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The weeklong speedrunning marathon Superior Video games Performed Fast 2025 wrapped up within the wee hours of Sunday morning, and organizers say it managed to drag in a complete of $2,556,305 for Stop Most cancers Basis.

As might be anticipated, the occasion in Pittsburgh introduced an excellent mixture of talent and silliness: there was a Loopy Taxi speedrun that includes a reside band; FunkopotamusWes performed the piano throughout his run of New Tremendous Mario Bros. Wii, utilizing his head and ft to regulate the sport through movement controls; and Dr. Doot did an Elden Ring bosses speedrun utilizing an electrical saxophone. Sure, the saxophone did make little doot doot sounds all the time.

The marathon ran repeatedly from January 5-12, so there are a lot of, many extra nice moments in addition to these to make amends for should you missed it. Every thing could be discovered on the Games Done Quick YouTube channel.

AGDQ is one in every of a number of charity-focused occasions held by Video games Performed Fast yearly, and the subsequent one, Back to Black is developing in February. Highlighting Black hosts and speedrunners, that occasion (Feb 6-9) will elevate cash for the racial justice nonprofit, Race Ahead. Through the years, Video games Performed Fast has raised greater than $54 million for varied charities together with Stop Most cancers Basis and Medical doctors With out Borders. AGDQ raised about $2.5 million during its marathon final 12 months, too.