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finishing a game as fast as inhumanly possible, glitches strongly encouraged.
means an attempt to complete a video game, or any task, in the shortest time achievable, often by exploiting bugs the developers never intended.
from emerged from 1990s doom and quake communities recording demo files of fast playthroughs, then exploded with sites like speed demos archive in the early 2000s cataloguing verified runs.
world record obsessionsuper mario 64 record has been broken hundreds of times
charity giantgames done quick raised over 3 million dollars in one event
glitch categorytas runs use tools humans physically cannot perform
life speedrunspeople time grocery runs, showers, even marriages
for instance
super mario 64 — 120 star record under 1 hour 37 minutes, contested for decades
games done quick — biannual charity marathon since 2010, millions donated live
minecraft any percent — top runners beat the game in under 2 minutes with luck manipulation
portal speedruns — finished in under 6 minutes using wall clips and momentum tricks