Month: April 2025

In February 2025, the Dungeon Runners hosted their first-ever Timeless Marathon. Covering the three main timelines over the course of a three-day weekend, team members and guests showcased their talents at a variety of classic Zelda games. Now, you can experience the inaugural marathon in timeless fashion with this YouTube playlist. Here, you’ll find eleven videos of various games spanning almost two days of Zelda action and entertainment. The list comprises three games from the Adult Timeline, three from the Child Timeline,…

This post was co-authored by Josh Wittmershaus, Kristen G. Rosario, and Spirit Scribe. We were able to reach out to these amazing runners from the Frost Fatales showcase to dive deeper into their show-stopping playthroughs. If you missed our coverage of the runs themselves, check out our recap here! The Legend of Zelda, Randomizer — Any% (Consternation) by Skybilz What convinced you to jump into running this randomizer for The Legend of Zelda? Skybilz: I have been running The Legend…

This post was co-authored by Josh Wittmershaus, Kristen G. Rosario, and Spirit Scribe. The Frame Fatales branch of Games Done Quick just hosted its winter stream, Frost Fatales, from March 9th-16th highlighting women and femmes making waves in the speedrunning community. The charity stream was in support of the National Women’s Law Center, an organization advocating for the issues that matter most for women and girls. They also take a stand to fight for gender justice. Because of the amazing…

Player5 is a Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom speedrunner, who has been speedrunning since June of 2020. Player5 holds all five World Records in Breath of the Wild‘s main categories, as well as in Bug Limit Any%. He can even run Tears of the Kingdom blindfolded! Apart from running the games, Player5 also occasionally posts tutorials and speedrun videos on his YouTube.  Interview Disclaimer: The following interview has been slightly edited for clarity and to align…

The following article was written by Hana Khalyleh and edited by Alexandria Weber. Back to Black 2025, the first ever Games Done Quick (GDQ) event aimed to benefit the Black community, successfully raised $44,000 during its four-day online event. The funds raised went towards Race Forward, a charity that works across communities most affected by systemic racism to build collective power for racial equity. The event featured members of Black in a Flash, a GDQ community for Black speedrunners of…

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