Among the promising games on this year’s schedule is blindfolded Trackmania, fabulous smash-and-grab sim Teardown, and the Half-Life remake Black Mesa. I’m also particularly interested in the opening game, Dragon Age: Inquisition, because massive RPGs are always among the most fun to watch broken apart. Last year’s SGDQ managed to raise $2.3 million for Doctors Without Borders. As a whole the event has raised over $31 million (around £22.4 million) for charity. This year’s summer event is set up to benefit Doctors Without Borders again. The original Quake Done Quick was the first encounter I ever had with speedrunning, back in 1997. I probably watched it because it was included on a PC Gamer coverdisc or similar. The form has come a long way since, but completing Quake in under 20 minutes is still entertaining to watch now. For exaxctly how for speedruns have come, here’s last year’s Half-Life Alyx VR speedrun:
