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While much attention is given to multiplayer games in esports, single-player titles can still foster an equally competitive atmosphere. Speedrunning, or trying ...

A speedrun is a completely different beast. In some cases, you get to see a game totally broken apart with glitches to cut down on time. “There’s the element of the world record - it’s easy ...

Now, there’s a world record speedrun, installing Windows 95B in just 1 minute 10.9 seconds. The current best attempts are collected in a Google Sheets document. So far, there have been few ...

There's dramatic action in the world of Sims 4 sex speedrunning this week, as a longtime record-holder just retook the crown by a tenth of a second. The WooHoo speedrun category for The Sims 4 ...

The clock is ticking! Watch as I attempt to beat Minecraft and take down the Ender Dragon in record-breaking time. From finding resources to epic battles, this speedrun is full of nail-biting moments ...

where S' is diagonal with S_{ii}' \sim Uniform(0.5, 1.5), which turns out not to hurt model performance at all relative to UV^T, where USV^T = G is the SVD. - This optimizer assumes that all ...

By the way: If I do ever do a Stovepipe 2, I’ll record the entire time with an actual speedrun timer ;) A screenshot of Stovepipe, because you all (rightly) asked for one.

For all the speedrun records set and broken at Games Done Quick (GDQ), no one had ever finished a game without taking damage. One speedrunner set out to change that.

It's a good thing these mods also disable fall damage, otherwise the speedruns wouldn't get very far. As for what's next, Jeepy says his dream games would be something open world.