Every year, I make it a point to set aside time to watch Games Done Quick and support Doctors Without Borders. Not only is it a great way to support an incredible, Nobel Peace Prize winning charity – you’re also helping to build upon what is becoming a great streaming culture dedicated to speed running video games via live stream. The dudes (hey ladies, we need more speed running representation up in here!) are volunteering their time to the event, and have thoroughly practiced their games to perfection. Some may even break the world record for their respective title!
Watch the Live Stream on Twitch all week here:
http://www.twitch.tv/speeddemosarchivesda
During the event, you can catch everything from classics like “Final Fantasy VI” to modern hits like “Bioshock 2.” The best part? You’ll see the games in ways you’ve likely never seen before – with time-saving glitches, frame skips, tips and tricks. There are also some fun traditions associated with the event: incentives to 100% complete a game the traditional way (as quickly as possible), donations that reference “Saving” or “Killing” the animals (don’t worry – it’s a reference to “Metroid”) and all the fun hats that will appear on the folks sitting in the background on-site. Not to mention awesome moments like this, when Alpacasso threatened to CONSUME US ALL:
Looking to watch a run for a specific game? You can find the entire schedule here.
What are you waiting for? Load up the stream and get watching! You can donate to the event here: http://gamesdonequick.com/tracker/10
All of your donations go to the 501(c)(3) nonprofit Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international medical humanitarian organization created by doctors and journalists in France in 1971. Today, MSF provides independent, impartial assistance in more than 60 countries to people whose survival is threatened by violence, neglect, or catastrophe, primarily due to armed conflict, epidemics, malnutrition, exclusion from health care, or natural disasters. MSF provides independent, impartial assistance to those most in need. MSF also reserves the right to speak out to bring attention to neglected crises, challenge inadequacies or abuse of the aid system, and to advocate for improved medical treatments and protocols. In 1999, MSF received the Nobel Peace Prize.