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At this year’s big speedrunning fest, Elden Ring bosses will be defeated with the power of saxophoneJazz%
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Image credit:“Dr Doot”
Image credit:“Dr Doot”
The yearly speedrunning superstreamAwesome Games Done Quickis starting this weekend, and it’s set to be a musical one. The events will include a player who will beat a set ofElden Ringboss battles using a saxophone as a controller, and 16 minutes ofCrazy Taxiwith a live backing band rocking out as the driver collects their fares. Other notable events will see two players storming through The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild while sharing a single joypad, and an amorous attempt to clear “all romances” inFallout: New Vegaswithin 30 minutes - wait, there are romance options in New Vegas?
Ah, I totally forgot there areeight named charactersin Bethesda’s radioactive wasteland with which you can do the horizontal hip hooray. Including one robot called “Fisto”. Well, you can look forward to that on Thursday. The festival of nippy nonsense starts on Sunday 5th and runs until Sunday 12th. A whole week of saxy shennanigans. You can see the full scheduleon the Games Done Quick website.
However! You can see how the band scheduled for Awesome Games Done Quick performs the Offspring track “Way Down The Line” inthis submission video, which they performed alongside a playthrough from a player’s previous speedrun. They even change some of the lyrics to jokily reference speedrunning. And I enjoy the way they cut off abruptly every time the game timer runs out and the menu pops up.
As for the jazzy side of things, you might have already seen the saxophonist “Dr Doot” completinga no-hits run of Elden Ringon his own time. This time he’ll face a “controlled” set of bosses. It is very satisfying to hear the brassy doots and swoots as he calmly rolls away from danger.
Some newer games are also on the roster.Alan Wake 2,Windblown,Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, and theSilent Hill 2remake will all see speedruns of various kinds. Some ambitious folks are also planning to nip throughUFO 50, with the organisers allocating 50 minutes to the retro collection. Does that mean they’ll spend one minute on each game? Or maybe they’re planning to complete as many games in the compilation as possible? I don’t know. But it could be an interesting one.
