each day will begin at around 9:30 AM Pacific / 12:30 PM Eastern and conclude twelve hours later at 9:30 PM / 12:30 AM. But a lot will be packed into those seven days: on Day 1 you can expect runs of Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin, Sonic Adventure, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky and Zelda: Link to the Past; Day 2 has Resident Evil 4 Remake, Kirby’s Dream

The Most Hype Moments From Summer Games Done Quick 2023, Part 2

The Most Hype Moments From Summer Games Done Quick 2023, Part 2

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Summer Games Done Quick 2023 ended up generating $2.2 million for Doctors Without Borders and completely shredded a lot of popular video games while doing so. Since watching them all would take literally a week, we usually pare down the list by highlighting our favorite playthroughs. The only problem is, at the time we had to report this last week, GDQ had only put up half of the run to YouTube. We decided to split the list in half and fill you in on the rest later. As of today they’ve uploaded the remainder, and you’re about to see why we had to wait: One of the wildest stunts this year’s SGDQ promised was a BLINDFOLDED run of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. This game is so immense, a blindfolded run didn’t seem possible. GDQ locked this run as a stretch goal and said they wouldn’t do it unless the marathon raised two million dollars by its end. A late-night rally on Sunday made that possible, but

The Most Hype Moments From Summer Games Done Quick 2023, Part 1

The Most Hype Moments From Summer Games Done Quick 2023, Part 1

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Another Summer Games Done Quick is in the record books! This year’s weeklong run ended up generating $2.2 million for Doctors Without Borders and completely shredded a lot of popular video games while doing so. Since watching them all would take literally a week, we usually pare down the list by highlighting our favorite playthroughs. The only problem is, at this present time, GDQ has only put up half of the run to YouTube, and we don’t know when that will change. So here are the most epic runs of the marathon, up to Wednesday. We’ll fill in the rest at a later time. You’re going to have to watch this one first since, even though it isn’t the greatest game in the world, it’s the run that sparked this year’s meme, which is referenced in just about every run afterward. Adef and fellow runners address themselves as “Chef” constantly throughout and keep saying “Yes, Chef” and “Let them cook.” Just..watch it. I can’t describe what you’re about to see.

Summer Games Done Quick 2023 Starts This Sunday

Summer Games Done Quick 2023 Starts This Sunday

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Ordinarily Games Done Quick waits until summer to launch their summer-branded marathon, but this year they’re getting started early. SGDQ 2023 starts this Sunday, May 28, decidedly late spring. It’s the earliest SGDQ ever; hopefully it won’t catch people off-guard or result in lower donation numbers. Because GDQ does good things. Games Done Quick’s bi-annual marathons gather together the top speedrunners from around the country and set them to work demolishing all your favorite games in the name of charity. Viewers can donate cash to enter for prizes, vote in polls and sponsor bonus runs. To date, GDQ has raised over $43 million for various charities. As always, the summer version of this event benefits Doctors Without Borders. Highlights from the upcoming week include a blindfolded speedrun of Breath of the Wild, an eight-per-team Super Mario Maker 2 relay race, a glitchless Elden Ring run, the entire Elder Scrolls Anthology on PC, and Ring Fit Adventure (somehow). Other scheduled games include Bugsnax, Sonic Frontiers, Hi-Fi RUSH, Metal Gear Solid: The

Summer Games Done Quick 2023 Schedule Revealed

Summer Games Done Quick 2023 Schedule Revealed

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Games Done Quick just released their full schedule for the Summer Games Done Quick Event….but it seems like we just got into spring. Isn’t it a bit early for this? Kinda, but the reason is the event itself is also being held prematurely. The festivities will start in late May, the earliest the “Summer” GDQ has ever been held. GDQ has yet to reveal why this year’s SGDQ is happening so early (it won’t technically be summer!) but getting to all those speedruns quicker than usual is fine with us. Games Done Quick’s bi-annual marathons gather together the top speedrunners from around the country and set them to work demolishing all your favorite games in the name of charity. Viewers can donate cash to enter for prizes, vote in polls and sponsor bonus runs. As always, the summer version of this event benefits Doctors Without Borders. And we’ve got some good runs coming. Highlights include a blindfolded speedrun of Breath of the Wild, an eight-per-team Super Mario Maker 2 relay

Game Done Quick’s Frost Fatales Generates Over $150,000 For Malala Fund

Game Done Quick’s Frost Fatales Generates Over $150,000 For Malala Fund

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Though Games Done Quick is most known for their twice-a-year speedrunning marathons, they hold other events throughout the year, and last week belonged to Frost Fatales, their all-female winter speedrunning event. Though not as huge as Awesome Games Done Quick or its summer equivalent, the event did fine for itself, raking in over $150,000 for the education-focused Malala Fund. Frost Fatales had a smaller schedule to work with, halved in size from a typical GDQ at just twelve hours per day. Despite this, they found time to tear apart pver 60 games during the marathon, including Stray, Metroid Dread, Cult of the Lamb, Untitled Goose Game, Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Shadow The Hedgehog, Okami HD, Dark Souls II, Tetris The Grand Master, the NES homebrew Witch ‘n Wiz, and others. Like the larger events, Frost Fatales included donation incentives, prizes and interviews, as well as a video from Malala herself. “You have to begin by believing in yourself for any change that you want to see … This is a

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