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Summer Games Done Quick 2025 Has Begun (gamesdonequick.com)
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Heads up to people who enjoy speedrunning, SGDQ just started a few hours ago. Any runs you're looking forward to?

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Its also worth remembering that the people who grew up with and have nostalgia for those "classic games" are late late 30s-mid 40s and have other stuff to do than to sit and watch a stream for five days.

At the end of the day, GDQ is a company that raises money for charities. And they need to focus on what will get the most eyes, and thus wallets, on the product. Watching someone glitch through the ceiling in a 2D sonic that nobody in the audience has any real interest in ain't gonna do that. Breaking apart the games that the audience IS familiar with will.

I dunno. I fully agree it is the correct thing to do and am glad they do it. But I've been pretty sour on GDQ proper since AGDQ 2021. The Show Must Go On and all that but something about the discord mods going completely insane to shut down ANY mention of the violent insurrection just rubbed me the wrong way. And, to my knowledge, there wasn't even a "Hey... this is really fun and all but maybe just check a few news sites during the break and make sure everyone you know is okay..." on the stream. I'll watch a VOD if it goes viral but it is just hard to vibe with that looming over it.