The annual Awesome Games Done Quick, or AGDQ, marathon is only a few days away! Starting Sunday, January 5th, and not stopping till January 12th AGDQ 2020 will be raising money for the Prevent Cancer Foundation. This year the event is hosted in Orlando, Florida but will be primarily watched on Twitch around the world. It’s a phenomenal achievement that they have accomplished being the single...[Read More]
It’s that time of year again! In a few days Summer Games Done Quick or SGDQ 2019 will be kicking off into another week of raising money for Doctors Without Borders. Last year SGDQ reached over $2 million dollars; the event is consistently Doctors Without Borders’ biggest single fundraising event every year. Featuring talented gamers showcasing their skills one game at a time for a week straight, S...[Read More]
As the finale run of the this year’s Awesome Games Done Quick event came to a close, Samus flew off into space after beating the bosses in reverse order, and the final numbers were tallied. AGDQ 2019 broke $2 million dollars, $2,394,668 to be more precise. This marks an all-time high in donations for the Bi-annual charity marathon, beating the previous record of $2.2 million! All proceeds ar...[Read More]
Games Done Quick, the week-long speedrunning marathon for charity, is at it again with their Awesome Games Done Quick (AGDQ) event for 2019. Again proceeds of the event go towards supporting The Prevent Cancer Foundation. Starting midday on Sunday January 6th, the event will go continuously till Saturday January 12 in the evening. As usual AGDQ 2019 will hope to break previous marathons record of ...[Read More]
Yes, it’s that time of year! Awesome Games Done Quick, probably one of the most prolific events in speedrunning video games for charity, is coming back to Twitch on January 8th 12PM Est. All the money raised will be going to the Prevent Cancer Foundation. The channel will have a continuous broadcast for 160 hours at the Hilton Washington Dulles Airport Hotel in Herndon, Virginia. All speedru...[Read More]
Summer Games Done Quick, what is it? Speedrunning, what is that? Gamers play for charity? I didn’t know they did that. These are probably some questions going through your head right now going into this article. So when I had the opportunity to attend this years event, I set out to get a deeper look into this event and the people behind it. So here we go!