Tag: Awesome Games Done Quick
News Awesome Games Done Quick 2022 Breaks Record For Money Raised
Awesome!
AGDQ, the annual charity speedrunning marathon, has set a record this year for its fundraising — fantastic news, considering that the first COVID-19 online-only event last year resulted in a dip in funds. In January 2020, AGDQ raised $3,164,002 for the Prevent Cancer Foundation, over half a million more than its previous year's...
Random AGDQ's Pokémon Crystal Speedrun Race Ended In A Written Apology To Bulbasaur
Bulbasaur loser
[Update: Thu 13th Jan, 2022 18:10 GMT] You can now watch the VOD recording of the stream above! And you can read Shenanagans' apology, too: ...And you can now use a brand-new Shenanasaur emote on Twitch: [Original: Wed 12th Jan, 2022 20:30 GMT] Awesome Games Done Quick, the yearly speedrunning stream, is currently happening...
News SGDQ's Summer Lineup Includes A Live Speedrun Of Nintendogs
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The schedule for Summer Games Done Quick, the annual speedrunning marathon that raises millions of dollars for charity each year, just went live — and that means we can check out the games that will be included in 2021's livestream! Since this is Nintendo Life, and we are legally bound to only report on Nintendo games, we'll only...
News AGDQ Schedule Includes Hades And Super Mario Bros. 35 Speedruns
Faster than Hermes himself
Awesome Games Done Quick is always a great time of year. This year, of course, it's a little bit sadder than usual, because the AGDQ staple - a crowd of fans yelling support from behind the speedrunners on stream - won't be possible, thanks to this pandemic thing going around. Nevertheless, the charity fundraising stream...
Video Catch Up With the Super Metroid Fundraising Bonanza from Awesome Games Done Quick
Or you can browse through the whole week's videos
Earlier this week we shared the final fundraising total from 2016's Awesome Games Done Quick event, with it reaching a hugely impressive $1.2 million. In that post we mentioned that the "Save or Kill the Animals" Super Metroid vote had raised $311,603.16 all on its own, so we thought it'd be worth...
News Awesome Games Done Quick Raises Over $1.2 Million for the Prevent Cancer Foundation
Awesome indeed
There are a number of admirable gaming marathons and streams held every year to raise money for charity, and the winter Awesome Games Done Quick event is among the very best in the field. With round-the-clock speedruns and events across a whole week it showcases brilliant games both old and new, highlights the talent of those...
Will you Save or Kill the Animals?
Awesome Games Done Quick is about to wrap up for another year, hoping to gain momentum in its final hours to take its fundraising total past one million dollars. If past years are anything to go by the odds are decent, especially with the iconic final playthrough of Super Metroid being one of the event's most...
Live Enjoy Nearly 12 Hours of Classic Mario and Legend of Zelda Gaming from Awesome Games Done Quick
Super Mario Bros.! Ocarina of Time! Super Mario Galaxy! More!
We're coming towards the end of Awesome Games Done Quick, which is a shame, but it's gearing up for a wonderful finale. The final 24 hours feature plenty of goodies, a number of which are Nintendo classics. This time around we have nearly 12 hours of classic Mario and Zelda gaming; this...
Live Jump Into the Donkey Kong and 2D Mario Block of Awesome Games Done Quick
Wahoo!
Awesome Games Done Quick is picking up momentum, with all of its participants, attendees and viewers now well into a solid week of gaming. We're been hosting some blocks from the broadcast that feature familiar and fondly regarded games on Nintendo hardware, just in case you're not on top of the schedule. This time around we have the Donkey...
Live Get Up to Speed With the Sonic Block at Awesome Games Done Quick
Sonic Advance 1 & 3! Sonic Lost World!
We're big fans of Awesome Games Done Quick, which features runs of great games and raises a lot of money for charity. We're also hosting some blocks from the broadcast that feature familiar and fondly regarded games on Nintendo hardware, just in case you're not on top of the schedule. This time around we have...
Four hours of Nintendo goodness
We're big fans of Awesome Games Done Quick, which features runs of great games and raises a lot of money for charity. In this block we can check out Metroid Fusion, Metroid Prime and The Legend of Zelda across a four hour block. Enjoy! [liveblog=]#AGDQ2016