How Speedrunners Beat Your Favorite Video Games in Record Time | Flyover Culture | WTIU

Host introduction begins at 0:26
Explainer video begins at 0:33
On this first episode of Flyover Culture, we're digging into speedrunning - how runners around the world finish games of all genres in mind-blowing-ly short time frames. How do they do what they do? What makes some games better to run than others? And how is speedrunning impacting the world at large?
Let's find out in 3, 2, 1...
The Runners:
LilAggy - / lilaggy
Helix - / helix13_
theurbandear - / theurbandear
TiKevin83 - / tikevin83
Special Thanks to Matt Merkle and the Games Done Quick team: / gamesdonequick
For more info on Summer Games Done Quick (July 4-11): gamesdonequick.com/
Music by Universal Production Music
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0:00 Intro
1:16 LilAggy
2:26 Types of Runs
2:47 Helix
3:39 theurbandear
4:57 What makes a good speedrun game?
6:09 Co-Op Mode
7:02 TAS & TiKevin83
9:23 Games Done Quick
12:14 Why Speedrunning?
15:04 Outro & Goodbye

[@Helix13_]

This was a good watch; thanks for having me! Excited to see what you cover next!

[@theurbandear6982]

Thank you for including me in this story! Great work, Payton! I am looking forward to the next installment of Flyover Culture!

[@robertdolby]

Awesome video, Payton! My childhood games that required massive practice were Activision's Kaboom! for the Atari 2600 and Marble Madness for the Amiga. Yes, I'm old. The TAS aspect is fascinating and you've inspired me to take a look at that scene. I can't wait for the next video!

[@othogriffus850]

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