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Speedrunners Protest, Leave Biggest Leaderboard Site As It Gets Flooded With Abusive Comments
20.10.2021
Speedrun, a website where leaderboards crown the fastest players for any given game, recently added a commenting feature which hasn’t been going well for anyone. Since its implementation, users have been spammed with vulgar comments and inappropriate images. Worse, those plagued by this problem...
Spelunky World Record Holder Busted As A Cheater
14.10.2021
A player by the name of BarryMode has, for the last eight years, held the world record for a run through Spelunky. Not anymore, though, after fans discovered that he’d cheated, with the evidence clearly visible in the video he’d recorded of the run.Read more
New Glitch Could 'Break' BOTW Wide Open, Speedrunners Say
7.9.2021
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is the gift that keeps on giving. Though Nintendo’s open-world extravaganza is well over four years old by now, players are still finding new ways to break the game at the altar of entertainment. Case in point: Just this weekend, BotW speedrunner...
Stardew Valley Creator Holding $40,000 Tournament To Separate Wheat From Chaff
23.8.2021
Every game gets at least 15 minutes of esport fame. Stardew Valley’s competitive time to shine just happens to be coming five years after it was initially released. In a tribute to the game’s biggest speedrunners and content creators, and the passionate farming sim community they’ve helped create...
Fan Accidentally Discovers Massive Metal Gear Solid Glitch, Speedrunners Freaking Out
16.8.2021
Over the weekend, Twitch streamer Boba was streaming herself playing Metal Gear Solid for the first time ever, and after being attacked by some guards, she turned to fight them. At that moment, she accidentally ended up getting pushed backward through a locked door, discovering a new glitch that...
Ninja Gaiden Pacifist Speedrun Is Impressive AF
7.7.2021
Ninja Gaiden protagonist Ryu Hayabusa deals with a lot of bullshit in the iconic NES platformer from 1989, so it only makes sense that he would obliterate everything in his path en route to finding his father’s killer. But speedrunners, the crazy people that they are, have devised a way to beat...
Stardew Valley Speedrunners Are Racing To Get Married
23.6.2021
In real life, few things are more bone-chillingly terrifying than the prospect of marriage. In the simulation game Stardew Valley, though, it’s just what you do. Some speedrunners are messing around to see how fast they can get the job done—and they can do it in under an hour.Read more
Saves Don't Matter When You Can Beat Returnal In Less Than 5 Minutes
20.5.2021
Returnal speedrunner MentalToast set a new world record yesterday, becoming the first person to beat the game in under five minutes.Read more
Wind Waker Speedrunners Finally Found A Way To Skip Cutscenes
1.4.2021
The latest trick in The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker speedrunning has the potential to do away with the game’s previously unskippable cutscenes entirely.Read more
Mario Kart Speedrunners Are Racing To Blow Themselves Up With Blue Shells
12.3.2021
Do you know you can hit yourself with a Blue Shell in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe? Speedrunners do, and they’re going all out to blow themselves up with the first place-targeting item as quickly as possible.Read more
SpongeBob Players Discover Filthy Game Discs Make Speedrunning Tricks Easier
9.3.2021
SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom may be one of the most improbable video games of all time, a licensed project that turned out to be both a great game and a worthwhile challenge for the speedrunning community. But the absurdity doesn’t stop there: SpongeBob speedrunners recently...
Speedrunners Are Beating Hitman 3's Dubai Level In Under 10 Seconds
24.1.2021
Hitman 3's opening level, set in a large tower in Dubai, is made up of various floors, rooms, and security measures. It’s a tricky stage for many players. But if you are quick, have a steady hand, and some luck, you can beat the whole thing in about nine seconds.Read more
Sonic Speedrunners Go Fast, Break World Records Back-To-Back During AGDQ
6.1.2021
The Sonic block of games is mandatory watching in my house for every Games Done Quick event and this year’s block—that took place yesterday—has already claimed GOAT status when not one but two runners achieved world records back-to-back.Read more
Dragon Quest Speedrunners Are Roasting Their Classic Consoles To Trigger Glitches
28.12.2020
A group of Japanese speedrunners have discovered that the key to getting faster times in all-time RPG classic Dragon Quest III is to literally control the temperature of their Famicom systems with hot plates and ice packs.Read more