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A BRIEF HISTORY OF SPEEDRUNNING

Speedrunning – finishing a game in the fastest time possible – has blown up as a scene in the last few years, with runners tearing through titles, new and old, in a matter of minutes or hours and raising millions for charity along the way. In this video, Andy McDonald speedruns through the history of the phenomenon, looking at where it came from and how it's changed gaming – and the world– for the better.

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