Awesome charity event returns in June
One of my favourite video game events of the whole year, Summer Games Done Quick, may still be a couple of months away, but that hasn’t stopped the organisers from setting the game schedule live, whetting the appetites of speedrunners and speedrun fans everywhere.
This year’s SGDQ, which emanates out of Bloomington, Minnesota in June, will once again gather speedrunners from across the globe, as they battle it account against a huge list of games, old and new, while raising a small fortune for a charitable cause. In January, sister event AGDQsucceeded in raising over $2.4 million for the Prevent Cancer Foundation, so these events are as important as they are entertaining.
Looking at the schedule for SGDQ 2018, there’s a heavy emphasis on the old-school stuff, with runs onStreets of Rage, Zombies Ate My Neighbors, Contra IIIandTMNT IIIall included in the lineup, along with GDQ mainstays such as theCastlevania, Donkey KongandSuper Mariotitles. In terms of modern games,Spyro: Reignited Trilogy, Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and a sub-four hour run onKingdom Hearts IIIare also in the mix.
Honestly, I’m really excited already. you’re able to check out the full scheduleright here. Summer Games Done Quick takes place at the DoubleTree Hilton Bloomington-Minneapolis Hotel in Bloomington, MN from June 23 until June 30.
