Running fast for a good cause
The summer is here, and what better way to celebrate than with SGDQ? Summer Games Done Quick 2023 kicks off this coming Sunday, with a bevy of speedrunning exhibitions planned from May 28 through June 4.
Starting at 10 a.m. PT / 1 p.m. ET, this year’s SGDQ 2023 will kick off and run for 24 hours a day, all the way through to June 4. The speedrunning event will air live onGDQ’s Twitch channel.
If you’re unfamiliar with the concept, Games Done Quick is an organization that hosts speedrunning exhibitions benefitting different charities. Players will showcase runthroughs of games played at their absolute fastest, using glitches, techniques, and skill to get to their goal as fast as possible. And many categories impose interesting, non-traditional goals too. While “Any%” can just mean seeing the credits roll, further categories offer different and unique challenges for the runner.
GDQ week is usually a week of good times and fun runs, and this event will be back in person. (SGDQ’s counterpart, Awesome Games Done Quick 2023,called off its in-person eventand went online due to Florida’s stances on COVID-19 policies and “increased aggression” towards LGBTQ+ individuals.)
There’s frankly no shortage of excellent runs this year, too. I was looking over theschedulethis morning and was a bit surprised at how stacked this event felt. If you’re looking for pointers, I’ve pulled some highlights from the schedule below, including the run category and runner(s).
