Was there any drama this year? Can’t wait to read about it if so!

Otherwise, great event! There were so many great games and moments this year. I hope to attend in person one day.

Recommendations:

• DKC Tropical Freeze is everything GDQ is about: it looks fast, it’s a little broken, and everyone onstage has a great time.

• Ocarina of Time is a no-logic randomizer, so all the items are shuffled without concern for whether the game is beatable. Sometimes getting to a boss takes three separate glitches, and then hitting them takes five.

• Super Sheffy World is the best of four-ish Kaizo / Mario Maker games this year. Fast-paced and comically difficult. But I’d say Kaizo Mario World 3 was the better run, if only for the final boss.

• Vice City’s hard-mode mod is a delightful trainwreck. The game actively does not want to be in a speedrun.

• Tetris showcases are always fun. This year they did Grandmaster 3 in Shirase and Grandmaster 2 in Death difficulty.

• Elden Ring was a lockout bingo race - two runners trying to check off random goals.

• Super Metroid races are the finale for a reason.

Hype!

Notable runs for me:

• Dick Tracy
• Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
• Fallout: New Vegas (All “Romances”)
• Kevin Costner’s Waterworld (from The Simpsons)
• Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (Tightened Vice and Loosened Vice)
• Tetris: The Grand Master
• Crazy Taxi with Live Backing Band

I also enjoyed the various Kaizo runs but they kind of blurred together.

Its crazy to think GDQ started in some dudes basement with like 7 people. GG everyone involved!

It was another good year. Lot of great runs. Always look forward to it.

The Crazy Taxi run was off the chain. The atmosphere was electric!

The last few games were awesome. The Super Metroid race was hard to follow, but the runners were a lot of fun together and the finale was incredible.

I like a lot of what GDQ has become.