{"id":89599,"date":"2025-01-13T00:37:45","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T00:37:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/13\/awesome-games-done-quick-raises-another-2-5-million-for-a-cancer-nonprofit\/"},"modified":"2025-01-13T00:37:45","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T00:37:45","slug":"awesome-games-done-quick-raises-another-2-5-million-for-a-cancer-nonprofit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/13\/awesome-games-done-quick-raises-another-2-5-million-for-a-cancer-nonprofit\/","title":{"rendered":"Awesome Games Done Quick raises another $2.5 million for a cancer nonprofit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The weeklong speedrunning marathon Awesome Games Done Quick 2025 wrapped up in the wee hours of Sunday morning, and organizers say it managed to pull in a total of $2,556,305 for Prevent Cancer Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>As could be expected, the event in Pittsburgh brought a good mix of skill and silliness: there was a <em>Crazy Taxi<\/em> speedrun featuring a live band; FunkopotamusWes played the piano during his run of <em>New Super Mario Bros. Wii<\/em>, using his head and feet to control the game via motion controls; and Dr. Doot did an <em>Elden Ring<\/em> bosses speedrun using an electric saxophone. Yes, the saxophone did make little <em>doot doot <\/em>sounds the entire time.<\/p>\n<div class=\"caas-iframe-wrapper\" data-embed-anchor=\"6447ca2c-e9a2-54e5-90ba-5f91e81b57d8\">\n<div class=\"caas-iframe youtube\" style=\"padding-bottom:56%\" data-type=\"youtube\">\n<blockquote data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yaCvZd7iOkM?rel=0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" scrolling=\"no\"><p><noscript><iframe title=\"Elden Ring on Saxophone by Dr. Doot in 29:22 - Awesome Games Done Quick 2025\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yaCvZd7iOkM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The marathon ran continuously from January 5-12, so there are many, many more great moments besides these to catch up on if you missed it. Everything can be found on the <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@gamesdonequick\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Games Done Quick YouTube channel;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Games Done Quick YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>AGDQ is one of several charity-focused events held by Games Done Quick every year, and the next one, <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/gamesdonequick.com\/site\/blackinaflash\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Back to Black;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Back to Black<\/a> is coming up in February. Highlighting Black hosts and speedrunners, that event (Feb 6-9) will raise money for the racial justice nonprofit, Race Forward. Over the years, Games Done Quick has raised more than $54 million for various charities including Prevent Cancer Foundation and Doctors Without Borders. AGDQ <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:3;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/awesome-games-done-quick-2024-raises-25-million-for-cancer-research-183049102.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:raised about $2.5 million during its marathon;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:3;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">raised about $2.5 million during its marathon<\/a> last year, too.<\/p>\n<div class=\"caas-iframe-wrapper\" data-embed-anchor=\"40427eeb-8a08-580d-a731-87cd634c02c0\">\n<div class=\"caas-iframe youtube\" style=\"padding-bottom:56%\" data-type=\"youtube\">\n<blockquote data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G4AomNJHzHk?rel=0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" scrolling=\"no\"><p><noscript><iframe title=\"Crazy Taxi with Live Backing Band by chuckles825 in 18:59 - Awesome Games Done Quick 2025\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G4AomNJHzHk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/awesome-games-done-quick-raises-another-25-million-for-a-cancer-nonprofit-202228938.html?src=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The weeklong speedrunning marathon Awesome Games Done Quick 2025 wrapped up in the wee hours of Sunday morning, and organizers say it managed to pull<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":89600,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[157],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-89599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gadget"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}