Man's exceptional friend: A canine will compete alongside human speedrunners at AGDQ 2024

A desirable boy: Awesome Games Done Quick, the iciness version of the speedrunning marathon for charity, will be the first new release of the bi-annual event to feature a dog competitor. Speedrunner JSR recently shared that his dog, a Shiba Inu named Peanut Butter (or PB, which additionally happens to be short for personal excellent, a familiar term in the speedrunning community), will compete at AGDQ 2024 in January.

It might be a web run (simply a letdown for the ones in attendance) but it's far noteworthy although.

Peanut Butter could be playing Gyromite, a game released in 1985 for the Nintendo Entertainment System as considered one of best two titles designed to be used with the R.O.B. (Robotic Operating Buddy) accessory. PB makes use of a custom game controller mapped to 4 buttons to assist navigate the game: A, B, both buttons, and the Select button.

A few months back, JSR uploaded a video of the good boy finishing the sport in 25:29. Will the doggo be capable of pinnacle his own personal great at AGDQ? We shall see.

Games Done Quick has served as one of the pinnacle speedrunning event hosts seeing that 2010. The employer holds two flagship occasions every 12 months: Awesome Games Done Quick in the winter and Summer Games Done Quick at some point of the new season. The semi-annual marathons improve cash for two primary charities: Doctors Without Borders and the Prevent Cancer Foundation. The most latest event, Summer Games Done Quick 2023, raised $2.27 million for Doctors Without Borders.

The January 2024 marathon may be the primary in-man or woman AGDQ given that 2020, as the 2021, 2022, and 2023 events have been all held clearly on line because of the pandemic. It is scheduled for January 14-21, and could be the first to be held in Pittsburgh, PA.

Between now and them, GDQ can be hosting a mini event known as Games Done Quick Express. It is going down October 20-22 from Las Vegas at TwitchCon 2023. JSR could be jogging Zelda II: The Adventure of Link at GDQx, we're instructed.