For decades, getting to the end credits of a game was considered “beating” it. But what happens when you decide to reach those credits as incredibly fast as humanly possible? Enter speedrunning.

Art Meets Glitch

Speedrunning takes absolute familiarity with a game’s engine. Players break boundaries, skip huge portions of content with absurd “glitches,” and practice a sequence of precise button inputs hundreds of times.

Events like Games Done Quick (GDQ) bring an amazing community together, blending highly skilled gaming with charity fundraising!

  • Over 25 years old: Super Mario 64 continues to be pushed to new limits.
  • RNG-heavy games: Minecraft random seed runs constantly fluctuate with insane optimization.
  • Action-RPGs: From Dark Souls to Elden Ring, beating difficult games in under 30 minutes looks like magic.

Next time you finish a game you loved, you might consider picking up a timer and seeing how fast you could theoretically do it again!