Pragmata speedruns time www.twitch.tv/decosmic

i would really like people to get over the idea that comedy is particularly dangerous to authoritarians. if it was we wouldn't be here.

It's a nice thought, but the evidence ain't there.

Similarly, "We lost the run, y'all." Don't drag me into this, dawg.

This week the ETNA podcast discusses literally not a single thing bro this was a disaster. I guess we found out about Jaxler's deep and intense love for Huniepop at least.

New Episode out now on YouTube and Spotify!

youtu.be/p_Uxpuhe-pE
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Oh my god kingdom hearts 4 is out????

I threw together some tables based on the publicly visible SGDQ submissions list, just because I find this kind of data interesting. Mostly trivial at this point, but there could be more to analyze once the games list is available for comparison on May 1st. In case anyone else finds it interesting:

Can't be helped that we both have good taste!

I have done that grid thing.

Why Speedrunners Love Millia in GGST YouTube video by Bobbeigh

Streaming Guilty Gear sets with @decosmic.bsky.social yesterday was a great time, and many laughs were had—

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Announcement for GDQ's AAPI Heritage Month celebration on May 23-24 presented by Asian Speedrunners Alliance with a happy Coop in the corners

Our AAPI Heritage Month Celebration is coming up from May 23-24 and run submissions are OPEN!!

Submissions are open through April 23rd at 11:59PM ET!

gdq.gg/AAPI-submissions

This week the ETNA podcast is joined by @carrarium.bsky.social discusses her role in GDQ's social team, Frame Fatales, and her Pax East experience.

New Episode out now on YouTube and Spotify!

youtu.be/d-Y5HCIlwf0
open.spotify.com/episode/3wmv...

The box art for Portal, featuring a stick figure diagram of someone falling through a portal.

The box art for Mirror's Edge, featuring its protagonist Faith, a young Asian woman, in front of a white city scape.

There's this influential first person game from the mid-2000s that's a short but very tight experience, isn't gun focused, has unique gameplay mechanics, is all about platforming, only received one massively expanded sequel, and has an ending theme song called "Still Alive."

No wait, there's two.

Quite frankly, I'm fucking disgusted that what originated as genuine relief and closure for a victim has metamorphosed into some kind of martyrdom undermining the system that provided that relief in the first place.

A man has completely taken over the conversation, once again.

Kungfufruitcup and spikevegeta sitting on a couch excitedly cheering with clenched fists in front of a brick wall backdrop

me when i register for #SGDQ2026

gdq.gg/sgdq-2026

hey I'mma make a sappy thread about this event and why you should join BaF is that cool

lol this is rhetorical you're getting it anyway

announcement for Black in a Flash's Juneteenth celebration from June 18-21 inviting Black runners to submit speedruns, challenge runs, showcases and more

HECK YEAH!

Submissions for Juneteenth 2026 are open today through April 21st!!!!

In order to submit a run, you must be a member of Black in a Flash!, head over to gdq.gg/baf to apply!

Submit a run: https://submissions.gamesdonequick.com/

#blackspeedrunning #speedrunning

Joy posing in their graduation cap, gown, and stole holding a diploma. Next to them is a yellow invitation that reads: "BAF Presents Juneteenth: Class of 2026. Formally celebrating 5 Years of Black Excellence on the GamesDoneQuick Channel. Thursday | June 18, 2026 to Sunday | June 21, 2026. Submissions Open: April 7, 2026. Submissions Close: April 21, 2026. Schedule Live: May 7, 2026." the Black in a Flash logo is on the bottom.

SAVE THE DATES:
Announcing BAF Presents: Juneteenth
Class of 2026 | June 18-21

Formally celebrating FIVE YEARS OF BLACK EXCELLENCE on the @gamesdonequick.com channel!

Submissions open THIS TUESDAY April 7

BLACK JOY HECK YEAH!!!

At this point my patience for “Kingdom Hearts is so confusing” jokes is at an all time low. Oh no, you have to play the games in a RPG series to understand the story? How wild

People love to call 2014-2018 the "golden age of speedrunning" but honestly the community around speedrunning is so much better now. I do not miss the GDQ Cringe Compilations and anti-SJW grifters that took up so much of the conversation. Glad that stuff is mostly dead.

I need people to start normalizing the general idea that change takes time.

It's entirely too often, in the year of our lord Doechii 2026, that I am STILL seeing people mark entire efforts and milestones as what is basically 'not enough.'

there are altogether too many quotable paragraphs in this must-read article but i think i can restrain myself to just this one

This week the ETNA podcast discusses the SMB1 TAS tie drama, jaxler's pax experience, and jaxler does his pax retro store haul.

New Episode out now on YouTube and Spotify!

youtu.be/8vwReAJ_MZo
open.spotify.com/episode/1qfy...

#KingdomHearts #Anti-Aqua

David Simon said it best

It's better to get the GOG versions of these anyway since the steam versions have enigma DRM. GOG, obviously, has no DRM.

New absolute issue or smth else?

yesterday I started seeing speedrun vod uploads with thumbnails using the same slop format I see from local businesses on ig/fb and I'm going to assume it's a joke and that I won't see anymore after today

a digital illustration in the style of a relief print depicting a black cat in a defensive pose holding a torn and tattered transgender pride flag in its mouth as it looks directly towards the viewer. the background is purple with some specks of blue and pink showing through, and behind the cat is a black midground resembling grass or flames. the top right corner features a box with a caption reading "T.D.O.V."

DON'T LET THE BASTARDS GET YOU DOWN 🏳️‍⚧️

#art #tdov #transart

trans power from beirut 🏳️‍⚧️ 🧿

In honor of Transgender Day of Visibility, we're bringing back one of our popular designs from AGDQ 2026 in collab with @gamesdonequick.com this tee designed by @kduffles.bsky.social is available now and we're donating $6 from each tee sold to the Transgender Law Center: theyetee.com/gdq