The Summer Games, a fast-running charity marathon that returned with an in-person event for the first time in a few years, was held from June 26 to July 3 in Bloomington, Minnesota. And at the end of the week, when all the competitions were completed, the event raised $3 million for charity.
The end result was $3,021,310.49All will be donated to Doctors Without Borders / Doctors Without Borders. When you add that to the impressive $3.4 million quickly raised earlier this year that went to the Prevent Cancer Foundation, it’s a many It’s money that people stop by to watch competitors do really cool things with video games.
SGDQ 2022 was the first in-person event for GDQ since the start of the pandemic in early 2020, so it was great to see a live mobilization to support/respond to all the actions being taken. If you didn’t attend any of the events, here are some of the highlights. Let’s start with this Amazing ocarina of time Run, who wins the game quickly, sure, but also Much more:
And here is one Pokemon Emerald A race that includes four-player co-op, along with the randomizer, means that every time your Pokémon level up, it will randomly transform into a different Pokémon. The result was complete chaos:
This is the Super Mario Sun Run it up and down and then up again before it ends:
Finally, this is a file Yakuza: Like a dragon Race to finish the entire game in less time than it took you to complete two more difficult battles:
If you want to see more rounds or pick one from a game you’re particularly interested in, the organizers They have recordings of each on their YouTube page..
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