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On this first episode of Flyover Culture, we’re digging into speedrunning – how runners around the world finish games of all genres in mind-blowing-ly short time frames. How do they do what they do? What makes some games better to run than others? And how is speedrunning impacting the world at large?
Let’s find out in 3, 2, 1…
The Runners:
LilAggy – https://www.twitch.tv/lilaggy
Helix – https://www.twitch.tv/helix13_
theurbandear – https://www.twitch.tv/theurbandear
TiKevin83 – https://www.twitch.tv/tikevin83
Special Thanks to Matt Merkle and the Games Done Quick team: https://www.twitch.tv/gamesdonequick
For more info on Summer Games Done Quick (July 4-11): https://gamesdonequick.com/
Music by Universal Production Music
©2021 Trustees of Indiana University
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0:00 Intro
1:16 LilAggy
2:26 Types of Runs
2:47 Helix
3:39 theurbandear
4:57 What makes a good speedrun game?
6:09 Co-Op Mode
7:02 TAS & TiKevin83
9:23 Games Done Quick
12:14 Why Speedrunning?
15:04 Outro & Goodbye
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