It is that time of year again! I have to do my part in announcing what is, in my opinion, the greatest, most entertaining, worthwhile cause out there. I am excited to announce that the guys at Speed Demos Archive are throwing their annual Awesome Games Done Quick Marathon! For those of you who don't know, the guys over at Speed Demos Archive put on a marathon for 7 days in which they do a live stream of speed runs on a bunch of games for charity.
This years marathon starts on January 5th at 12pm EST and they will once again be benefiting the Prevent Cancer Foundation. Just a llittle info about last years marathon before I continue: Awesome Games Done Quick (AGDQ) 2013 was held January 6-12, 2013, and raised over $448,000 for the Prevent Cancer Foundation! Over 140 people attended the event. The average concurrent viewership during AGDQ 2013 was around 27000 viewers.
In terms of games, they play something for everyone as they run retro, PC and current gen games. The runners are all super friendly as well and they have an interactive chat that the mods are manning throughout the entire week. They will answer questions, comments and are very good at interacting with the community throughout. Oh yeah, they have tons of awesome game related prizes you can win if you donate. I think this year one of the grand prizes is a Wii U Windwaker edition. Almost every game has a chance for someone to win something if you donate. Last year I donated $40 bucks and this year I have been saving up to donate up to $200! It is just that great of a cause and just an amazing event that I look forward to every year.
I have been watching the videos for a while now and I can not believe that these guys are so good at the games they run. One of my favorites are the races where they put two or three runners against each other to see who can beat their game first, my favorite races were the Castlevania: Symphony of the Night race and the Super Ghouls and Ghosts race. My Favorite overall is Sinister1's blindfolded Mike Tysons Punch-Out Run. It is just as awesome as it sounds. Sinister1 plays the game blindfolded. It is amazing and I look forward to seeing it every year. There have been many other runs of games where my mouth is just agape because I cannot believe what I was seeing.
So if all this sounds like a good time to you (and ir really is) and something you want to support, point your browser to:
There you can get all the info on the event! I'll see you guys in the chat!